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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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Sorryyoufeelthatway · 24/03/2023 15:42

Gio By Armani. It was very special and an expensive treat. Pure 90s spicy fun!

Prior to that Dewberry, Exclamation, Boots natural collection body spray, Georgio Beverly Hills, Impulse and whatever Yardley I got from my gran for Christmas!

NameChange647 · 24/03/2023 15:46

So Kiss Me
Burberry Weekend
Diesel Red
D&G Light Blue

And there was one from Avon I can't remember the name of. was actually trying to Google it not long ago I'm sure it has the words paradise or island in the name. I found one called Island Vibe but I'm not sure that's the one. It left an oily feeling on my skin but I loved it.

NameChange647 · 24/03/2023 15:47

I didn't actually own the Diesel or the D&G I would steal my mum's 😂 also loved Britney Spears perfume (still do!)

ChrisPriss · 24/03/2023 15:50

Blasé
Brut
Gingham (female Brut, although we girls wore Brut too!)

MosquitoBuffet · 24/03/2023 15:50

Oh my god soooo many:

Charlie (when you could only get one type)
Anais Anais
LouLou
Impulse chic
Samsara
Body shop white musk
Body shop tea rose

I floated around on a perfumed cloud from 1986 onwards

anonymouschef · 24/03/2023 15:52

Can't wait to read this

Alien
Flowerbomb
Daisy
Chance fraiche

Guess my age 😝

notawittyname1954 · 24/03/2023 15:54

@turnthebiglightoff I used to love Byzance, was sad when they discontinued it. Apparently the one they reintroduced was not as nice.

notawittyname1954 · 24/03/2023 15:56

@DialSquare Thanks for reminding me about Cachet. Totally forgotten that one.

Jojoanna · 24/03/2023 15:57

Tigress ,,,my first grown up perfume.
Samsara
Rive gauche
Youth dew (was awful )

FlyingWormsAndSubterraneanBirds · 24/03/2023 15:59

SchoolTripDrama · 24/03/2023 11:59

LOVED IT

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

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

JoanThursday · 24/03/2023 15:59

I was at school in the 1980s. For us, it was Body Shop White Musk, Impulse 'hint of musk' and anais anais.

There was also one called 'vanilla fields' I think .. possibly Yardley or Coty??

Then in the mid 90s after uni and in my first job, I loved CKOne, Tommy Girl and Very Valentino.

There was also Chloe, but it doesn't smell like 'Chloe' now. Was in a roundish bottle if I remember rightly.

nowaworriedmum · 24/03/2023 16:05

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!

Is this the one that smells quite zesty?

whatausername · 24/03/2023 16:19

Body Shop white musk, cherry blossom, oceanus, strawberry something?
Boots Natural Collection vanilla and a purple one
So... lots of them but especially So! Kiss Me
Impulse body sprays - various
Whatever perfumes came in the cosmetic sets I got at Christmas or for birthdays
Charlie Red I think

The "proper" perfumes that were popular were Burberry, Paco Rabanne Ultraviolet, DKNY Delicious (?), CK (supposedly) and some Anna Sui one. Ultraviolet, Delicious and Burberry were EVERYWHERE

whatausername · 24/03/2023 16:22

Oh and Ghost! So popular

BroccliSpears · 24/03/2023 16:25

Showing my age……
Aqua Manda
and then later in my teens, Havoc by Mary Quant.

Paesano · 24/03/2023 16:36

Body Shop White Musk (obvs)

Rive Gauche

Diorissimo.

ODFOx · 24/03/2023 16:43

Choc by Pierre Cardin was the first proper perfume I bought.

HelenaHurricane · 24/03/2023 17:05

Tommy Girl
CK One
Cool Water
Some absolutely vile, overly sweet mess called Babydoll 🤢
Emporio Armani
Jean Paul Gaultier (still like this one)
Hypnotic Poison
Eden
White Jeans (there was a whole set of different jeans themed fragrances and I can't remember who made it)
Belle de Ricci

I could go on! I loved perfume as a teenager as I never felt very good about my looks, (although looking back, I looked amazing. Youth is wasted on the young)!

So1invictus · 24/03/2023 17:20

JoanThursday · 24/03/2023 15:59

I was at school in the 1980s. For us, it was Body Shop White Musk, Impulse 'hint of musk' and anais anais.

There was also one called 'vanilla fields' I think .. possibly Yardley or Coty??

Then in the mid 90s after uni and in my first job, I loved CKOne, Tommy Girl and Very Valentino.

There was also Chloe, but it doesn't smell like 'Chloe' now. Was in a roundish bottle if I remember rightly.

Chloe in the orange box? Karl Lagerfeld? I had that too. (and the Vanilla Fields)
Actually there's little on this thread I didn't/don't have. Am a perfume whore 😅
@notawittyname1954 I picked up some vintage Cachet on eBay a few years ago. Together with some Courant.

SnuggleBuggleBoo · 24/03/2023 17:28

Did nobody else wear Davidoff Cool Water? I used to splash around in it as an older teen, like a bird in a birdbath. It had my poor driving instructor choking in the passenger seat!

BeretRaspberry · 24/03/2023 17:29

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! 😭

I remember that! I can even smell it now. I loved it too. Odd thing to remember but I bought that the day Diana died. I found a picture. Oh the memories.

Fragrances you wore as a teen
BeretRaspberry · 24/03/2023 17:31

SnuggleBuggleBoo · 24/03/2023 17:28

Did nobody else wear Davidoff Cool Water? I used to splash around in it as an older teen, like a bird in a birdbath. It had my poor driving instructor choking in the passenger seat!

I did but I was probably early 20’s by then. I had Cool water for day and JPG for night.😂 My MIL bought my youngest son (13) a bottle of the men’s stuff for Christmas and he loves it too.

Definitelycross · 24/03/2023 17:31

coloursquare · 24/03/2023 14:53

Amarige

Oh yes this one too ❤️❤️

ImpossibleDrear · 24/03/2023 17:32

I'd forgotten Body Shop Vanilla. Definitely thought we were sexy in that!

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Jeansandbeans · 24/03/2023 17:32

Tribe! Always wanted but never got Exclamation.