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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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elevenplusdilemma · 29/10/2022 21:33

Dewberry body spray
Exclamation perfume
White Musk EDT

Artygirlghost · 29/10/2022 21:44

Teen Spirit.

Jknow · 29/10/2022 21:51

Ooh poppers, that’s another one, definitely haven’t sniffed that since the 90s.

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ReluctantCourier · 29/10/2022 21:56

Dewberry over last night’s fag smoke from the pub in my hair 🤮

I guess I can’t remember picking up a top from the night before and it having that accumulated cigarette smoke from a pub in yeeeeaars

ReluctantCourier · 29/10/2022 22:01

Oh and Malibu- yeuch

Meadowbreeze · 29/10/2022 22:09

Grape and strawberry scented pens. Especially grape. There are grape flavour sweets in Korean shops and it puts the 90s in my mouth.

GettingStuffed · 29/10/2022 22:29

Dirty nappies

SpookyPanda · 29/10/2022 22:30

Meadowbreeze · 29/10/2022 22:09

Grape and strawberry scented pens. Especially grape. There are grape flavour sweets in Korean shops and it puts the 90s in my mouth.

Yes! Grape pens

x2boys · 29/10/2022 22:42

Northernsouloldies · 29/10/2022 20:45

Kourous aftershave, base amphetamine, Es,. 😁

God yeah my first boyfriend wore Kouros ,i remember the white bottle

MuchoGoustoChezBurger · 29/10/2022 22:48

Joss sticks, dewberry and ck one

imnotthatkindofmum · 29/10/2022 23:18

Calvin klein obsession. My friend at uni loved it and yet reminds me of her. Late 1990s

Early 1990s incense. I still use incense even though I'm a middle aged teacher and mum and not a hippy in anyway anymore.

Itshotoutthere · 29/10/2022 23:19

Scented erasers, proper sweet shop smell, perm lotion, leather(?) seats on double decker buses. Creosote. Bubbilicious bubble gum. The smell of school wooden floor

SideshowAuntSallly · 29/10/2022 23:22

Joop, Calvin Klein Eternity and Escape. White Musk and Dewberry from the Body Shop.
I used to love CKone, bought it when it first came out.

Iamthewalnut · 29/10/2022 23:24

Karl Lagerfeld Sun Moon and Stars

Itshotoutthere · 29/10/2022 23:38

Oh I've just remembered another one - bazooka chewing gum and the one that smelled/ tasted of germoline and the smell of a newsagents

Vampirethriller · 30/10/2022 07:58

I emailed Unilever about bringing Impulse 02 back last night, and they've replied saying we should petition their Facebook page (which is called Impulse Fragrances)

Lovesplasticstraws · 30/10/2022 08:14

Leaded petrol

Body Shop Ananya

SureThingy · 30/10/2022 08:26

ZooMount · 29/10/2022 20:59

Those tacky Christmas decorations you put up all over the ceiling and tinsel. I miss the smell of the Christmas decoration box. Not the same now all my decorations are classy 😆

Yes!

I still love the smell of tinsel and those tacky Christmas decs now.

Annoyed200722 · 30/10/2022 08:41

the watermelon scent of Body Shop sunscreens. I used to have a facial sun screen stick that I would often just open and sniff. Loved that scent. Mind you, the stick left my skin greedy, so the product was fairl t awful otherwise!

ellyanna · 30/10/2022 10:55

The musty smell of the dressing room at the civic centre where I did my drama and dance productions.

My gran's Sunday roast

Fructis shampoo

Frying onions for Saturday night hotdogs watching Big Break

Wet grass, mud and horses

thismeansnothing · 30/10/2022 11:09

Bodyshop Dewberry body mist

O2 impulse

Lynx Africa 🤮

bringincrazyback · 30/10/2022 11:28

Body Shop perfumes, mainly Ananya.

UnfinishedUsernam · 30/10/2022 12:26

Monsoon perfume. I would give my right arm for a bottle.

TakemedowntoPotatoCity · 30/10/2022 13:52

Weed, tbh - I had some druggy friends (don't any more)of

Bizarrely, when I use rosemary in my cooking I find the smell so similar it takes.me back!

MightyOaks · 02/11/2022 19:45

suzyscat · 29/10/2022 11:45

Spice girls impulse- I'd buy it tidy if I could. Once walked passed an old man who smelt so distinctively of it about 10 years ago and it made me so happy.

I wouldn't buy a body shop product now because of their mlm structure but their white musk.

Also bonfires but that's more generic childhood joy smell.

Same! The closest scent to it I'd say, is Old Spice