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What smells like the 90s to you?

254 replies

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?
OP posts:
shakeitoffshakeacocktail · 29/10/2022 17:11

Teen spirit

Flyinggeesei234 · 29/10/2022 17:15

shakeitoffshakeacocktail · 29/10/2022 17:11

Teen spirit

Excellent.

quirkychick · 29/10/2022 17:18

The Body Shop apple soap and the ginger shampoo, I used it at university.
DKNY perfume. Gio and Aqua Di Gio perfume.
Yy, to the smell of London, I was also there in the mid to late 90s!
According to dd (17) boys still wear Lynx Africa 😂.

chisum · 29/10/2022 17:18

CK Obsession

Strokethefurrywall · 29/10/2022 17:20

CK one
Polo Sport

ivfbabymomma1 · 29/10/2022 17:23

So kiss body spray!!! I wish I could get some again 😂😂

Dominicains · 29/10/2022 17:23

On me: Ysatis, LouLou, (early to mid 90s at school) CKOne, CKBe, Calvin Klein Escape (mid to late 90s at university). On my boyfriends: Fahrenheit, Cool Water (school) and Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male, CKOne (university).

Other smells: stale cigarette smoke on pillow cases and hair, fried onions at the football, Avocaat liqueur, beery pub carpets, weed/resin, the disinfectant on the floor of the dining hall at university, old books in the college library (specifically the downstairs bit where the modern language books were!), air conditioning after I moved to the USA in 1999.

redbigbananafeet · 29/10/2022 19:30

Came to as Angels Delight ...

SureThingy · 29/10/2022 19:37

Perfumes like CK One, Charlie Red, Tribe,
Anais Anais (I think that’s the name) and LuLu.

The Satsuma shower gel from The Body Shop. Also the Dewberry, White Musk and Woody Sandlewood perfume. My mum used to buy my sisters and I the perfume oils every Christmas.

Vampirethriller · 29/10/2022 19:44

Lynx Inca worn by my first boyfriend
White musk and vanilla musk
Mandarin lip balm from Body Shop
Henara shampoo
Lemon hooch alcopop and Worcester sauce twiglets.

Vampirethriller · 29/10/2022 19:47

@ivfbabymomma1 if you mean So... Kiss me, you can still get it!

ThorsBedazzler · 29/10/2022 19:57

Tommy Girl
CK One
Body Shop perfume - dewberry, white musk and apple.
Aussie conditioner and scrunch spray
Hair mousse
Vo5 hot intensive conditioner... my sister used it and I wasn't even allowed to look at it!

quirkychick · 29/10/2022 20:01

Both the yellow Charles Worthington shampoo and conditioner mentioned in the op and Henara conditioning wax.
The Dewbury and White Musk from the Body Shop remind me more of the late 80s.
Sea Breeze cocktails, hooch, vodka.

Tisfortired · 29/10/2022 20:12

Anais anais, body shop musk and strawberry lip balm. The baby all gone cherry spoon.

pagopago · 29/10/2022 20:15

Body Shop Dewberry spray/bubble bath.

Body Shop 'Roma' perfume oil.

Diamond White cider

Bacardi Breezers, especially the lime flavour and watermelon flavours.

For some reason, pizza.

BrilliantGreenFlamingo · 29/10/2022 20:17

Nag champa incense. Patchouli. Vanilla body spray.

EndlessMagpies · 29/10/2022 20:21

Black Forest gateau Grin

Frazzledmummy123 · 29/10/2022 20:24

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Wow! These take me back!

Daisychainsandglitter · 29/10/2022 20:27

Most of mine have been mentioned earlier but for me:
Fruit scented soaps from the body shop
Body shop satsuma and liquorice bubble baths
Charlie red
Lynx
Exclamation!
Impulse body sprays
Later 90s- cigarettes, strongbow and alco pops especially barcardi breezers and Smirnoff ice.

User38899953 · 29/10/2022 20:30

Charlie red.
The horrible purfume scent from those little bath beads

Frazzledmummy123 · 29/10/2022 20:30

Most on my list have already been mentioned but here goes:

Dewberry perfume from The Body Shop
Exclamation
Tribe
Impulse deodorant
Bacardi breezers
Any nightclub as that was my era of clubbing.
Strawberry lip balm

millefeuille2 · 29/10/2022 20:30

@SpookabooAtTheZoo just wanted to say Asian grapes (those giant purple/black globes you have to peel to eat) taste like that smell!

NancyJoan · 29/10/2022 20:31

Boots Cucumber Cleansing lotion.

BeyondsEnergyObsession · 29/10/2022 20:32

The pretty peach (?) avon stuff for children
Silvrikin
Impulse (the particular one I used to use is still sold and I bought it recently, but off the top of my head I can't remember what it's called 🤔)
Exclamation (or was that 2000's?)

Puppypads · 29/10/2022 20:32

RewildingAmbridge · 29/10/2022 11:42

Jean Paul gaultier in the bottle that looks like a male.torso blue with stripes
Cerruti 1861(?)
CK One
Cigarettes
MD 20/20
Hooch
Bacardi breezes
Dewberry lipbalm
Polo mints

All of this.
And the smell of the perfume dept in Brown Thomas on Grafton St.

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