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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.

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Do You Remember Aqua Manda?

Do You Remember Aqua Manda?

  • Anonymous user
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    I have been searching for a perfume that smells like aqua manda for thirty years! LOVED the smell and wish it would be brought back. Happy memories indeed. Sara
  • Anonymous user
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    Icant believe other people have the same memories of aqua manda. It reminds me of getting ready to go on holiday. My fried Sylvia and I loved it,I so wish I had kept a bottle. Deirdre 3.2.08 14.30pm
  • Anonymous user
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    'The Sanctuary' (the one with the orange lids) from Boots, is the nearest thing to Aqua Manda.
  • Anonymous user
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    We love the memories - it brought it all flooding back...getting ready to go out on a Saturday night. We'd love to smell Aqua Manda again! Kate and Laura
  • Anonymous user
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    Hi from New Zealand. How I wish I could smell a bottle of Aqua Manda! I used it all the time in my teens. I remember the radio Luxembourg ads for it. Oh the memories! Bring back Aqua Manda!
  • Anonymous user
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    Aqua Manda was a Christms favourite (though still loved Avon Pretty Peach - especially the tub of cream scent with the peaches on the lid)- but also remember buying Grannies and Aunts Boots' little rose shaped soaps and tins of talc - blue fern and lemon grass.
  • Anonymous user
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    been looking for a bottle of aqua manda for ages ,just come across one on ebay for £30!talk about high way robbery.funny how a smell can take you back 30 odd years,happy days
  • Anonymous user
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    Aqua Manda is High Wycombe 1970 to me. I used to use it all the time, the lovely brown bottle, the slightly oily consistency of the lovely orangey smelling fragrance. It takes me back there in a trice, if I think of the smell.
  • Anonymous user
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    Aqua Manda was the start of a serious perfume addiction for me. I can't believe the other comments on this site - so much like my own experience of the 70's. Fab 208, Babycham, Jackie magazine (got my sex education at least in part from the Cathy and Claire page!!), frilly ghastly dresses my Mum made me wear, watching Crossroads and Top of The Pops when it was worth watching - all experiences today's kids would never understand. I also got 50p per week from my Dad, which lasted. I remember buying a lipstick for 12p! Anyone remember Woolworth's Evette cosmetic range? I would love to know of any fragrances which are reminscent of Aqua Manda. I'll look out for the Yves Rocher recommendation.
  • Anonymous user
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    I was a child in the 70s and i was given a bottle of Aqua Manda in the late 70s by a relative who'd had a perfume clearout. I thought it smelt wonderful. Now i'm older it's one of many things that's long gone. People fight over one bottle when one appears on Ebay. I would be interested in Antonia's knock off recipe if you ever come across it.

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