General Chat

Blue Grass by Elizabeth Arden reminds me of my Mum - always wore it. Freshly mown grass reminds of my Dad - used to mow the lawn in the evening when I'd gone to bed. Sadly both dead now. When I was still at school I remember buying Californian Poppy and my Mum said it was common - I'd bought it at Woolworths! At College I used to buy Hartnell 'In Love' and when I first went to work I used to wear 'Intimate' by Revlon. Now I like 'Happy' by Clinique. My parents ornaments are still wrapped up in the newspapers they had in their house when we finally had to clear it. They smell of pipe tobacco and I can't throw them away. The smell of ginger beer always reminds me of my aunt's cellar where they kept the ginger beer plant. What a good thread! Janet :-)

Little Lynn.....thats so lovely..u sit and remember girl..and i can tell u...i bet hes there tooxxx

this thread is lovely........................... I Have my gan.gan's(grandads) coat... never washed it,he died in 1994....if i smell long enough its still there...the smell of his aftershavexx

nudge a lovely threadxx

Evening all, I had a gingerbeer plant I can't remember how it started but I remember you had to split it now and then.Grifix in tubs always reminds me of primary school and Gibbs toothpaste in those flat tins, freezing cold bathroom with no heating when I was little ...not ancient but little LOL Marie

Brut --My ex Lavender -- Nan Old Spice --Dad Blue Grass -- a school trip to London Airport 42yrs ago (we put a shilling into a machine & the coach smelt of it all the way home)

I nicked a bit of my 11 year old daughters perfume years ago one evening.Went to work and got a stomach bug.All i could smell was that cheap perfume that all the kids loved. TRIBAL. I hope i never smell it again. Annie

Marie I just spotted the thread title & was going to mention Aqua Manda, when I saw you initially referred to it! I also used to wear Gingham & one by Miner's, but can't remember what it was - help me out someone! Angela

Vending machine perfume Eh! I usually go to the counter and make a feeble excuse and get freebies, but they never do the ones you really like LOL Marie

I don't know Gingham or Tribal you must be getting all modern on me. I'm and old fashioned girl LOL Marie

Marie Gingham's ancient - I'm talking sixties here!! Angela

LOL must have missed that one I was very innocent and I lived in the middle on nowhere, I did'nt hear swear words till I was 16 LOL Marie

marie, I was going to say aqua manda, but you beat me to it, reminds me of when I first started work and going out with the girls, brut aftershave, love it even now, o.h. used to wear it when we first met, 35 years ago. jean

Hi Jean I remember it smelling a little like tangerines had a very distictive bottle and advert Ahhhhhh those were the days Marie

Does anyone remember Goya perfumes they were sold in Australia late 50searly 60s my favourite was black rose ,gardenia was also nice .I don't think the company is around now .The 4711 perfime was also popular then it's still available I think . June

I remember being bought a bottle of Gingham by a boyfriend,,it was like cat wazz on me,,lol Babe reminds me of the summer of 76',,lots of good nights out, White Linen brings back memories of a prison officer i went out with,, My mum used to wear Apple Blossom ocasionally and my dad wore Old Spice, Youth Dew and Panache,,brings back the misery of my ex husband,, And Miracle brings lovely thoughts of my now,,hubby,,!!

Creosote brings it all back to me, a guy I adored in my teens, and I, kissed next to a fence that had just been done. wow Janetx

Does anyone remember Kiku, it was in a yellow bottle my sister always wore it, it smelt lovely on her xxLynnxx

Opium! Having my daughter, the midwife came in stinking of it which went on to make me vomit....i cannot stand that perfume now all these years later.

Some years ago I was at Heathrow browsing in duty-free before my flight, when a sales lady squished me with perfume before I had a chance to object! It was FOUL, but it reminded me of something - just couldn't place it. Eventually it came to me - it smelled like the Elsan fluid we used to use in the empty-out toilets on our boating holidays when I was a kid!!