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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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EarlofShrewsbury · 21/11/2022 17:06

Exclamation!

I would do anything to be able to smell it one more time

GiantKitten · 21/11/2022 17:06

Luckynumbereight · 21/11/2022 16:25

Blue Grass!

I had Blue Grass too 🙂
Also, around the same time, Tweed (my mum used it)
And Aqua Manda? Not sure that counts as proper perfume though (Woolies stocked it iirc)

tiggergoesbounce · 21/11/2022 17:07

EarlofShrewsbury · 21/11/2022 17:06

Exclamation!

I would do anything to be able to smell it one more time

Ahhh exclamation goodness i forgot about that !!! Wow that takes me back with the black and white bottle.

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isthismylifenow · 21/11/2022 17:07

I forgot about Tresor.

I am quite sure it was a bit old for me as a teen, but the bottle must have swung me 😊

Megifer · 21/11/2022 17:07

brownbeauty80 · 21/11/2022 17:01

@Megifer
Yes.... thank you... gonna put it in my Superdrug's basket now..!!

😊

Has anyone mentioned Tribe yet??????? Just seen a bottle on ebay for about £160....I must have had about 6 bottles at one point!!!

cicatrix1 · 21/11/2022 17:08

Tabu by Dana? my sister got it as a present and didnt like it so passed it on to me ,I felt so grown up 😆

ladymalfoy45 · 21/11/2022 17:08

Audace. The Geogio Beverly Hills.
I don't countSo!

BedTaker · 21/11/2022 17:09

Tribe. Fucking loved that smell!

And when it was time to move onto something a little more sophisticated it was that one in the green bottle with the pink crown that looked like a glow in the dark toy.

My first actual designer perfume was CK One I think.

carefulcalculator · 21/11/2022 17:11

Exclamation! here too Smile

Misspacorabanne · 21/11/2022 17:11

Tommy girl! I got it from duty free one year, and felt so grown up!

PaniniHead · 21/11/2022 17:12

Anaïs Anaïs

MadameCholetsDirtySecret · 21/11/2022 17:14

It! By Lentheric in the early 80's. I was v young but I (and my friends) loved this perfume.

GreyhairedHobbit · 21/11/2022 17:16

Anaïs Anaïs bought for me by a wonderful Aunt who always gave amazing gifts. I was 16 I think.

DarkAndDusty · 21/11/2022 17:16

Sunflowers

Ladyofthelake53 · 21/11/2022 17:16

Miss Dior when it was nice

Pythonese · 21/11/2022 17:16

Chanel Allure

BlathersKate · 21/11/2022 17:17

Panache, Lentheric .

or maybe Havoc? it was a long time ago!

DisforDarkChocolate · 21/11/2022 17:17

LouLou, I still like it too.

isthismylifenow · 21/11/2022 17:18

EarlofShrewsbury · 21/11/2022 17:06

Exclamation!

I would do anything to be able to smell it one more time

Coty Exclamation?

We still get it here in SA. There is quite a big range now.

The original black and white bottle is also still around.

Is it discontinued in the UK?

MsLucyEyelesbarrow · 21/11/2022 17:19

Avon’s first flowers. Then Anais Anais.

aSpanielintheworks · 21/11/2022 17:19

White Satin & Loulou, oooh that brings back memories!

DisforDarkChocolate · 21/11/2022 17:20

Perhaps find one of those gift sets where you get several small bottles by one make so she can experiment?

xJ0y · 21/11/2022 17:20

Eau de Givenchy
Gorgeous, peaches and grapefruit but too weak, no stay

Dubbadubbadumdum · 21/11/2022 17:21

Exclamation was the first I bought myself, but my first favourite was Estee Lauder Pleasures, which I bought with my 25% staff discount in Debenhams. When I turned 21 a friend bought me a bottle of Duende by J Del Poso and any chance I got I would stock up in the airport-absolutly amazing scent, I still hanker after it all these years later 😫

madamsapple · 21/11/2022 17:22

Fiori

I dont remember who made it, and googling just brings up modern perfumes, not the 70s one.

It had a frosted bottle and a burgundy cap, I think.