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?

Ralph Lauren - Romance

When I was about 14 I had a perfume called Havoc by Mary Quant which used to make my dad howl with laughter.
Day to day I went through La Jardin and Body Shop White Musk phases.
The one that always takes me back to my late teens, early 20's is KL by Karl Lagerfeld which was a heady vampish smell which I loved and I'm the antithesis of vampish!

I found a long forgotten bottle of Deci Dela in a box of old stuff from the loft. Teenage DD loves it and it smells great on her.

Eggsbutnotbacon -
Apple Blossom was by Helena Rubenstein I think ?

It was my mother's favourite. I loved seeing that curvy ( but I think plastic!?) bottle, with a little fabric bow , on her dressing table.And her tiny bronze leather stilettos! Utter glamour it was!

Body shop sandalwood for everyday and Paloma Picasso for special. It was my signature scent for a long time....

Fidgi
Poison tendre
Amarige
Spellbound
Brasil dream

gap grass
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estee lauder pleasures

I loved Avon soft musk . I remember when the Avon catalogue came through the door the fragrance pages were smelly so you could 'try' before you buy. And you could get the whole package for the one you liked, not just fragrance but soap, bubble bath, body lotion and even, yes, talc

I remember some girl at school used a perfume that smelled of apples,just that,think it was called Green Apple and was in a bottle shaped like an apple- ring any bells with anyone?

Oh and Georgio Beverly Hills . A boy once said I smelt gorgeous wearing it so I doused myself in it for the next 10 years . Can't stand it now it bloody stinks!

I don't think anyone has mentioned Cachet?

I used to love that from about 1979, when I was 11.

Odyssey was in the mid-80's - I had the whole range of that - talc, roll on perfume etc

White Musk is still quite pleasant for daytime use - my daughter's bought me some for Christmas!!

I was once bought some Givenchy III by a boyfriend, which I thought was the so grown up, but it used to give me horrendous headaches, so I had to give it away!

I love this thread. I've dug the archers out of the cupboard and am sat having an archers and lemonade wishing I was 18 again.

Ex'cla ma'tion

Tuscany. I loved it. Also L'Eau de Issy and Aqua di Gio, and Truth by CK.

The Nina Ricci ones in the sort of squiggly bottle. Came in all different colours / scents but the green & pink was the main one. I loved girly perfumes & there was a pink Dior one that smelled like ginger ale. Had a few bottles of that.
My first proper perfume (Body Shop & Impulse as a teen) was Calvin Klein Escape. It was super strong with with an echo of melon. Tried a new perfume in L'Occitane today that reminded me of a perfume I had in my 20s. Don't know what though...

DKNY Be Delicious blackbunny

Deci Dela. Had bottles of the stuff. That might be the smell I remembered today... Lovely!

So! Charlie (red & blue) and Exclamation! Also loved The Body Shops coconut and Dewberry perfumes!

Has anyone mentioned LouLou? That, combined with the smell of Players No. 6 cigs reminds me of going to the bingo with my grandma and behind the gym at school.

bowiefan yes, that's the one
I can still smell it!

My mum wore l'air du temps for day time and Red Door - Elizabeth Arden for night.

Aqua do gio, rive gauche, anais anais, poison, Estée Lauder beautiful, Chanel no5, Giorgio Beverly Hills, YSL Paris, L'aimant, body shop white musk, givenchy amarige, Liz Claiborne, Dior dolce vita, Rochas byzance, body shop dewberry, le jardin,

I remember thinking I was v. posh in the 1990s when DP bought me Davidoff Cool Water (which you can now probably buy by the litre in TJ Hughes)

I still wear it actually as an every day thing. That and CK Obsession are always in my make up bag. I used to like Liz Taylor Diamonds until I realised Liz Taylor was old even when that came out and she's been dead for years.

Lou Lou takes me back to Greece in 1989 - halcyon days! Went through a phase of wearing Drakar Noir aftershave too.

What an evocative thread!

Sea Jade - I would like to know how that smelt.

Ah, this thread reminds me of having disposable income to fritter away on perfume, make up, clothes and whatever the hell I wanted.

DKNY, Ralph Lauren Romance, Lacoste (not sure of the name, Pour Femme?), Clinique Happy, Acqua do Gio