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Your first perfume

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Gingersay · 21/11/2022 15:53

Can you remember what your first proper perfume was? I was looking for a perfume for dd12 for Christmas and I sniffed one and it instantly took me back to 1994 it was identical to the original United colours of Benetton perfume, I got a bit excited and said to the girl in the shop who nodded along sympatheticly with the old woman!!

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CannibalQueen · 21/11/2022 16:20

I always (still do) liked 4711 BUT the first one I really liked and bought for myself was called 5am. Of course, being me, is was discontinued before I'd bought a replacement, a lesson learned. I now have a wide range of perfumes (everyone keeps saying they go off but I've not noticed it) and seldom buy one of anything I really like. I had bought three of a particular brand years back and just sold one on ebay recently as I reckoned I'm never going to get through three bottles. I have some gorgeous scents. One of my sisters favourites was /is L'air du temps. I don't know if that's still made but it is a lovely scent.

IHeartGeneHunt · 21/11/2022 16:20

Avon FoxFire I think. From my gran. The first I bought for myself was Obsession and I still wear it, it's my favourite.

Roundaboot · 21/11/2022 16:20

Exclamation! I won it in a magazine comp and also won socks with exclamation marks all over them

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Ineedwinenow · 21/11/2022 16:21

My first was either Dewberry , White Musk or Sunflowers and my first proper expensive one was CKone! I wish they still did Dewberry!!! 😍

MrsMitford3 · 21/11/2022 16:22

Love's Baby soft -the smell is like a time machine to me

AuntieMarys · 21/11/2022 16:22

Chamade by Guerlain. Got it for my 14th in 1974

newtb · 21/11/2022 16:22

Sortilège Le Galion a present from my aunt/godmother. Later she gave me Fidji by Guy Laroche.

LondonWolf · 21/11/2022 16:23

White Satin. Then I got Anais Anais for Christmas and never looked back Grin

YorkieTheRabbit · 21/11/2022 16:25

My very first were Christmas presents when I was 12, I got Charlie and Smitty, I thought I was very grown up 😂
My first adult perfumes were Rive Gauche and Anais Anais

DeadBod · 21/11/2022 16:25

You can definitely guess someone's age by their posts on this chat.
Mine was White Musk.

Luckynumbereight · 21/11/2022 16:25

Blue Grass!

Rauha · 21/11/2022 16:26

I was given Guerlain's Champs-Élysées when I was fourteen. I loved it so much.

paisley256 · 21/11/2022 16:26

Vanderbilt
Obsession
White Musk

LetsGoFlyAKiteee · 21/11/2022 16:28

DuchessDandelion · 21/11/2022 15:56

Avon Pretty Peach

Same! Nice perfume

jennywasafriendofmrbrightside · 21/11/2022 16:31

White musk - and then Chloe Narcisse that I nicked off my big sister Grin

theotherfossilsister · 21/11/2022 16:34

CK 1. It reminds me of being young.

fussychica · 21/11/2022 16:34

Aqua Manda
First proper perfume Ma Griffe by Carven

myusernamewastakenbyme · 21/11/2022 16:34

Guerlain Samsara

lipstickwoman · 21/11/2022 16:39

L'Air du temps, Chanel 19 and Miss Dior up to mid 20s.

I loved one from Miss Selfridge but can't remember that it was called. If anyone can remember one I'd love to be reminded

RandomNortherner · 21/11/2022 16:41

I used to "borrow" from my mum's CK range in the mid 90s.
Had samples given by grandparent as a 14 year old, Anaïs Anaïs was one that stood out (thought I was so sophisticated 😁). Lancome perfume for Christmas age 13 can't remember which one.

tothesea · 21/11/2022 16:42

ESP (Extra Sensory Perfume 😂) think it was Yardley. I still have an old bottle and a hint of the fragrance remains. I’m instantly transported to the under 18’s disco, gelled hair, rollerball lipgloss and my white top with gold lurex stripes.

PussGirl · 21/11/2022 16:43

Poison - awful stuff!

MadameSzyszkoBohusz · 21/11/2022 16:43

Body Shop Tea Rose I think. Still like a rose scent.

I recently bought myself a bottle of Cerruti 1881, which I wore in my teens, after discovering I still love it.

SparklyMistleToes · 21/11/2022 16:44

Sunflowers by Elizabeth Arden. Followed by CK One

LoveAngelLove · 21/11/2022 16:44

Anais Anais

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