I remember a spray my first real love wore in high school. Maroon bottle with round gold lid. Might have been Lauren, but can't swear to the name.
I loved that smell so much I could almost get some wood when I happened upon it.... Of course, that odor being associated with losing ones virginity probably has something to do with the wood aspect.
They say odors can evoke strong memory - and I believe it. Anyone else remember a young love having a scent she wore all the time ?
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September 12, 2019, 02:38 PM
Ironmike57
I remember a gf that I had a bad breakup with. She wore a scent called white shoulders or something like that. Every time I smelled it on another woman, I wanted to puke.
September 12, 2019, 02:40 PM
TMats
Yeah, I do.
You probably want more than that. OK, it was Chanel #5
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September 12, 2019, 02:40 PM
BigSwede
Mid eighties, Gloria Vanderbilt. Haven't caught a whiff of it in forever
September 12, 2019, 02:43 PM
SBrooks
quote:
Originally posted by TMats: Yeah, I do.
You probably want more than that. OK, it was Chanel #5
Nah - I don't need the name. Just thought it was interesting that a 55 yr old dude is having thoughts about a perfume his girl friend wore in high school. funny. sad ? I don't know. but interesting.
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September 12, 2019, 02:48 PM
Sportshooter
If anyone runs across some Jungle Gardenia, save me a quart. Some of my fondest memories are associated with that stuff.
September 12, 2019, 03:39 PM
snowdog
Rive Gauche, and yes, she was European...
September 12, 2019, 03:49 PM
Mboroman
When my wife and I were dating 35 years ago, she wore le Jardin. They discountinued it sometime later but I see that somebody is making it again. Reviews say that it smells the same but I'm somewhat afraid that it won't smell as good as I remember and I don't want to ruin the memories.
September 12, 2019, 03:55 PM
erj_pilot
Dated a girl for several years after I moved to Houston in 1984. She wore Cinnabar by Estee Lauder. Good lord...I was like a flared-nostril horse in heat when she wore that stuff around me!! Too bad she turned out to be a bitch. Thank GOD she moved back to Minnesota before the breakup...
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September 12, 2019, 04:11 PM
patw
I buy my wife a few different ones I like-Wings,Liz Claiborne and Eternity. I don't care for most of the new ones but Victoria's Secret has some newer ones that smell really nice without being overbearing.
September 12, 2019, 04:12 PM
synthplayer
Of all the enemies the American citizen faces, the Democrat Party is the very worst.
September 12, 2019, 05:53 PM
George43
My Mother used to wear "White Shoulders" My wife liked "Occur" and "Franad 105".
A gun in the hand is worth more than ten policemen on the phone. The American Revolution was carried out by a group of gun toting religious zealots.
September 12, 2019, 06:04 PM
P-220
Every time I smell Georgio, it takes me back to the 80's and the girl I was dating. That stuff is my Kryptonit (sp?)
Niech Zyje P-220
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September 12, 2019, 06:15 PM
Black92LX
Ralph Lauren - Romance
That is All!
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September 12, 2019, 06:21 PM
VBVAGUY
I had an old girlfriend had this and brings back very fond memories. God Bless
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September 12, 2019, 06:29 PM
Kevbo
Absolutely. My first fiancée wore obsession. And boy did it work. But boy was she crazy. Thank God I didn’t marry her
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September 12, 2019, 06:38 PM
MikeinNC
Sand and Sable reminds me of one high school girl
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September 12, 2019, 06:59 PM
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Weak knees!
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September 12, 2019, 07:22 PM
Dakor
I remember my college sweetheart's perfume... which also had a maroon bottle with a gold cap: Poison. I still like the perfume but the Ex has long been jettisoned. Smelling Poison does harken me back to HS and my undergrad days though.
September 12, 2019, 08:11 PM
ZSMICHAEL
Tabu. I see it is available at all fine stores. Walgreens!!
