Perfumes

When I was a teenager the older women at work told me to buy Adagio from the pharmacy on my way home. They said my boyfriend would melt in my arms and so I did. He didn't make any remarks ...

When you'd had enough of the Avon solid scent sticks, Anais Anais felt like quite a step up into womanhood. Released around 1976, the perfume is still going strong and many women of a certain age will admit to having ...

Aqua Manda was a fragrance that only seems to have been around in the 70's. It smelled of neroli (orange blossom) and had some swirly William Morris type design on the top of the stopper. ...

Pretty Peach perfume is from the 70s and made by Avon. The cologne was in a glass bottle with a wooden peach for the top. Avon also did a cream perfume in a basket shape jar with a lid with ...

This perfume was available in the late 70's into the 80's. You could get it in a spray or the perfumed cream in a jar. It had a very powerful pure rose smell, old fashioned but strangely comforting! I loved ...

This perfume was made by Faberge in the 70s. I bought it from Boots for my friend's birthday present. I remember it came in a peach-coloured box in a glass bottle with a gold top. It was always being advertised ...

Baby Soft was a light perfume that most teenagers wore. Manufactured by LOVE the actual perfume was pink. It came in a clear bottle with a white or a pink cap. ...

it was never as revered as the fashion range, but Biba's make-up range became highly fashionable in the 70s, and because Dorothy Perkins had bought into the company due to financial troubles, you could get the make-up from there. Ever ...

Blase was a perfume created in the mid 1970's. It was made by Max Factor and came in a metallic atomizer which was blue with stars on it.It was very popular with younger girls and can still be found today, ...

Blue Grass perfume was originally launched by Elizabeth Arden in 1934 and relaunched in 1989. If you don't remember the name, you might remember the smell - described as a 'rich, floral bouquet'. Maybe your first girlfriend doused herself in ...

I can remember in the 70's, as a child, my friend's dad had a bottle of Blue Stratos aftershave. It was in a dark blue bottle and smelled hellish! My dad was a Brut and Old Spice guy but I ...

At Christmas time I remember my Gran would always buy her sister Doris a Yardley's spray - Bond Street. I thought that it was for older ladies and never smelt it. I bet it was lovely. ...

Brut was an aftershave that was advertised by Henry Cooper and Kevin Keegan. They were major sports stars of the 60's, 70's and 80's. The slogan for the after shave (Apre Rasage - also shown on the bottle) was "Splash it ...

Byzance perfume was launched by Rochas in 1987. The name stems from Byzantium - the fabled city built by the Greeks - which consequently means the frangrance is a true Middle Eastern blend of aromas to make you feel you've ...

It was The year 1970 or 71 when I wore a purple midi dress, a silver choker, mullberry eye-shadow, black mascara, peach blusher, my hair was light-brown and syled in a christine hair-do, with pink suede flapper-style shoes and Caprice ...

As a gay boy in the 1970's I actually used to use my mums perfume which was Charles of the Ritz. I can still smell it now - she used to go bananas when I used to use it! ...

Charlie perfume was the very first perfume I was ever given and I thought I was so hot stepping out at the local disco reeking of the stuff! ...

Cie by Shulton was produced in 1977, but has since been discontinued. ...

This was my mums favorite perfume.I still have an unopened bar of soap in this brand, and when i smell it I'm reminded of her. Sadly, she has been dead for over 25 years. ...

I remember Cuir de Russie (Russian Leather) from the 60s. It was an aftershave for men, I think, but had a lovely musky scent. Made by Chanel and Creed it was said to have been developed from some kind of ...

I remember this as a child in the late-60s and early 70s. It was made by Avon and smelled lovely. It was a very light perfume suitable even for children to wear. ...

After the success of Brut in 1964, Denim for men was released by Faberge in 1976 - remember it? It smelled of citrus yet with a woody muskiness to it - perfect for the 'real man'. It came in a ...

This was a perfumes worn by virtually everyone in my year at secondary school (1989-1990 i think). It was from the range of oil perfumes that the Body shop used to sell - back then they used to have around ...

It seems like every guy in college back in the 80s, especially the foreign students, bathed in Drakkar for Men. Giorgio was HUGE among women, everyone wore it. In the 70s. I remember the sickly sweet smell of Avon Sweet ...

I can't be the only one that remembers Debbie Gibson's fragrance "Electric Youth" I think it was in a bright pink bottle with a lightning bolt type thing wrapped around it. I actually came across something at Victoria's Secret that ...

This was my go to fragrance in high school in the US. The thought of this fragrance brings back memories of Friday night football, dances in the gym, skin tight jeans and really big hair that required 2 cans of ...

Explanation perfume came out sometime in the late '80's. It was very affordable - especially for a high school kid working at Walgreen's and I for one, wore religiously. The advert went "Exclamation - Make a statement without saying a ...

Faberge West for men came out at about the same time as Faberge Brut, but was more expensive and upmarket.It came in a brown bottle and had something like a bull's head on the top (I think). I bought it ...

Yet another brilliant cologne from Faberge - the masters of lingering scents (remember Kiku?). It came in at least two types of bottles, and the one pictured here is the more lacklustre one. Xanadu was really popular in the 70s, ...

French Almond was a perfume of the 70's which seems to have disapeared without trace. It was a lovely fresh smell and came in a funky, clear, thin glass bottle with black almond blossom flowers on the bottle. I can't ...

Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific was a shampo that was very popular in the late 70's, early 80's and came in either blue or maroon plastic bottles with some kind of rainbow illustration I believe. I still haven't found a ...

Gingham by Innoxa was a lovely youthful perfume, which reminded you of sherbet. It was a hit in the 70s. ...

Said to evoke the swaying palms and sandy beaches of Beverly Hills Rodeo Drive, this was the perfume for any true fan of the hit teen drama Beverly Hills 90210! And can you believe it's still going strong today?Giorgio Beverly ...

This was popular in the 1980's though perhaps just with school children and older people (a wide deomgraphic!)It had a brilliantly cheesy TV advert as part of it's campaign - look it up on youtube). The advertising campaign used a ...

This rather soapy smelling aftershave was very popular in the 80's. It either came in a clear or black bottle with a Japanese logo, which used to peel off easily. The advert for this pre-cursor to Lynx, was a man chopping ...

Hana Gasa perfume was made by Avon in the 1970's, and was my Mum's favorite.The bottle had a oriental look with oriental letters printed on it. She still has the bottle, unfortunately the perfume has been used.It was quite a ...

Norman Hartnell In Love perfume came in a neat tiny bottle, I see weddings confetti honeymoons and cherry blossom champagne, and young love... or just lily of the valley, jasmine, white hyacinth, white lilac and tubercose. Sadly, it went out ...

Ok, what about Gingham perfume by Innoxa? I bought that from Beattie's dept. store in Northampton and used to wear it to the disco. Can't find it anywhere now.  ...

Popular in the 70s, not sure who made it but it smelt divine. I brought IT perfume in the 70s here in England. It came in a long rectangular bottle with a plastic red cap and it has the name of ...

I bought this as a present for my best friend and she loved it. It was made by Revlon and was sweet-smelling with hints of bergamot, rose and gardenia. ...

Jovan was a distinctive musk made by Jovan Perfumes. It came in an orange box and the scent itself contained a blend of light musk, jasmine and delicate florals. ...

I wish you could still buy this lovely smelling perfume. It always reminded me of summer, with its bergamot notes. It came in a summery, yellow glass bottle made by Faberge in 1969. ...

I remember this perfume from the late 80s. Le Jardin, made by Max Factor, was very floral and came presented in an oval-shaped bottle with a white lid and an orchid printed on the lid. It had top notes of: ...

Anyone remember Liberty by Yardley? It was popular in the early 80s, as was a host of other Yardley perfumes, such as Sea Jade, Panache and Reverie. This was my favourite perfume of all time and I can't find any ...

This was sold in Boots, in several scents.It is perhaps most remembered now for it's fantastic tv advert (Stevie Lange sung the song for it - you tube it!) which had perhaps the hottest cartoon in it since jessica rabbitAmazingly, ...

Lou Lou by Cacharel was in a beautiful mid blue bottle with burgundy middle. It was extremely sickly and overpowering but was a heavier alternative to Anais Anais. ...

Love's Lemon was made in the 70s by the same company that made Love's Baby Soft. It smelled like lemon and was geared to the 'tween' set. It came in a rounded bottle with a lemon-like top. I have fond ...

Malibu Musk was a sickeningly sweet body spray from the late 80s. I absolutely loved it when i was 13 years old. Looking at it now, the packaging it came in is incredibly 80s. One of its rivals back in ...

Mandate aftershave was a really naff aftershave that cost about £8 a bottle. I thought It smelt gorgeous cos a boy I fancied wore it! ...

Meadowsong was a perfume by Christopher Collings that came out around 1971.It was marketed as 'The Smell of New Mown Grass', and came in a white bottle. Though it never really caught on, perhaps because it was more like 'The ...