Do YOU remember this perfume (ca. 2005)?!

[Alcemeg]

Something about not being able to travel much over the past couple of years has made me seek escapism through... perfume! I've gone mad for it. I've got together quite a little collection now and am missing one I used to have, but I can't remember the name of it.

The facts:
I bought it in about 2004/5.
It wasn't expensive, just an impulse buy somewhere like Superdrug.
It had a red glass bottle, like a lopsided/squashed cube (?).
I'm no olfactory expert, but something deep in the mix reminded me of chocolate.

??????????

I have trawled the internet, including Fragrantica, looking for clues, but so far drew a blank and I wondered if anyone here could help!

Fuck sake, knew I should have read the thread when I was awake wondering about it 😔

@Ourlady
Lancome Hypnose is very similar to Gingham by Innoxa.
Hypnose, Gingham and the infamous Brut aftershave all smell similar.

@LadyEloise1

Oo I'll have to have a sniff of that one to see if it stirs any memories. I used to wear Lancome Miracle all the time and actually like the smell of Brut.

@Ourlady
It's Lancome Hypnose.
I think Miracle is sweeter.

@HighlandCowbag

4am I was thinking about this fucking thread. 4 fucking am.

Anyway, price and smell and where you bought it I came up with Suns, moons and stars. But it's in a blue bottle and it's not square.

But it's all Ive got so just tell me I win the internet so I don't have to think about it anymore.

@HighlandCowbag, OMG, I'm so sorry! Welcome to my world! I've been lying there in the night thinking of a hundred sophisticated ways of saying "dirty slag" ... yet the answer forever eluded me.

However, if you RTFT you might find out why that particular method of investigation was doomed to fail! We have the answer, and it caused me some embarrassment!!!!!!!!!!

It's OK, worrying about your perfume saved me worrying about the massive list of other shit I had on my mind.

Poor Isabelle tho, not only is she a dirty slag she's also a cheap and cheerful nobody brand.

When @ancientgran commented on Isabella's likeness to her mum, Ingrid Bergman, I found this lovely image on Google. I thought I would share it here because whooooo, is it just me to covet that whole outfit (frock, boots, necklace, and the waist to go with it)?! Gorgeous, and not a hint of dirty slag!!!

I’ve just read this whole thread and it made me laugh but was so confused when everyone was saying about ingrid Bergman being her mum. Then realised I was thinking of Liza Minnelli not Isabella Rossellini 😬🤣🤣

[quote LadyEloise1]@Ourlady
It's Lancome Hypnose.
I think Miracle is sweeter. [/quote]
Yes I realised that I just mentioned the Miracle as I thought maybe Lancome scents are what I'm drawn to....and Brut obviously😀

I think I like Brut as it makes me think of my Dad when I was a little girl. Sometimes scents can get you quite emotional, well me anyway.

Sorry ladies, you lost sleep for nothing. The internets were won last night. Shared between @WestwardEast and myself. It was a great fox hunt though!!! (I could never hunt a real fox, btw. I would take it home and adopt the beagles too.)

Hugo boss deep red?

Loulou? Blue with a red bit & kind of squashed cube-ish?

Im late to the party but wth about Isabella?! Have I missed why she’s a dirty slag? Please tell me what she did to have such an accolade bestowed on her pretty head 😂

By any chance?

Sorry, late to the party. I see you've found it. Well done.

Cacharel Lou Lou ?

I've really enjoyed this thread and I'm not a perfume fan.
Thanks

Hugo Boss deep red
www.fragrancedirect.co.uk/h_/hugo-boss/?prefn1=range&prefv1=Deep%20Red&listing=true&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyMyroarS9AIVB-7tCh3ECQldEAAYASAAEgKbxvD_BwE

Black Opium by YSL?

This thread is Mumsnet at its best! Loved the drawing. Also amazing what you can find on YouTube- why on earth would anyone go to the bother of filming themselves twiddling about with a bottle of perfume, complete with plinky plonky piano soundtrack? And how many of that lady’s 151 views are as a result of this thread?

Was it hypnotic poison by Christian Dior? The bottle was more apple shaped but was red in colour

Gucci Rush is in a red plastic container and definitely contains chocolate

Red Door by Elizabeth Arden?

Try putting into Google, Retro perfumes , red bottle square top. The click on images. Quite a few come up and you might just strike it lucky.