Help me find this perfume for my mum

Livpool · 2025-07-30T19:49:45+00:00

My mum had a perfume in the 1980s that she can’t find anything information on. She ^thinks ^it was called something like ‘Improvove’. Can anyone help?

FictionalCharacter · 30/07/2025 20:54

Intimate? A very raunchy perfume but discontinued.

Meripenopause · 30/07/2025 20:58

Imprevu (by Coty) maybe.

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Livpool · 30/07/2025 21:00

Thanks @FictionalCharacter- I found a picture of that but she said . She may have made it up!

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NatWestPigFamily · 30/07/2025 21:01

No help but this has made me smile remembering a similar situation with my mum. She told me her favourite perfume was called something like Yegrette. I went all over London looking for it, eventually found it by the description of the smell and bottle, it was just called “Y”. Good luck

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Livpool · 30/07/2025 21:02

Well done @Meripenopause- you have it! She is made up and vindicated as she has gone on about it for years!

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Livpool · 30/07/2025 21:03

NatWestPigFamily · 30/07/2025 21:01

No help but this has made me smile remembering a similar situation with my mum. She told me her favourite perfume was called something like Yegrette. I went all over London looking for it, eventually found it by the description of the smell and bottle, it was just called “Y”. Good luck

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Yeah this has been me! She has spoken about it on and off over the years and no one ever found it. She mentioned it today and I thought of anyone can find it will be someone on Style and Beauty!

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Livpool · 30/07/2025 21:03

NatWestPigFamily · 30/07/2025 21:01

No help but this has made me smile remembering a similar situation with my mum. She told me her favourite perfume was called something like Yegrette. I went all over London looking for it, eventually found it by the description of the smell and bottle, it was just called “Y”. Good luck

😂😂

Yeah this has been me! She has spoken about it on and off over the years and no one ever found it. She mentioned it today and I thought of anyone can find it will be someone on Style and Beauty!

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Livpool · 30/07/2025 21:04

No idea why that came out twice! I was so excited ha

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Whatareyoutalkingaboutnow · 30/07/2025 21:05

NatWestPigFamily · 30/07/2025 21:01

No help but this has made me smile remembering a similar situation with my mum. She told me her favourite perfume was called something like Yegrette. I went all over London looking for it, eventually found it by the description of the smell and bottle, it was just called “Y”. Good luck

I remember Y perfume by YSL. It was pronounced "Eee Grek" as i recall. Really nice had a bottle that looked a bit like a champagne bottle.

Gridhopper · 31/07/2025 07:09

YSL still make Y, it’s a fragrance ‘for men’ - my son has it. They used to do Yvress ‘for women’ which was called Champagne before that.

not relevant to the OP (glad you found your mum’s fragrance!), but I love this hunting for forgotten perfumes game!

FictionalCharacter · 01/08/2025 00:15

Meripenopause · 30/07/2025 20:58

Imprevu (by Coty) maybe.

Great catch! I was racking my brain because I was sure there was one starting with "Imp...." but just couldn't get it.

SwedishEdith · 01/08/2025 00:22

Gridhopper · 31/07/2025 07:09

YSL still make Y, it’s a fragrance ‘for men’ - my son has it. They used to do Yvress ‘for women’ which was called Champagne before that.

not relevant to the OP (glad you found your mum’s fragrance!), but I love this hunting for forgotten perfumes game!

I've still got a bottle of the original Champagne. Unfortunately, I can't wear it as brings me out in a rash and makes me breathless - like lots of the old formulation YSL ones. Such a shame because it's lovely.

Whistledown2 · 01/08/2025 02:41

@NatWestPigFamilyThe letter Y in French is igrek so your Mum was right!