So is my perfume for old ladies?

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Following on from the other perfume thread I'm now questioning how old-lady my perfume is.

I love wearing Miracle by Lancome.

I'm trying to get myself back after having three small babies under the age of five and going through a traumatic divorce with an abusive partner.

Any other recommendations?

For years I wore sunflowers until it started making me wheeze

www.boots.com/givenchy-ysatis-eau-de-toilette-spray-30ml-10061529?cm_mmc=bmm--Google+Boots+PLAs--BAU--C=%28GB%3AWhoop%21%29+Boots+Shopping+-+Category+-+Fragrance%28GB%3AWhoop%21%29+Boots+Shopping+-+Category+-+Fragrance&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6fyEgLDQ1gIV7b_tCh2VugXpEAQYASABEgIF7vD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

This takes me back to when I was 18. That was a LONG time ago.

Angel is awful ! Far too strong . Alien is such a different scent and a million miles from angel . It's gorgeous

Aw please don’t say this is old lady perfume! It’s my fave too!!! It just smells so clean and fresh and I do get compliments about it so can’t all be me! Going to stand bold and say ‘if miracle perfume is for old ladies then I don’t want to be young!’ There! I said it! Stand with me - you smell lovely!

What I did love when I was 14 was a perfume called "tribe " . I loved it and would love to get a bottle . Does anyone remember tribe from the 90s and is it still available ??

This is it - shit the bed it's expensive . I loved the smell tho so am tempted to buy

Have a look on perfume Parlour to see if they do it.

Did eau de Givenchy come in a plain rectangle bottle with a blue circular label? Light and fresh?

If it did, my dad bought me that when I was a young thing. I was aghast that he bought me perfume and was preparing to make a polite face but omg I loved it.

Yes they do,it's called Tribes for women and has 5 star reviews.

oh I remember Tribe, by coty. It was nice, it smelt of watermelon or cucumber.

Have googled! Yes that's it!

perfume-parlour.co.uk/search/

Tribe is available on amazon for not very much. Treat yo self.

www.amazon.co.uk/Perfume-Tribe-Eau-Toilette-30ml/dp/B010SQFLPY?tag=mumsnetforum-21

this is like Tribe, bit peppery too but it used to remind me of Tribe

biwi I don't think anyone is saying that. Perfume is such a personal thing, and everyone has different tastes - but in terms of marketing, most are targeted towards a particular group (which is often sometimes done by income in the case of very niche scents, but is often done by age) and that's what people tend to think of. I hate sweet floral fragrances, which tend to be marketed towards teens/young women, but I would still hate them if they were marketed specifically, personally, uniquely to me. Similarly, I have worn Mitsouko for many years, which is usually deemed a classic, older woman's fragrance - I'm 44 now and got my first bottle in my early 30s. One of my favourite scents is Lipstick Rose which is actually described as the smell of an old lady's handbag. I also dip in and out of men's fragrances, and, shock, I am a woman.

Thanks dame

Judydreamsofhorses I work in marketing. And with the greatest respect to you, the OP's post was nothing about marketing.

I do, surprisingly, have an understanding of how brands are marketed at different demographic groups. But this was not what the OP was saying.

I like men's fragrances too. Joop, Weekend for men.

Fair dos, biwi, for what it's worth I am both a marketing lecturer and a fragrance nerd, and I maintain the OP meant no offence, but I am out on this one now.

Liking old lady perfumes shows you have good taste and aren't gullible to have fallen for the cheap smelling, overpriced, overly sweet , no staying power, muck that's in the shops nowadays.

If you were to go on a proper perfume forum, you would be very surprised to find that a lot of people actually value the old lady perfumes, even some of the very young members. Those perfumes are known as classics
waves to any fragranticas on here

MorrisZapp, Eau de Givenchy is still available if you have #100 to spare, but if not, try Burberry's Weekend for men. Not the woman's one. That is nothing like Eau de Givenchy but the weekend for men is the closest thing I've ever smelt.

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Eau de Givenchy is my all time favourite too. A few years ago they brought it back briefly in the US (I managed to get my hands on a bottle). You can still get teeny bottles here and here.

at never buy a perfume you could buy in Boots they sell loads of brands.

Oh god that's so weird that the stuff my dad got me all those years ago is now covetable! I loved it but I couldn't go back. Like I love The Smiths but somehow I just can't listen to them.

*What the fuck is an 'old lady' perfume?!
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All those of you trying to justify this statement, just have a think

What on earth does that mean, beyond a simply offensive, ageist statement.

Please define, and give examples

I assume it is the aromatic equivalent of elasticated polyester trousers and beige cardigans and shies from hotter!
Not something the bright young things trend to wear but your great nan might!