Old perfumes I'm loving!

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Currently obsessed(!) with CK Obsession! It's an oldie but a goodie! Anyone else revisiting older perfumes?

Yes, I loved Gucci Envy...

Premier jour Nina Ricci for my early 20’s Exclamation was my teenage one though absolutely loved it

Armani used to do one called Sensi, I first bought it in duty free on my first girls holiday to Corfu when I was about 19, it was lovely and warm and I’m gutted I can’t get it anymore

Used to love Fidji - still available, so might have to give it a wee sniff again.

Also, as someone mentioned above - New West - loved that perfume, always reminded me of the sea for some reason. Wish it hadn't been discontinued.

A bit of a random one, but I'm sure Boots used to sell a perfume called Fiore(?). I think it was their own make - anyone remember it or am I imagining things?

There’s a new young woman in my office who wears something identical to Emeraude.

@PickleASturgeon- you're not mad- Boots used to make lovely perfumes. The first one I ever bought was boots Bluebell in a little blue splash bottle. I'm talking about 1984 though!

@pangolina Gucci Envy is not coming back and I am so upset about it. I'm a perfume blogger and wrote to Gucci about this and they gave me some fluffy answer about "try our new stuff."

There's such a demand for Gucci Envy that I honestly don't know why they won't bring it back. It's like shooting yourself in the bank account. It would be a bestseller! I'm also puzzled about why nobody has thought to bring out anything similar to satisfy demand. In fact, when I wrote my blog article, I got 164 comments! (some of them are mine in reply)

iscentyouaday.com/2013/04/24/gucci-envy-its-madness-i-tell-you/

Another Gucci Envy fan here, wish I’d realised it was my last bottle at the time. Loved it so much.

Always also looking for My Queen by Alexander McQueen. I remember it being in Savers for about £20 a bottle but I couldn’t afford to stock up at the time

Fendi...The original which I wore in the 90s. I can still smell it. So upset it was discontinued. La occitane oud & rose is the closest I have ever found to it.

Also, midnight poison. If I had known it would be discontinued I would have stocked up. My friend recently discovered an unopened bottle in a drawer and sold it for hundreds on eBay. I was distraught.

Tuscany Per Donna sigh

Anyone old enough to remember Limara body sprays?

Cinnabar...Estee Lauder
Magie Noire...Lancome

Ooh how can I forget Vanderbilt? Sorry, went on a posting tangent there!

Ohhh yes i remember Limara body sprays.....

Light blue!

OMG mine were Daisy - Mary Quant, Rive Gauche - YSL, Charlie- Revlon, Stevie B- Max Factor, Coty L'aimant, Je Suis - Yardley. Now my current faves are LV - Turbulences and Tom Ford XXXX Fabulous.

I loved Gucci Envy too . I did recently get a bottle of Venezia by Laura Biagotti which is just as lovely as I remembered.

Private Collection by Estee Lauder and Fidji by Guy Laroche used to be go-tos. Blase by Max Factor when I was a skint teen and something called Femille was gorgeous too. Not sure who made it.

Can't wear perfume now. It gives me a headache

Willowstar- Perfume Parlour do a pretty good dupe of original Fendi.
Likewise, the PP version of Rive Gauche (and Opium) are fabulous and much nearer to the original versions than the modern formulations. I won't ever buy proper RG again now I have the PP version.

First Van Cleef &Arpels (dated now)
Dior J'Adore - tried some the other day and still lovely.
Wore White Linen too in the late 80s then switched to Lancome - loved hypnose
Currently wear Estee Modern Muse eau de Parfum and Miss Dior Blooming

Mitsouko and Chanel 19

Oh god. I've been on a mission to find some Very Valentino. Discontinued. Wonderful smell evocative of my early 20's. Also L'ete by Kenzo
I had a perfume called Choc by Pierre Cardin in the 80's. I've been looking for for years. I once found it a few years ago in a dusty corner of a French supermarket.
I long for Colors by Benetton too. Gorgeous

Shalimar, Chamade and Naheme. I have a bit of a thing for Guerlain!

Ooh, anyone remember Cacherel and Eau de Metal?

Hypnotic Poison was my drug of choice as a teenager. Also remember my mother in L’Air Du Temps and Beautiful. All of those take me straight back a couple of decades.

I find most modern, newly released perfumes smell the same as each other. There are about three scents out there it seems!

Oh God, and my stepmother wore Private Collection (EL) for years. I loved that so much.