To ask what your favourite perfume of yesteryear is/was?

[BowieFan]

Inspired by the other perfume thread, it got me thinking about what I used to wear as a teenager. I will forever miss Tramp, Moon Drops and anything by Yardley!

What are your favourite scents from years gone by?

Oh and loads of Avon ones: Nightfall, Pearls and Lace, Moonwind, Timeless - I had loads of them, I was a sucker for a fancy name

I used to douse myself in Hungary Water. Lovely - really sharp and citrussy with a rosemary edge. I spied it in Crabtree & Evelyn a couple of years ago - it smells completely different. Like loo freshener. I spent the day retching.

On another note, I still love Blue Grass, which smells like my mother.

Coty's Imprevu. I lived and died in it for about 15 years. Anyone remember the name of that one in a browny coloured bottle (maybe orangey top) that was like essence of orange. Someone must have bought me a bottle in the late sixties and I adored it.

Clinique Happy or Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers. I liked to smell like I'd been dipped in sugar and fruit.

I'm more of a Tom Ford Sahara Noir, Velvet Orchid or Santal Blush or Serge Lutens Sa Majaste La Rose or A La Nuit lady now.

Nonline, funnily enough RL Blue reminds me of the monsoon perfume. And whoever mentioned body shop Tobacco flower, I agree it was divine.

Gucci Envy. I love it. Miss it so much.

I've still got a bottle of Envy - gets used on special days only . In fact I've got the gift box it came in with some bits still in it somewhere !

I loved Opium. The perfume, not the drug, obviously.

Basically, if it seemed like something Alexis from Dynasty (who was and still is my idol) would wear, I was all over it

A couple of people have mentioned Cinnabar - yes, they still sell it - bought some last week. It's now in a squarish bottle - think it's something like 'classic' range.

YY to Bodyshop Dewberry and White Musk (was that boots?). Anything by Impulse.

Oh I remember the orangey one now it was Aqua Manda. Also I remember buying Kiku. My mother always wore Youth Dew which was way too heavy for me but I kept a bottle for a while just to remember her by

Paris. Used to wear so much of it at sixth form that my friends could basically track me through the corridors.

Anais Anais is lovely; if I had a teenage DD I'd get her some as it's not heavy. I still love Cinnabar and Ralph Lauren Safari.

Just Musk, Pagan and Coty L'Aimant. I still have the pink gift box which the L'Aimant came in from 1981 which was meant to be a jewellery box once the perfume was finished.
And even earlier than that Apple Blossom which may have been Elisabeth Arden, I can't quite remember.

bluddleuddleumdum You might be thinking of Aquamanda. It has been remade and is available again, but I don't think it's exactly the same - it's close though. Orange patchouli, lovely lovely smell!

My one is Givenchy III, no longer easily available if at all - I miss it SO much...

Ellen I have a bottle of Hot Couture, it's like gold dust now and so expensive on Ebay.

Also love and often wear D&G Femme (Red top); so aromatic.

I also wear Creed Aventus even though it's an aftershave, it's gorgeous

Cross post!

Was Kiku the one in a yellow ball?

First perfume was Anais Anais, followed by Calyx

Contradiction by CK. I loved it so much. Off to Amazon to look for a bottle now!

Yes flighty it was in the yellow ball. Nice but not as nice as Imprevu. Aqua Manda must have made an impression on me though I still seek out orangey shampoos, shower gels etc.

I still wear Opium.

Love it.

Flighty I heard Aquamanda was remade and selling in House of Fraser. I looked in my local one but couldnt see it

Panache.

Ralph Lauren - Romance