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What smells like the 90s to you?

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Jknow · 29/10/2022 11:35

I had a sudden random flashback today to this Charles Worthington shampoo that I used in the 90s as a teenager (when I could convince my mum to buy it for me). It smelled so delicious, and used to leave my hair really nice. Feeling nostalgic for the 90s now. What smells remind you of that era?

What smells like the 90s to you?
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Saltywalruss · 29/10/2022 12:02

Opium

Stripeyrug · 29/10/2022 12:03

Weed.

Guinefort · 29/10/2022 12:07

Dune (perfume) and Southern Comfort (alcohol) are the smell of getting ready to hit the town in the early to mid-90s. They smell indistinguishable to me now both just transport me instantly back to those happy carefree days.

Lemonbell · 29/10/2022 12:09

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waterlego · 29/10/2022 12:12

Wow! Had completely forgotten that shampoo OP- thanks for the nostalgia trip!

As others have doubtless said: Body Shop Dewberry perfume is the main one for me. But also: Camelia body spray from M&S which my friends and I all loved. And Body Shop Yukka shampoo 💚

ChimpyChops · 29/10/2022 12:14

Impulse o2
Lynx Africa
Fruit soaps from Body Shop
CK1 and Be

milawops · 29/10/2022 12:17

Anais anais
Body shop dewberry
Marlboro lights
Superdrug hairspray
CK1

Kabbalah · 29/10/2022 12:17

The smell of a school, school dinners, poster paint, locker room, Ralgex, new cut grass, cigarette smoke on double-decker buses, Badedas bath Gel, Right Guard deodorant, Calvin Klein Eternity, Hospitals, urine, puke, blood.

FredGarland · 29/10/2022 12:19

Lynx Java
Impulse 02, Vanilla Kisses, and the black one
Tribe
Exclamation
Vosene- I know you can still get it, but it smelt different then.
Body Shop Dewberry
Body Shop strawberry soap. And tangerine.

mrsnjw · 29/10/2022 12:20

Cigarettes. I remember smelling the smoke smell lift off my body whilst washing in the shower. Especially in my long Rachel cut hair.

CandyLeBonBon · 29/10/2022 12:20

Teen spirit

dextrek · 29/10/2022 12:21

In chronological order from early to late 90s:
Body shop dewberry / peach fuzz
Chanel no 5 (was bought this for my 18th and thought I was so sophisticated!)
Escape
New West
Impulse O2 / Zen
Body Shop Oceania
Ralph Lauren Polo Sport Woman
Tommy Girl
Cool Water
Clinique Happy
Lancome O Oui (also had the shower gels for this which came in 3 different varieties one for each perfume note!)

AnApparitionQuipped · 29/10/2022 12:21

Gauloises and Camels.

FayeGovan · 29/10/2022 12:21

KL perfume

TulipTuesday · 29/10/2022 12:22

Body Shop Dewberry
XS pour Elle
CK One
Cabotine de Gray
Bacardi Breezers and menthol fags 😄

peoplearepeople · 29/10/2022 12:22

Tribe - I have a bottle of this I sometimes sniff just for pure nostalgia. 😀
Nag champa incense sticks
Body shop white musk/dewberry
Flex shampoo
Vidal sassoon shampoo that had the scent of marzipan.
Original smell of wash n go
I'd love to be able to find something that smells like pantene did when it first came out here. It was amazing.
Scented pencil erasers and stickers .
The plastic smell of trolls.

Jknow · 29/10/2022 12:22

YY to cigarettes - Marlboro lights and Embassy number one in my case. Waking up after a night out with my hair smelling like an ashtray rather than Charles Worthington 😂.

Bong water is another one 😂. Seem to have moved from nice smells to not so nice ones now.

OP posts:
TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 29/10/2022 12:23

Granny.

TabithaTittlemouse · 29/10/2022 12:23

Benson and hedges
anais anais

RambamThankyouMam · 29/10/2022 12:23

Body Shop kiwi and rum-raisin lip balms in the glass pots.

Body Shop Dewberry.

My mum's LouLou perfume.

Anaïs Anaïs.

Clinique Aromatics Elixir.

Impulse body sprays.

And yes - that Charles Worthington shampoo in the orange bottle!

napody · 29/10/2022 12:24

Impulse vanilla... I loved it but yuck it muct have been so sickly (has the puking emoji gone? Worryingly I think that's the one I use most!)

Ditto ck one, Charlie, dewberry

FredGarland · 29/10/2022 12:24

Oh and candy cigarettes.
And Nerds.

Jknow · 29/10/2022 12:24

@Kabbalah that’s quite the list there 😂

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Newmumtobetwentytwentytwo · 29/10/2022 12:24

Loved that shampoo!!!
Candy floss lip balm from Boots

WeThreeKingsofOrientAre · 29/10/2022 12:25

Boots Cherry Choc Chip lip balm
Joop! Homme