At fifteen, I thought I was the height of sophistication going to the local disco drowned in my mother’s Dune by Christian Dior. I remember my friends reeking of Anais Anais, Musk from the Body Shop, or Poison. I can’t imagine any of us would be caught dead in these fragrances today. Still, your first fragrance stays with you, in the same way your first kiss or first love does. What did you adore as a teenager? Do you still like it now?



05.18.2008
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I think it was Timeless-by Avon and Charlie (back in the 70s)
I can't remember if the first one was Lady's Stetson or one of the Impulse brand body sprays. I do remember that everyone seemed to be wearing a type of Impulse as well as quoting the ads "If a man suddenly gives you flowers that's Impulse".
05.08.2008
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My first fragrance was called Heaven Scent. My mom gave it to me when i was in junior high i think. i remember liking the soft smell of it. i don't know if i would wear it today but i think i would like a whiff. then i moved on to white musk from the body shop. my mom recently bought me a bottle for nastalgia, i tried to wear it a couple times, and while i do like a whiff, i can't wear it all day.
I had a few first fragrances. Fruit flavored perfume was the rage when I was a teen. I smelled of strawberry & melon for a part of that time. When Love's Baby Soft had cool commercials with a teenaged girl getting the attention of a young teen hunk, every teenaged girl I knew ran out to get that. I went through my musk period. I would sing the song from the Windsong commercial & got several bottles of that one year for Christmas. I finally settled on Jontue & wore that for years. Today, I pretty much use nothing or a light fresh body splash. I don't need to overpower a room with scent anymore. Less is better!
05.07.2008
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Bluegrass by Elizabeth Arden. My mom gave it to me when I turned 15, just as her Mother had given it to her. Not a great fragrance, but I have fond memories of it.
05.03.2008
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I don't honestly remember what my first "real" fragrance was. I do remember having some little-girl ones, though. I ran across them years later and was mortified that I ever actually went out in public smelling like that!
05.01.2008
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My first scent was Love's Baby Soft, a gift from my mom. When I was old enough to purchase my own, I was right there with Mom-a-rama buying Liz Claiborne in the triangle. hehe.
05.01.2008
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My mom gave me Chanel No. 5 when I was too young to know what to do with it.
04.30.2008
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I remember wearing LuLu (in a bright blue and red bottle?), Anais Anais, and Liz Claiborne in the triangle bottle. This topic is so telling in the "age one came of age" department.
04.30.2008
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I'd sneak and wear my mother's Georgio from Bloomingdales. I'd leave the house with a cloud trailing behind me--I don't think I could stand the smell today. Do they even still make it?
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