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Discontinued fragrances!

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lalawalkonby · 05/09/2023 21:47

Lighthearted, but in the past month I have discovered 2 of my favourite fragrances have been discontinued! One a perfume, one a home fragrance:
Jo Malone Orris & Sandalwood
Kew Gardens Damson & Jasmine
I'm so sad as both fragrances have strong associations for me and smell is my most powerful sense.
Anyone else had any fragrances discontinued they wish weren't?

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RilkeanHeart · 05/09/2023 23:30

Dior - Escale A Pondichery.
Byredo - Baudelaire
Hate the way they do this. Perfumes you grow to love shouldn’t be marketed like fast fashion…

PollyannaWhittier · 05/09/2023 23:31

Albarinoqueen · 05/09/2023 23:27

Sun moon and stars by Karl lagerfeld

There's a bottle of that on vinted (I spotted it when I just looked for KL !) - £65 for 30ml
www.vinted.co.uk/items/3188824216-rare-discontinue-karl-lagerfeld-sun-moon-stars

Sensibletrousers · 05/09/2023 23:33

BeneFit Maybe Baby……. Smells like my rave days

Icequeen01 · 05/09/2023 23:35

Orturo · 05/09/2023 23:19

Oh yes that was lovely 💔

It really was. I have never found a scent I have loved as much as that one. It's a travesty.

JoBrodie · 05/09/2023 23:35

A £3 50ml mini spray that came in a mint green clear bottle by Ted Baker, from Boots or Superdrug, in the holiday minis section. Managed to find another on eBay for a tenner and have eked that one out for as long as possible. At some point I'll probably have to see if there's somewhere that can reverse engineer it and produce something similar cos it's really nice.

Jo

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Freshpanic · 05/09/2023 23:37

Blasted Bloom - Pengaligan
Boudoir - Vivienne Westwood

My life is sadder without them. They were glorious- I'd spend hundreds to het my hands on a bottle of either.

PurpleWhirple · 05/09/2023 23:40

ZebraLyghts · 05/09/2023 23:18

Angel Muse

Oh no, I love this!! Didn't know it was discontinued

For me it's the gold cylindrical Armani one. They brought it back recently reformulated and it's so crap now it's worse than when I couldn't buy it at all!! Also miss Gucci rush.

As with other posters, am eeking out a bottle of Stella

Sensibletrousers · 05/09/2023 23:44

Sensibletrousers · 05/09/2023 23:33

BeneFit Maybe Baby……. Smells like my rave days

And Stila Crème Bouquet 💐

Boujibroke · 05/09/2023 23:45

Absolutely beyond gutted that Gucci by Gucci was discontinued. I contacted them to ask why and did they have any bottles that I could buy but unfortunately didn't get any reply.

I have half a bottle of it left. Will need to make it last my remaining lifetime.

Also I flung a bottle out with a few drops left in it days before I found it it had been discontinued... absolutely devastated by my action's.

FrontEnd · 05/09/2023 23:45

@Nat6999 Also Fendi original (I stocked up but only wear special occasions now) there is apparently a very acceptable BBNY Fendi dupe available though!

I miss original Gucci too (the first fragrance they did). And all the pre-reformulation Diors.

TragicMuse · 05/09/2023 23:48

Mary Greenwell's Lemon. Fabulous lemon chypre. When I heard it was disconned I bought up all the stock at my local Fragrance Store!

La Prairie Life Threads Platinum. Utterly beautiful. I am down to ekeing out my last bottle that I found on eBay.

I will miss them so much.

MsFogi · 05/09/2023 23:48

Aqua di Parma Iris Nobile - I am absolutely bereft and will never get over this.
Michael Kors signature perfume - I am not so bereft but very sad about this one.

VillanellesCoat · 05/09/2023 23:48

@SheSaidHummingbird Omg thank you! I miss Tobacco Flower (Body Shop) and just found some via your link 😁💜

MrsHughesPinny · 05/09/2023 23:50

Yes! It’s so disappointing! Marc Jacobs Decadence was my go to, it got discontinued. Then I switched to AllSaints Sunset Riot and they’re trying to get rid of that too! I bought some bottles on Amazon.

Ohmylovejune · 05/09/2023 23:51

Molton Brown Hand Cream in Alba White Truffle

NotTerfNorCis · 05/09/2023 23:53

Molton Brown Bushukan, although I've since been able to get hold of some.

FarEast · 05/09/2023 23:53

smooththecat · 05/09/2023 21:53

The old lush fragrances before they reformulated them all. Vanilliary 😔

Lush flower garden
Lush Lust
and the Lush purple lavender-y one
body shop tea rose
Primark (yes, really!) Happy and Neroli. Best orange blossom I’ve ever smelled.

L0bstersLass · 05/09/2023 23:56

Chloe Narcisse

FarEast · 05/09/2023 23:56

Oh and body shop primrose oil. Utterly gorgeous

TragicMuse · 05/09/2023 23:56

Clarich007 · 05/09/2023 22:49

Soir De Paris.
Aqua Manda.
Blase.
Intimate by Revlon.
Geminesse.
These were all perfumes from my childhood.
I am old though !

Oh original Aqua Manda was so good!

flyingsaucersandjellybeans · 05/09/2023 23:57

Marc Jacobs Decadence

Treesinmygarden · 05/09/2023 23:59

Crikeyalmighty · 05/09/2023 22:16

Can you still buy Samsara - I used to love it as a great winter smell and bought myself a big bottle when I got divorced in 1990!!

Our tealady in work once asked me not to wear Samsara because it gave her a headache!! 😂

To be fair, it was pretty strong!

Tryingtogetonwithit · 05/09/2023 23:59

Paco Rabanne XS pour Elle

Treesinmygarden · 06/09/2023 00:00

flyingsaucersandjellybeans · 05/09/2023 23:57

Marc Jacobs Decadence

They've brought it back!!! Happy days!!

Treesinmygarden · 06/09/2023 00:00

MrsHughesPinny · 05/09/2023 23:50

Yes! It’s so disappointing! Marc Jacobs Decadence was my go to, it got discontinued. Then I switched to AllSaints Sunset Riot and they’re trying to get rid of that too! I bought some bottles on Amazon.

It's back! I was delighted to discover this!

No perfume I've ever worn has had more compliments.

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