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Fragrances you wore as a teen

259 replies

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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So1invictus · 24/03/2023 14:30

Rive Gauche, Givenchy III, Anaïs Anaïs, Obsession and Ysatis.

Still have bottles of all of them.

TurquoiseDress · 24/03/2023 14:30

For me back in the 90s as a teenager, it was Tommy Girl and CK One!

Also white musk from the Body shop was popular

Twoshoesnewshoes · 24/03/2023 14:34

Awwww, lovely thread
i wore
So!
Exclamation
Eden
Farenheit (so cool wearing blokes perfume 😂)

Twoshoesnewshoes · 24/03/2023 14:35

Also everyone wore Body Shop dewberry but I think it smells of BO

LilylilyDaisy · 24/03/2023 14:37

Paco Rabanne XS Pour Elle (the original one back in the day) was pretty good! I loved it and would still love it now.

I also wore Amarige, Eternity and Issey Miyake. Cerruti and Sunflowers every now and again.

Raahh · 24/03/2023 14:39

in the mid to late 80s, aged 16-18, I loved Colors of Benetton, and Chloe. Grin
When I was 18, I got a bottle of Chanel no 5, from Duty Free, to take to university with me.
And YSL - Paris. That one used to give me a headache Grin

LawksaMercyMissus · 24/03/2023 14:43

TheDogsMother · 24/03/2023 14:10

Late teens was Rive Gauche. Anyone remember that ? Then Anais Anais, L'eau d'Issy, Clinique Happy.

Yes, Rice Gauche in a blue bottle !

BellatrixLestrangesHeatedCurlers · 24/03/2023 14:43

Dior Poison My first perfume that I bought for myself! I remember using a strawberry Body Shop spray when I was a younger teen. I was never allowed to wear Charlie or Impulse, I remember buying a random Impulse deodorant in a tiny act of rebellion and hiding it hahahha

nowaworriedmum · 24/03/2023 14:47

There was a body shop perfume that I used to love in the 90s, it was called Oceanus or something like that. I would go in on a Saturday with my mates and lather myself in it.

I really wanted it but my Mum wouldn't buy it! 😭

nowaworriedmum · 24/03/2023 14:48

Lou Lou Blue.
Charlie Gold
Impulse did Spice Girl additions spray 😂

nowaworriedmum · 24/03/2023 14:48

TurquoiseDress · 24/03/2023 14:30

For me back in the 90s as a teenager, it was Tommy Girl and CK One!

Also white musk from the Body shop was popular

Oooohhhhh Tommy Girl. That was fab! 👏🏼

nowaworriedmum · 24/03/2023 14:50

newtb · 24/03/2023 11:38

I'm old so,
Coty l'aimant and then
Sortilège by Le Galion which has just been reintroduced.
Bit later, Fidji by Guy Laroche

The coty, was that the pink creamy stuff in a black bottle? My Mum had that. I really like it still 😂

APurpleSquirrel · 24/03/2023 14:50

Oh I'd forgotten So! & BS Vanilla. My boyfriend (now DH) told me him hated the vanilla as it reminded him of his grandmother's kitchen & her baking (not the sexual energy I was going for!) so I stopped that sharpish.
Moved on to DKNY Be Delicious (the apple shaped one), Lancôme Miracle & Issey Miyake L'Eau plus one called Luna I got in Capri.
Now I still like Issey Miyake (DD has snaffled Be Delicious), but also Tom Ford Neroli Portofino & Tom Ford Mandarino Di Amalfi.

Sooo many bottles of Impulse though - remember lining them all up on my shelf... can still remember O2.

HateLongCovid · 24/03/2023 14:51

As a tweenager I like "Elle" can't remember who it was by.

Mephisneon · 24/03/2023 14:51

I was a teen in the early 00s I remember having dkny (the long bottle I think it's called woman) I bought a bottle recently as it was in sale in tk maxx. Still love it!

coloursquare · 24/03/2023 14:53

Amarige

Squidwitch · 24/03/2023 14:55

Body shop white musk, and tea rose in the tiny bottle, blasé, Charlie blue, Avon reve voile, moonwind, elegance. Fresco impulse and sure spray deodorant. Tribe used to make me queasy when half the class were wearing it, it was a ridiculously weirdly sweet and overwhelming

ConcernedMum22 · 24/03/2023 14:56

These bring back soo many memories!

I loved Gap 'Dream' would love to smell this scent again but can't seem to find a dupe.

tobee · 24/03/2023 14:58

As a pp Avon Occur! What a ridiculous name for a fragrance.

Impulse Nirvana

Early teens Tweed (Country Casuals, Laura Ashley was very "in" early 80s)

Homemade rose petal perfume - but I was more like 8 then.

tobee · 24/03/2023 14:58

Oh and Fidji

So1invictus · 24/03/2023 14:59

nowaworriedmum · 24/03/2023 14:50

The coty, was that the pink creamy stuff in a black bottle? My Mum had that. I really like it still 😂

L'Aimant came as a cream perfume yes, also as a spray. You can still get both. Very similar to Chanel n5!

So1invictus · 24/03/2023 15:00

HateLongCovid · 24/03/2023 14:51

As a tweenager I like "Elle" can't remember who it was by.

I had a tiny tiny bottle of that. An Eau de Parfum. I think it was either Fabergé, or Lentheric, one of those types of brands.

pepperaunt · 24/03/2023 15:10

Anais Anais. My boyfriend at the time loved it.

bookmarket · 24/03/2023 15:28

Late 80s early 90s

White musk body shop
Ghost - I still like the smell of that now
Colors by Benetton

evtheria · 24/03/2023 15:32

You can see the phases of high school in these:

Anna Sui Dreams
The Body Shop perfume oil 'vanilla'

CK One & Two

Mugler Angel edp
Stella McCartney Stella edp