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!

[HomeCountiesMum]

Samsara

[Alcemeg]

@SW1amp

Oh god, I think I know the one you mean! A boyfriend bought it for me and I didn't particularly like it, but had the bottle on my bathroom shelf for years...
It was one of the slightly lesser known brands and it is driving me mad that I can't remember it
Off to google again...

I think you might be closest. I mean, it's not one you'd proudly display on a shelf. I did say I was a a cheapskate!

And it wasn't a celeb name...

Anyway, I'm glad I'm driving you mad too 🤣
I actually lay awake in bed last night trying to force my brain to do magic tricks in information retrieval!
Failed, obvs!!!!!!

[HomeCountiesMum]

Maroussia


Red Door

[Od130990]

???

[SW1amp]

Did it has a sort of cartoon-y/fashion sketch of a woman on/in the bottle? Maybe etched inside it, rather than printed on the outside?

[flower1677]

The first one that popped into my head was So? Might have been a bit earlier, I'm not sure but wasn't overly expensive and quite popular for a bit

[Crabwoman]

Apologies if this has posted twice, but was it miss sixty? Squashed burgundy bottle.

[TickleMyPickle]

Miss Sixty?

[BleuJay]

@Crabwoman

Apologies if this has posted twice, but was it miss sixty? Squashed burgundy bottle.

That fits the bill for the era and description.

[Alcemeg]

No, it wasn't Miss Sixty.

And there was no imagery on the bottle.

I think it had a vaguely seductive name... but wouldn't want to swear by that!

[Alcemeg]

And sorry, no, it wasn't Samsara. It wasn't made by a nice perfumier like Guerlain. It was a bit more downmarket, I think.

(If and when I ever find out the name, I might realise just how downmarket it was!)

It might be possible it's no longer made? I don't know how long perfumes go on being made for.

[MrsFoxyplease]

Bruno Banani?

[Sebastianthecoo]

Anna sui? That was cube shaped and purple/red but I think the bottle was decorative?

[Sorrynotsorry2]

Any of the so.. perfumes ? They were small cubed bottles ? They did a red one ( I think )

[PainAuChocowhat]

My tuppence worth… is it Tribe?

[BleuJay]

Post on their FB page and I bet you will find out!

facebook.com/Superdrug/

[SW1amp]

The one I'm thinking of is 'Hot Couture' by Givenchy, but I can't find a picture of the bottle I had. Which I think means it was either part of a gift set or from duty free, because it didn't look like any of the pics I'm finding on google images

Entirely possibly cheapskate boyfriend from 2004 bought it from a dodgy place and that's why it doesn't look like the bottles Boots were flogging, but it seems to have been long discontinued so the packaging might also have changed

But it was a wonky square/rectanglur bottle with a sort of leg to make it stand up, and was dark red (possibly black on the other side?)

[AutumnAnn]

This maybe?

[AutumnAnn]

Or this

[Nousernameforme]

Tribe was the one I thought of when you said squashed cube

[sjxoxo]

I also thought Hugo Boss?! X

[TinaYouFatLard]

I was thinking of Hot Couture too. Definitely a wonky bottle and chocolatey smell - not sure about the red though.

[Couchbettato]

Oh my god I forgot about the miss sixty perfumes to whoever suggested those.

I hated them, but I got them gifted a lot and it's nostalgic so now I want some more.

[northbacchus]

Ricci Ricci by Nina Ricci?

[PumpkinCrumble]

DKNY red delicious… ie red apple bottle?