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Fragrances you wore as a teen

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ImpossibleDrear · 24/03/2023 10:51

I was a teen in the 90s. I remember everybody going crazy for Body Shop Dewberry but don't really remember what it smelled like?

I got some Sunflowers perfume and wore WAAAY too much of it, ALL the time. My friend's mum asked her to tell me to stop wearing it at their house. 😂😂😂 The smell turns my stomach now.

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TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 03/05/2023 21:38

As a young teen, Impulse - Vanilla Kisses and O2

Then CK One and CK Be.

At uni, Burberry Brit and an Anna Sui perfume with a fairy on the bottle. I had a tester of Obsession which I really loved, too.

On the Body Shop front, my friend group all had their allocated lip balm. Mine was kiwi, someone else had strawberry, someone else had peach and so on. You weren’t allowed to deviate and all Christmas presents were bath beads or bubble bath in the right flavour.

PurpleAirGuitar · 04/05/2023 17:04

I was a teenager from 79 to 85 but probably didn't start taking an interest in perfume till about 81, 82.

I think the first one I ever had was Tweed which I can't believe I really liked, but for some reason it had come into my possession and so I used it.

I liked Anais Anais, and so did my mum. I find it a bit overpowering now.

AnnieDog · 04/05/2023 19:53

FlyingWormsAndSubterraneanBirds · 24/03/2023 15:59

This. I live in hope forever that it will be reinstated.

I have found one other that smells the same but it is £££

@FlyingWormsAndSubterraneanBirds can I ask what the one you've found is please? I miss Les Belles so much, I reckon I'd be prepared to pay $$ for a replacement.

VanillaImpulse · 04/05/2023 23:02

Anyone remember the Philosophy perfumes? Baby Grace, Pure Grace, Amazing Grace. I loved the baby one like baby powder

TurquoiseDress · 05/05/2023 00:37

TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 03/05/2023 21:38

As a young teen, Impulse - Vanilla Kisses and O2

Then CK One and CK Be.

At uni, Burberry Brit and an Anna Sui perfume with a fairy on the bottle. I had a tester of Obsession which I really loved, too.

On the Body Shop front, my friend group all had their allocated lip balm. Mine was kiwi, someone else had strawberry, someone else had peach and so on. You weren’t allowed to deviate and all Christmas presents were bath beads or bubble bath in the right flavour.

OMG yes!

The Body shop fruit flavoured lip balms...I remember these very well!
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ZeppelinTits · 05/05/2023 00:43

Les Belles de Ricci by Nina Ricci. Wish I'd kept the bottle, it goes for loads on eBay now.

Various horrible impulse body sprays. Bleuggh. Confused

Toptotoe · 11/06/2023 21:13

Blasé
City -L’aimant
Revlon -Jontue
Coty -Just Musk ( I wish they still made this - it was so lovely)
anais anais - now reformulated and is now a very poor relation
Nina Ricci L’air de Temps
Lancome - Climat ( why did they discontinue this 😫- such a compliment grabber)
Impulse - the brown one ( absolutely loved that)
Mary Quant - Havoc
YSL - Rive Gauche

All that have not been discontinued have been reformulated and are nowhere near as good as they once were.

Lookingoutside · 11/06/2023 23:10

White Musk Body Shop

Coco Chanel, 16th birthday present and my first grown up perfume.

True Love by Elizabeth Arden

CK One

Angel Thierry Mugler

beguilingeyes · 12/06/2023 09:26

This thread has sent me down a Salvador Dali rabbit hole. It seems that it's still a thing and so I can start using my carefully eked out last bottle with gay abandon.
The bottle is a beautiful thing.

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