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Discontinued products that you can NEVER forgive them for.

518 replies

PossumintheHouse · 15/03/2024 16:11

I'm edging towards the last spritzes of my beloved Elle by YSL perfume. Why they discontinued this glorious fragrance, I will never understand. Off to buy another overpriced bottle on eBay, I guess.

I'm also pissed off with Jo Malone for getting rid of her English Oak and Redcurrant scent. The candle and body lotion were the best.

Who will you never forgive for discontinuing your favourite?

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Ilovemyshed · 15/03/2024 21:31

Penhaligons Malabah

Ilovemyshed · 15/03/2024 21:32

And Prescriptives make up

Ilovemyshed · 15/03/2024 21:35

MrsWimpy · 15/03/2024 16:36

Lancôme Flash Bronzer gel for face. I loved it and for some reason it just made my skin so nice and just just the tiniest glow.

I'm gutted and have never been able to find something similar. Last bottle still has very tiny amount and it's probably 20 years old but I still want to use it 🫣

There's some on ebay

Grendell · 15/03/2024 21:36

Farrah Fawcett shampoo (1970s-1980s)

doingmyboxin · 15/03/2024 21:37

Soap and Glory Glow Lotion. Loved the smell and made my shoulders look amazing Grin

TheFormidableMrsC · 15/03/2024 21:53

OooScotland · 15/03/2024 20:56

Laura Mercier under eye concealer in a pot. Thick, creamy, and you could get every last bit out with a clean brush every time.

now they only do a liquid one in a lipgloss style bottle with a sponge applicator. Unhygienic, wasteful and the product is too thin.

LM have lost a customer.

I was looking for a dupe of the discontinued Becca concealer which sound really similar. I ended up with Collection stretch concealer which comes in a little pot. It's amazing. Under a fiver. Might be worth a try?

OooScotland · 15/03/2024 22:09

TheFormidableMrsC · 15/03/2024 21:53

I was looking for a dupe of the discontinued Becca concealer which sound really similar. I ended up with Collection stretch concealer which comes in a little pot. It's amazing. Under a fiver. Might be worth a try?

Thanks for the tip! I’ve got a ton of possibles I’m working through from Chanel and Sisley to Bourjois and Stila. I’m finding that the cheap as chips ones are often the best so that’ll go on the list for next time I’m at the shops!

TheSquareMile · 15/03/2024 22:32

The perfume which became my signature scent in the 1980s was Miss Dior.

I had the parfum, the eau de toilette, the body lotion, the soap, the bath granules, a talcum powder (if I remember correctly), the whole lot.

It's since been reformulated, although there is still one product they call Miss Dior Originale, an eau de toilette.

I used to buy Miss Dior sets in House of Fraser, so I was always stocked up.

For a special evening out, I would use the bath granules and soap in the bath, then the body lotion and talc and then the parfum or eau de toilette.

They dropped the sets and additional products for the original Miss Dior a while ago and I really miss them,

They pop up now and then on E-Bay for large sums, but I have been told that they are often not what they seem and not authentic.

GB81 · 15/03/2024 22:53

rookiemere · 15/03/2024 17:18

Dolce & Gabbana Sicily perfume. They reintroduced it a few years ago but at £150+ per bottle rather than the mid range price it used to be.

I miss this too! I’ve still got the dregs in a bottle.

bigyellowTpot · 15/03/2024 22:55

Walkingwashingmachine · 15/03/2024 20:12

There was also a blue Johnsons baby lotion that smelt gorgeous!!!

I don't remember the blue one. we always had a bottle of the pink one in though as my mum used it as her daily facial moisturiser for years until they changed and ruined it, probably explains why mum looks so young for her age now in her 70s! I wish they'd never have changed it.

Houseplanter · 15/03/2024 22:58

CD Escales de Pondichery

It was MY scent for so long. Bastards

Blacknailer · 15/03/2024 23:00

Acqua di Palma Colonia Assoluta perfume which I think was for men but I loved it.

Charlotte Tilbury Light Wonder foundation

A sheer lipstick by Becca called Blackberry

I think I need to go buy more of all my favourite products now.

Blacknailer · 15/03/2024 23:00

Ohhh and Lipstick Queen which seems to have disappeared as a brand altogether. It was so good!

curveofcarus · 15/03/2024 23:06

I miss Tom Ford's Noir pour femme. Woe is me!

GellerYeller · 15/03/2024 23:30

Another vote for actual shops to sell Essence makeup! God, I miss Wilko.

Also Lee Stafford hair products, especially the blonde shampoo and heat protector. Bring back the original fragrance! It was sort of Play Doh meets Angel. Divine.

For the Brannigan’s lovers: Tesco beef and horseradish crisps in the sharing bag section are not far off.

mrsbyers · 15/03/2024 23:35

Corn silk face powder
Camelia range from M&S

mrsbyers · 15/03/2024 23:35

Oh and aapri facial square scrub things

Motnight · 15/03/2024 23:38

Body Shop Japanese Scrub.

Copperoliverbear · 15/03/2024 23:48

@GretaGip
I'm 100% with you I loved it.

Copperoliverbear · 15/03/2024 23:54

@GretaGip I've just emailed them asking them to bring it back lol.

CaravaggiosCat · 15/03/2024 23:56

Prescriptives foundation, Nars all day luminous foundation, Bare Minerals Bare Pro foundation and Bottega Veneta for women. Also smelt Guerlain Shalimar last year as was considering for a sentimental buy and they've definitely changed the formula.

Also adding Sara Lee Chocolate Gateaux 😔

LadyEloise1 · 15/03/2024 23:59

Model Own Lipstix
The perfect colour for me.
Sadly the brand has gone.
Mac's Asian Flower lipstick. I loved it.

LadyEloise1 · 16/03/2024 00:01

Also Coty's Wild Musk perfume.

Festivemoose · 16/03/2024 00:03

ChaToilLeam · 15/03/2024 20:08

Mac Plumful lipstick
All of Lipstick Queen but especially the Medieval lipstick. I managed to get some on eBay but they go for crazy prices
NYX did a good eyebrow pencil but they have changed it and it’s not a patch. Miss their BB cream too.

Came here to say Lipstick Queen Medieval as well. I have the tiniest stub left which I am rationing! Still on my never ending hunt for a dupe 😢

Whenwillilikehimagain · 16/03/2024 00:07

GretaGip · 15/03/2024 16:18

Vidal Sassoon almondy shampoo and conditioner from the Eighties 😭

Yes! In the brown bottles?