Flashback Friday…
Posted on September 19, 2003 by Christine | 103 Comments
The other morning, I was listening to the radio while coming in to work. They started talking about the first perfumes and colognes they owned. Maria kept going on about how her first was Exclamation! Their tagline was something like, “Make a statement without saying a word…” It was all hysterically funny – and even more amusing was the fact that out of all the calls they got, only one man decided to call in!
My first perfume was Love’s Baby Soft. I think I even had the body powder too, probably a gift set from Walgreens. Later, I wore Gloria Vanderbilt. My Dad (who is a Walgreens manager) joked about how they got in gift sets that included Gloria Vanderbilt deoderant. What kind of gift is that? “I don’t like how you smell, so here is some perfume and some deoderant too!” In my recent cleaning binges, I threw away the last lingering bottle of Gloria Vanderbilt that I had. Eventually, I moved on to Poison, Passion, and Eternity. All three give me migraines now. These days I wear the Vanilla perfume from the Body Shop. Nice and simple.
Someday, I would love to get my hands on a bottle of Love’s Baby Soft just so I can smell it again. If I remember correctly – it was a nice, light scent. I’m probably wrong though, and it probably smells horrid! Really, who could smell it anyways over the Bonnie Bell Lip Smackers giant lip gloss that we were all wearing? Remember all the wacky flavors?
So … what was your first fragrance? Your initial signature scent? Where did you get it? Was it a gift? Did you do the same thing as one caller the other day and steal it? What’s the story? Tell us all about it…
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September 19th, 2003 @ 10:36 am
I loved Love’s Baby Soft. “You can try hard – or you can try soft.” Heh, very soft and feminine, perfect for a teen. I moved from there up to Odyssey from Avon. Mmmmm, clean-smelling. I sprayed it on my sweaters. I never liked Sweet Honesty though. Too… cloying. I now am in love with Vanilla Musk. I guess I prefer light scents. I really don’t like the heavy perfume scents that some of the major cosmetic lines have. Ick. Too strong for my taste.
September 19th, 2003 @ 10:41 am
Oh! I had Sweet Honesty! I left that one off of my list. Oops! My Mom hated that one too, if I remember right. She gets perfume headaches too, so I was limited in what I could wear.
September 19th, 2003 @ 10:44 am
Vanilla! That’s my weakness.
September 19th, 2003 @ 10:46 am
Believe it or not, the first perfume ever gave to me was Prescriptives Calyx. God, how I loved this thing, the greeness of it… the man I fell in love with loved it on me and therefore I loved it all the more. Now, I’m addicted to Armani’s Sensei. Good stuff I tell ya.
September 19th, 2003 @ 11:17 am
My first fragrance was Exclamation! also. I really thought I was Paula-Abdoul-Cool and the bottle was very cute. I recently ran across a store that still sells it. I wonder if they carry Love’s Baby Soft?
Later, I would steal a few dabs of my mothers Gloria Vanderbilt. I got caught one day because I spilled it in the sink. For my next birthday I got the gift set your dad joked about. Nice.
Now I wear Romance by Ralph Lauren. Tommy Girl gives me hives.
September 19th, 2003 @ 11:31 am
Elizabeth Arden’s Sunflowers! Oh god, that was right after my Exclamation! phase. My sister wore Joop! a lot, which made me ill.
I think there was something called Malibu, and later on H2O+ had one that smelled similar, called Mariel. Wore both of those a lot.
My first real long-term scent was 360degrees by Perry Ellis, which I still love (I found a bottle in one of those perfume outlets, and I wear it occasionally now).
September 19th, 2003 @ 11:40 am
I had Love’s Baby Soft, too, but I preferred Charlie. I wore CKone throughout college, and still have an entire bottle somewhere. Currently, I wear either Prescriptives Flirt or White Musk from The Body Shop. Mostly the latter, actually.
September 19th, 2003 @ 11:44 am
i don’t wear perfume – the baby powder or shower fresh scents from my deodorant work just as well.
however, i used to wear Eternity – but it’s too strong now.
sometimes i use the newest Bath & Bodyworks scent of grapefruit-jasmine bodyspray. i love all their products!
September 19th, 2003 @ 11:52 am
Exclamation was one of my first. I also, for shame, was into that Debbie Gibson perfume, something like electric youth. Then I moved on to Vanilla Fields. Ah, cheap perfume. mmmm.
September 19th, 2003 @ 12:14 pm
Love’s Baby Soft rawked.
September 19th, 2003 @ 12:25 pm
i just recently saw Love’s Baby Soft at walgreen’s i think….jr. actually wanted me to buy her some and i just couldn’t bring myself to do it. i can remember BEGGING for that stuff for christmas, along with my red gloria vanderbilts and my yo-yo shoes.
those were the days….
September 19th, 2003 @ 12:42 pm
Oh, I remember wanting Exclamation really, really bad, lol, but never got it. I received Chanel No 5 as a gift (a tiny ass bottle) and I wore that for years. Eventually I bought some CK one and wore that for a little bit. Right now I wear the Addidas sport stuff, very subtle. Of course, I probably only wear it two or three times a month at most, but at least I have it.
September 19th, 2003 @ 1:42 pm
Would you believe that I actually searched on Ebay for Debbie Gibson’s “Electric Youth” perfume and seriously considered buying it just so I could smell it again? My sense of smell is so strong that if I smelled something that I haven’t smelled in years, I’m instantly taken back to that moment. I found an old bottle of Tribe (wore that aroung 8th grade) buried in my closet awhile back and I couldn’t stop smelling it because it kept taking me back. I’ve also worn CK One, Sunflowers (I still have a bottle of it!), and now I’m into Tommy Hilfiger Freedom. I think they may have discontinued it though. I’ve been eyeing Ralph Lauren’s Romance recently and I think that I may take the plunge and switch to that.
Speaking of RL Romance, I am OBSESSED with the men’s version of it. A guy friend of mine wears it – I told him to buy it – and whenever I’m hanging out with him, I always have to stand next to him and breathe deeply. Mmmmmm!
September 19th, 2003 @ 1:55 pm
I had CK One too – it’s still one of my favorite scents. Mmmmm…
September 19th, 2003 @ 1:58 pm
My first was Love’s Baby Soft, too. I remember how pretty the ads were and subconsciously thought that I would look as sweet and sexy as the models did if I wore it. Nice try. Also, I used Jean Nate. Remember that stuff? I guess I’m really showing my age here.
September 19th, 2003 @ 1:59 pm
Jean Nate! I wondered if anyone would mention Jean Nate! Remember those giant bottles of Jean Nate that you could buy? And it was that funky shade of green?
September 19th, 2003 @ 2:05 pm
I heard that same thing on the radio. I wore Love’s Baby Soft and Jovan Musk or something like that called sex appeal, even though I was too young to even know what sex appeal meant! LOL
Jen, I had some yo-yo shoes too! I even had yo-yo clogs, those are the bomb!
September 19th, 2003 @ 2:18 pm
I admit that I wore “Electric Youth”. The perfume novelty wore off for me by the time I was in my late teens, and haven’t really worn any scent since. Maybe it was the allergies that did me in.
I did have a purse-sized spray of Clinque “Happy” that I got from my sister, but once I used it up, I didn’t get any more. I’ve thought of buying it again, though.
September 19th, 2003 @ 2:23 pm
exclamation baby. no joke. it was in a white bottle with a black cap. scary being part of “i rememeber when” pop culture. i feel old.
September 19th, 2003 @ 3:13 pm
OMG! I forgot all about the Love’s Baby Soft. That was my first perfume too. Then I moved on to Exclamation. Then Electric Youth. After that came…are you ready for this? Lady Stetson. What was I thinking??? I can’t stand the smell anymore. Then I moved on to Chloe Narcisse. Now I wear Clinique Happy.
September 19th, 2003 @ 3:13 pm
Halston Z-14. I think you can get it these days at Walgreens for $9.99 a bottle.
September 19th, 2003 @ 3:49 pm
I’m not too big into perfume since it stings my nose if it’s too much.
I was given a Love’s Baby Soft gift set as a gift in a 4th grade present exchange but never wore it. I might still have a bottle it after all these years. My parents got me a bottle, too.
Exclamation was probably the first I wore. One of my best friends had it and would spray it on me when ever we were at her house before we went to school or out to do what other 13-year-olds did at the time.
September 19th, 2003 @ 4:29 pm
OMG, I had that Loves Baby Soft perfume too. Someone gave me Exclamation! once and I threw it away – that stuff stank!
September 19th, 2003 @ 4:43 pm
does anybody remember Anais Anais? (i hope i’m spelling it right.)
September 19th, 2003 @ 4:44 pm
what was the name of the other lip gloss… the one that just made your lips extremely shiny? it was kind of goopy… and it tasted so good!!! it was like in a clear glass case.
September 19th, 2003 @ 4:47 pm
now i remember, i owned a bottle of Exclamation, too! i think i got it as a birthday present. and i think i still have it at home.
(i’m so not in the mood to work today. that’s why i’m a commenting fool!)
September 19th, 2003 @ 5:24 pm
Kathy, I remember that stuff, was it in a roll-on? Kissing Potion from Maybelline. I just looked in some old Teen magazines that I had and there it was!
Remember Jean Nate? I think that was my first perfume and boy did it stink! I moved on to Chloe which was my signature sent. I remember my nephew smelling his pillow and saying “Mmm, this smells like Tia,” because it smelled like Chloe.
I had dozens of perfumes from Colors to Bucheron to Wings. I can’t wear anything anymore because my allergies start acting up and I sneeze and my eyes water like crazy. I love perfume too.
September 19th, 2003 @ 5:25 pm
Anais Anais was my first! Someone mentioned it above. It’s a sweet girly smell.
September 19th, 2003 @ 6:02 pm
You can still get the Love’s line at Walgreens! I didn’t have Electric Youth cologne but I did wear the lipgloss with the rather cool wand. I wore Apple by the body shop until highschool when I switched to stealing my mom’s Vanilla Fields before splurging on some CK Obsession for Women -the entire set with scented body glitter and everything.
But my first “original” all-me, recognizable perfume was Cherry Vanilla from Walgreens. I found a bottle there recently but it is much too young for me now or I should say much too young for Mike’s tastes. They also made a Mandarin Vanilla that I desperately wanted to try but could never find. Ah, Walgreens you fickle lover.
September 19th, 2003 @ 6:30 pm
White Shoulders by Evyan because it was light and the scent was far removed from the heavy Estee Lauder scent of my mother’s generation. After that it was Chanel No. 5 because I wanted to be just like Catherine Deneuve. Hey, it was a really lonnnng time ago.
September 19th, 2003 @ 6:55 pm
I wore Love’s Baby Soft, too. I remember it as slightly baby powder smelling. Throughout high school I didn’t have much of a signature scent, but I got very attached to Prescriptives’ Calyx when in college. At some point around then, when I was working over the summers at Cignal in Chicago’s Century Mall, I found out about Clarins Eau Dynamisante. Some guy in a boutique down the street wore it, so I adopted it as my signature scent and still wear it a lot.
But then I found my true signature scent – it seemed to have been created for me. It’s Clarins’ Elysium. I had figured out that greeny perfumes were my best bet, and when I moved to Germany in late 1992, I heard the buzz about this new scent from Clarins. When it came out, I took the train to Paris to find it at the Galleries Lafayette. No dice! With Clarins’ burts of popularity in the US in the late 80s, they decided to market Elysium in the US first. So I had to wait until I went back home at Christmastime to get a bottle. It is definitely my life-long signature scent. If I could afford it, I’d also go for L’Artisanat’s L’Eau de L’Artisan, but that’s WAY too expensive for me. Maybe one day…
September 19th, 2003 @ 7:28 pm
Mine was Love’s Baby Soft, too. I bought a bottle at Target awhile back for a little deja vu….it smelled slightly baby powdery, but it was more alkaline (is that the right word?) than I remembered. I get migraines and perfume sets me off — always has — so I go for the light stuff now. My favorite’s Avon’s Tranquil Moments’ mist.
September 19th, 2003 @ 8:06 pm
My first perfume, picked out by me and me alone, was Channel 22. It was like the Parisian cousin of Love’s Baby Soft. That and Lauren by Ralph Lauren were my staples throughout high school.
Oh, and Christine? Dr. Pepper Bonne Bell Lip Smackers. Oh yeah.
September 19th, 2003 @ 10:36 pm
shhhhh – but I still have Loves Powder in the house! I let my daughter use it now.
I liked Bendiare (major typo) from JC Penney, and I did use Vanilla from the Bath Shoppe. Now I wear Elige.
September 19th, 2003 @ 11:27 pm
i think i started out with something called Emeraude… i don’t even remember who made it. i don’t wear anything now, everything seems to makes me sneeze! especially if it sprays…
was that lip gloss Pot o’ Gloss??
i started using one of those big fat dr. pepper lip smackers in high school and i haven’t been without one since … and i’m 45!
September 20th, 2003 @ 1:13 am
I was so excited when I found Dr. Pepper lipsmackers at Sav-On. Smells exactly the same, except they don’t have that cool shimmer in the gloss like they did in the 70s. And they only come in little tubes now…not those big chunky 4 oz. ones.
I’m strolling down memory lane now…here is a picture I found of one of the fatties:
http://erath.net/marbo/badge01.htm
September 20th, 2003 @ 9:39 am
I remember a girl in my class in elementary school who wore Baby Soft. My boyfriend and I both wore Obsession in early high school, and the smell of it makes me gag now (partly for that reason, partly because people always seem to wear way too much). Possessed by memory lane! I don’t wear anything now, but some of those scents I can still pick out immediately.
September 20th, 2003 @ 8:17 pm
Gawd… y’all are really bringing back the memories now.
I wore Love’s Baby Soft, Jean Nate, and I think White Shoulders (though that last might’ve been my mom’s)… and I’m fairly certain I have a Dr. Pepper lip smacker stashed somewhere around here. Erm, not that I’d wear it now. Really. I wouldn’t. Probably.
September 20th, 2003 @ 8:54 pm
Love. This. Topic.
My mom had a bottle of Worth, which I loved. I used to sneak into her room to dab some on from time to time. The first perfume I wore that was my very own was, big surprise, Love’s Baby Soft.
Now, I’m totally addicted to everything LUSH… their Silky Underwear dusting powder is the most divine scent. Drives my guy wild, and I’ve even been complimented by people on the street who say how good it smells!
September 21st, 2003 @ 4:33 pm
OMG! Exclamation?!!!! I remember buying a tiny little bottle of it because the sample smelled good. But after regular use – ECK. It wore out pretty fast.
My first fragrance EVER was Jean Nate body splash. – Remember those commercials? People splashing hideous amount of it all over themselves? Jean Nate, Jean Nate! “Splash!” “Splash!”
My favorite scent in grade school and Jr. High was a version of Love’s Baby Soft called “Rain.” – Anyone remember it? It came in a Christmas sampler of all the Love’s Baby Soft perfumes, and I got hooked on it.
But my “signature scent” all through high school was good old Liz Claiborne (in the triangle bottles)! I still get nostalgic for it, actually.
And I TOTALLY remember Anais Anais. It’s still around…still smells nice too!
September 21st, 2003 @ 8:48 pm
I’ve never worn anything but Beautiful by Estee Lauder. And I didn’t wear that until I was like 25. I hardly ever wear perfume or any scent at all. I have allergies like crazy, ya know.
September 22nd, 2003 @ 10:00 am
i wear love’s baby soft every day!
for perfume perfume, i wear estee lauder’s pleasures.
love it.
September 23rd, 2003 @ 4:19 pm
I used to wear Love’s Baby Soft, too! It was my first perfume also, and since then, I’ve moved on to a huge assortment of other perfumes…I usually wear a different one every day, which sounds weird, but I can’t wear the same one for too long of a stretch. I get too bored.
Hey, I’m weird like that. ;oP
October 14th, 2003 @ 10:55 am
Taking the stroll down memory lane is so much fun.
I started out wearing Love’s Baby soft and then I moved on to the Electric Youth, Did you know that they still sell Electric Youth? Revlon has it out, I seen it not to long ago when I was out shopping, I almost bought some just for the heck of it.
November 13th, 2003 @ 10:09 pm
A lady called Chrisitina said Elysium by Clarins is her scent for life. It was mine too but it’s been discontinued here in Europe – is it still available in the States? I’d kill for a bottle.
December 10th, 2003 @ 8:56 am
I love, love, LOVE Love’s baby soft!!!
My favorite version is Soft Petals, ya know the light purple bottle? Sheesh, those were great… I remember those commercials!!! I’ve looked all over the place to find some Love’s perfume!
Thanks, everybody! I’ll try Walgreen’s!
December 12th, 2003 @ 9:55 pm
I love Loves Baby Soft! It was my first perfume. I am now in my late “20′s” and still were it. It does not give me headaches and I always get nice comments on the smell. I am now surfing the internet to see who sells it, because I pay $15 for a bottle at Happy Harry’s (It get’s higher every year!) I love this perfume so much I am willing to buy in bunk!!!
January 22nd, 2004 @ 7:44 pm
I am in the midst of a search for Friday aerosol spray! It was this awesome body spray that smelled soooo good. I just found a place that sells Love’s Fresh Lemon, too. These are both pre-teen favorites of mine. I did time with Exclamation, Joop, Vanilla Musk/Fields, Ici, Jovan White Musk oil, patchouli…now I’m too fine for that stuff, and I use essential oils. There’s one called Rain by escential elements if the Love’s Rain misser is interested. It smells yummy. Vanilla extract also makes a good perfume.
February 18th, 2004 @ 7:00 pm
I have one of the jean nate commercials posted here. I’ll leave it there till bandwidth starts to get crunched too much.
http://unclegropey.com/commoical
February 19th, 2004 @ 3:36 pm
I did not start using Electric Youth by Debbie Gibson until I was in my late 20′s. I got compliments every time I wore this cologne but must admit I was a bit embarrased to tell anyone I was wearing Electric Youth by Debbie Gibson! I still like it though 20 years later!
February 19th, 2004 @ 9:50 pm
I was looking for vanilla deoderant when I came along this site. Bath And Body has Warm Vanilla Sugar-everything but…CHANTILLY, now there’s an oldie that is still sold as a box set, with the perfume, lotion, and powder! I used it, even while I was in College, because my roomate always used my stuff too!
February 21st, 2004 @ 9:05 pm
As a teenager, I used Love’s Baby Soft, Avon’s Sweet Honesty and Coty’s Sweet Earth solid perfume. There were three scents in one compact. Gawd, this is taking me back! I’m 42 now. Oh, and when I was really young, I had Cashmere Bouquet powder! Who remembers Agree, Breck, Body on Tap, Short & Sassy and Gee, Your Hair Smells Teriffic shampoos? I adored the monster-sized Lip Smackers in Bubble Gum, Dr. Pepper and 7-Up. Cherry Smash was my favorite Kissing Potion. My first real boyfriend Bruce loved it, too!
March 9th, 2004 @ 2:43 pm
I started wearing Love’s Baby Soft when I was 15, and I’ve worn it ever since!! You can get it at any major drugstore, and at Walmart and Target. I’ve tried other fragrances, most successfully Green Tea by (Elizabeth Arden?) But everything I try seems overpowering compared to the soft, simple fragrance of my youth. I just wish they still made the lotion and shampoo!!
March 9th, 2004 @ 2:44 pm
P.S.– I’m now nearly 40 hehe
March 12th, 2004 @ 11:01 am
I definately remember “Rain”. What a flashback when you even mentioned it. You inspired me to see if it is still made. According to epinion, there is a varienty of Love’s called rain, maybe the same thing (?)
March 21st, 2004 @ 5:26 pm
My first perfume was Loves musky jasmine…….I would have the PERFECT life If i could get my hands on just “1 little squirt”!!!! I have searched far and near and zip……
If anyone has any help as to where I can find some…….you will have a NEW BEST FRIEND!!!
Fondly,
Lori
April 30th, 2004 @ 9:19 pm
Oh wow! I just ran across this site looking up Love’s Baby Soft and it instantly brought me back to my heavy perfume years. I remember in grade 7 I started wearing perfume like all the other girls. I had Malibu, which I wore everyone once in a while, but Tribe was my favorite. I had bottles and bottles of it. It was a really strong scent and I would pretty much bathe in it every morning. My parent’s bathroom is right across the hallway from my parent’s bedroom and my father would get choked almost to death every morning from my perfume stench. Plus the loads of hairspray I used. I had some Exclaimation! Oh yeah and Vanilla Fields and or Vanilla Musk, they were both the big rage. Eventually I learned less is more and pretty much stopped wearing heavy scents because of allergies. I now wear Body Shop’s Tobacco Flower, and Gap’s Heaven, which are both light smells. I find The Gap makes really light clean scents. I never did own Love’s Baby Soft, but a lot of my friends did. I remember my best friend had the powder and for some strange reason we started to play fight with it and had ourselves covered head to toe in it.
May 3rd, 2004 @ 9:08 am
Wow. I cant believe I am even actively looking for some loves musky jasmine but here I am (for shame!!) I remember the way it smelled and always thought I was too cool and sophisticated when I wore it. I would petition the company in a heartbeat if I new how. Picture me picketing outside the building with a smiley face t-shirt and my hushpuppy shoes (hehe)
May 6th, 2004 @ 9:13 pm
bootay!!!!
May 24th, 2004 @ 10:33 pm
I love Love’s Baby Soft and still have a half-bottle of it from way back when – (late 70′s?!) problem is, the spray top is broken and there is no way to even get a HINT of that wonderful smell – so frustrating! I just might buy myself another little bottle. I remember the body powder too and still have about an inch of that left as well – the powder itself is a light baby pink – so pretty! For some reason I’ll never throw them out. Later I loved Halston in the bean shaped bottle – Mmmmmm…and White Shoulders. I’ve been looking for something that smells “beachy” and haven’t found anything I like, so I’ve been wearing #4 Coppertone as a moisturizer and you wouldn’t believe the comments – “you smell like the beach!” – Mission accomplished – who needs perfume??
May 24th, 2004 @ 10:36 pm
I love Love’s Baby Soft and still have a half-bottle of it from way back when – (late 70′s?!) problem is, the spray top is broken and there is no way to even get a HINT of that wonderful smell – so frustrating! I just might buy myself another little bottle. I remember the body powder too and still have about an inch of that left as well – the powder itself is a light baby pink – so pretty! For some reason I’ll never throw them out. Later I loved Halston in the bean shaped bottle – Mmmmmm…and White Shoulders. I’ve been looking for something that smells “beachy” and haven’t found anything I like, so I’ve been wearing #4 Coppertone as a moisturizer and you wouldn’t believe the comments – “you smell like the beach!” – Mission accomplished – who needs perfume??
May 24th, 2004 @ 10:37 pm
I love Love’s Baby Soft and still have a half-bottle of it from way back when – (late 70′s?!) problem is, the spray top is broken and there is no way to even get a HINT of that wonderful smell – so frustrating! I just might buy myself another little bottle. I remember the body powder too and still have about an inch of that left as well – the powder itself is a light baby pink – so pretty! For some reason I’ll never throw them out. Later I loved Halston in the bean shaped bottle – Mmmmmm…and White Shoulders. I’ve been looking for something that smells “beachy” and haven’t found anything I like, so I’ve been wearing #4 Coppertone as a moisturizer and you wouldn’t believe the comments – “you smell like the beach!” – Mission accomplished – who needs perfume??
May 24th, 2004 @ 10:37 pm
I love Love’s Baby Soft and still have a half-bottle of it from way back when – (late 70′s?!) problem is, the spray top is broken and there is no way to even get a HINT of that wonderful smell – so frustrating! I just might buy myself another little bottle. I remember the body powder too and still have about an inch of that left as well – the powder itself is a light baby pink – so pretty! For some reason I’ll never throw them out. Later I loved Halston in the bean shaped bottle – Mmmmmm…and White Shoulders. I’ve been looking for something that smells “beachy” and haven’t found anything I like, so I’ve been wearing #4 Coppertone as a moisturizer and you wouldn’t believe the comments – “you smell like the beach!” – Mission accomplished – who needs perfume??
May 25th, 2004 @ 10:55 am
I remember all this stuff!!! You can sometimes get Loves Baby Soft at the dollar store, also Chantilly. I had to buy some of the Baby Soft, and I wear it sometimes (think I’ll go put some on!) I have a friend who remembers it too, she told me her mother said it smelled like fly spray, which I thought was hilarious. My mom has some Emeraude–it was by Coty. I still love it, but I don’t buy much perfume. I remember the yo-yos and the giant Lipsmackers, too. Naturistics has some clones of those you can find some places–I’ve bought 2 for the nostalgia (but I use them). This is so fun!
May 25th, 2004 @ 3:55 pm
Oh My God – sorry for the multiple posts everyone!
May 27th, 2004 @ 4:20 pm
Does anyone remember that cool looking promo item, the “Love’s Baby Soft T-Shirt” ‘member that? It was pink with a big huge powder blue bow on the front. I’d love to have that now. It would look great with jeans.
May 28th, 2004 @ 12:10 am
I’m searching for the spray called ‘Friday’. Does anyone remember what company made it? My first signature perfume was Allissa Ashley. Then I started wearing my boyfriend’s Obsession, since he didn’t like wearing it and I loved the smell! I also loved Cinnabar and Champagne. Both are discontinued now, I think.
September 21st, 2003 @ 1:27 pm
Ummm. Smells Good.
I was over at Christine’s and she was flashing back about perfumes. The first scent that I can recall wearing…
September 22nd, 2003 @ 12:57 pm
Monday Mission 3.38
Ahh, another week, another Monday. Is it me, or are the weeks going by faster now that fall is near? Had to wait for the lunch hour to prepare your Mission, mighty busy today. Thank you to everyone who participates. The MM has been going for a long tim…
September 22nd, 2003 @ 8:09 pm
Monday Mission 3.38
1. Christine posted recently about her very first perfume. I remember my first cologne, it was Polo! Well what else would you expect from a kid who grew up in the 80′s? Eventually I moved on to Chaps and then…
October 17th, 2004 @ 11:00 pm
OMG!!!! I have been looking for the Love’s T-Shirt for YEARS! I didn’t think anyone else remembered it. It had the bow and said, “I’m Baby Soft.” Any luck finding it?
December 18th, 2004 @ 12:42 am
Hey! My first perfume was Loves baby soft as well! After my first bottle, maybe a year or so later i got that sampler set for christmas that someone else mentioned! and to Lori ( i think thats who said it) i still to this day have that set… its old… im 21 now and i probably got that set when i was like… 8… but next time im home ill spritz some of the jasmine into something for you if you want! that one and rain were my FAVORITES! im so going to scour the internet now to find those… id KILL for a rain!! ohhh you people! and remember the lemon one too? there was rain with the turquoise lid, jasmine was purple, babysoft was pink, lemon was yellow….. what was the fifth one? anyway if anyone finds where you can buy rain…. ill love you…. and to Lori– get a hold of me and ill mail you a little vial so you can smell the jasmine again!!!!
December 18th, 2004 @ 12:45 am
forgot to subscribe to comments so you guys can reach me if youre dying for those scents lol <3
December 18th, 2004 @ 12:48 am
you guys!!! fellow LOVE’s fanatics… LOOK http://shop.store.yahoo.com/fragranceboulevard/wf7783.html
5 pc sampler set… 4 of the 5 fragrances that were in that gift set some of us had… mine didnt have that vanilla one but oh well! the lemon, the rain and the jasmine are there- i thought they were long gone!!! hope this helps you! i know im buying one NOW lol
January 12th, 2005 @ 10:52 am
OMG! I’ve been lurking on eBay to find those fragrances. Yes, you know we are old when “our time” is now “nostalgic” !!! I remember Electric Youth, Tribe, Original Liz Claiborne (still have some), Avon’s Pearls and Lace and Tranquility. I could go on forever. I actually forgot about some of the fragrances until I read them here. Thanks everyone who’s provided links, ahhh the memories. Those were the days!!!
February 12th, 2005 @ 8:05 pm
OMG, love the Cherry Vanilla,used to buy at Walmart and it smelled so awesome on me! if I do say so myself…I also liked Coty Wild Patchouli and Fresh Patchouli, I like intense…there was also some based on the elements by coty, I didn’t like fire or water but loved air and earth…Women of Earth from Avon was awesome though they didn’t carry it very long…
March 19th, 2005 @ 11:33 pm
does anyone remember the Jean Nate shampoo for young girls that was in a pink bottle and it smelled like candy??? My mom bought it for me when I was like 10 and I cant find it anymore.
May 30th, 2005 @ 2:30 am
My favorite perfume ever was Avon’s Pearls and Lace…It was just mesmerizing. Any chance of finding it at all?
July 31st, 2005 @ 6:54 am
To read all ur post, i feel like trying that “love baby soft”, even that i am french,it sounds attractive to me, i want to try also “jovan musk women” and the shampoo “gee your hair smalls terrific” !!!! On our side of this planet, i am born in Paris, the most common perfume that teen female use to wear, ( i am 33), was probably “anais anais” by Cacharel, “l’air du temps” by cacharel”, and from the supermarket all the “eau jeune”…
September 14th, 2005 @ 9:44 am
OMG! I had the “Love’s Baby Soft” T-shirt and got asked if I was baby soft! Drug Mart is now selling Love’s Baby Soft. The Rain sent was one of my all time favs too.
September 15th, 2005 @ 8:27 am
Jade527-have you tried http://www.youravon.com?
September 15th, 2005 @ 8:31 am
I don’t think Love’s Baby Soft has to be worn only by young woman. I’m only 47 (LOL) and going to the Drug Mart today to pick up a bottle. Patchouli is also an ultimate fragrance! Anyone know of a ‘fume that’s mostly grapefruit that’s good??
November 7th, 2005 @ 4:28 pm
Anyone know an online site to purchase Cherry Vanilla??
Thanks! :0)
November 17th, 2005 @ 9:00 pm
MY FIRST WAS SKINNY DIP!!! oH THE 70′S
November 19th, 2005 @ 1:46 pm
forget ne not by avon was the shizzle for me. i stole my mother’s everyday and it was my only christmas gift request. she should have infered from that that she had a gay son on her hands.
December 22nd, 2005 @ 1:32 pm
I’ll take you back even further, the scents from my childhood/teenhood include “Blue Jeans”, Coty Sweet Earth Compacts (especially wood’s), Avon Sweet Pea Solid, and a Jovan Musk in a bottle like the one with the orange lid, but this one had a hot pink lid. I also liked Maxi by Max Factor.
February 18th, 2006 @ 10:39 am
Hi all I’m looking for Love’s Baby Soft Musky Jasmine Perfume. I used it all the time many years ago. My girlfriend and I were talking about it today and I told her I looked for it at Christmas time and could not find it. I loved it and wore it all the time. Hope someone can help. Thanks Rosemary
February 28th, 2006 @ 3:52 pm
I came upon this thread while searching for Love’s Musky Jasmine. I don’t remember what my first cologne/perfume was, but the Musky Jasmine became my signature scent. I’ve been searching for it off & on the past few years. To this day, my cousins (overseas) ask if I can get them a bottle or two. The Soft Jasmine is not the same. The Musky Jasmine was the one I’ve gotten compliments on from guys. Would love to find one for old time’s sake!!!
May 31st, 2006 @ 7:57 am
I love in Scotland, fell in love with the Coppertone Sunscreen smell!! Can’t find it anywhere, anyone have any ideas??
June 22nd, 2006 @ 10:25 pm
Anais Anais and Chloe. Can’t remember how I got my first bottles of either, but I remember dousing myself in the stuff.
Later on I moved on to Coco by Chanel, YSL by Yves Saint Laurent and Magie Noire by Lancome.
Oddly I can’t stand perfume now. It gives me headaches and makes me sneeze. Ah the follies of youth.
ps. does anyone remember the little solid perfume jewellery from avon? They were pendants and pins which opened up to reveal solid perfume.
June 22nd, 2006 @ 10:26 pm
Oh, I also forgot a brief period in 7th grade when I wore Brut cuz it smelled like the boy I had a crush on. *grin*
July 30th, 2006 @ 5:48 pm
I used to love skin musk body spray it was in a silver or gold can with green letters, and the same company maybe bonne bell made another spray in a silver can with blue letters and a blue top, it was something like “fresh” or “cool” I cannot remember, but it smelled so good…i wore it in the 80′s does anyone remember?
November 6th, 2006 @ 7:42 pm
My niece was visiting, she is 9 years younger than I. were were looking for a scent in walmart and i saw coty and we started in about love’s baby soft. i just bought two spray bottles and sent her one for a big surprize! they are white aerosols with pink heart on them and a pink cap. They cans do show some rust but who cares! they smell the same but i actually wore some today and started getting a headache. I have searched high and low for blue jeans by coty. they have a versace blue jeans for men now and that’s all that comes up. not the same. i still have an empty yellow bottle with the blue cap! i also used halston & musk. check out ebay!
November 29th, 2006 @ 3:16 pm
Penny Says:
May 31st, 2006 at 7:57 am
I love in Scotland, fell in love with the Coppertone Sunscreen smell!! Can’t find it anywhere, anyone have any ideas??
Have you tried buying online? http://www.drugstore.com has Coppertone products, including tanning lotion. Here’s the link
http://www.drugstore.com/search/search.asp?searchtype=1&trx=28198&trxp1=60&ipp=20&srchtree=1&search=coppertone
November 29th, 2006 @ 3:18 pm
kim Says:
July 30th, 2006 at 5:48 pm
I used to love skin musk body spray it was in a silver or gold can with green letters,
I’m wearing Skin right now! I still love it and it still smells so soft and warm and subtle. I get it at local drugstores – i/e Brooks, CVS, etc.
December 19th, 2006 @ 1:20 am
Can someone tell me if they have seen a series of colognes named ( I think,Elements, one was named Water, Air and Fire? I found some one time in wal-marts, but I believe they were discontinuing them. I would thank you much if you could e-mail me on this.
February 19th, 2007 @ 6:49 pm
Wow, do you guys have the best memories !! It was a treat just to read thru these comments . . . . i had forgotten about a lot of these scents mentioned. My first (and most loved) perfume was Love’s Soft Musky Jasmine also. I think I was about 13 and yesterday I turned 50 and still think it was a perfume that was meant for me. I’ve hardly worn perfume since they stopped making it because I never had that reaction to ANY perfume before or since. Around 35 I did stop dead in my tracks while walking thru the perfume section of a department store and when I traced the delicious scent it was a perfume called “Pavlova”. If you’ve never tried it, find some. Really nice ! And just lately I was introduced by a co-worker who smelled divine to a scent called “New West” by Aramis (for women). Don’t let the name fool you. I almost don’t even want to tell anyone about it, because I already have enough trouble getting it – don’t need more competition. I want it all to myself. I have NEVER worn it without everyone around me asking me about it, including my Fed-Ex guy who knew it right away because he said its his wife’s favorite and she has trouble finding it also. Mostly find it at Ulta, but don’t go there cause then there won’t be any for me. Besides, I really hate it when someone is wearing “my” perfume. If you buy it once, you’ll be buying it forever – swear ! And try the “Pavlova”. Absolutely entrancing !! Men love it because its soft – just barely there.
September 1st, 2007 @ 2:12 pm
Ok – Here’s a blast from the past- Anybody remember “Daisy L” by Coty? Think it was ’75-’76. Or “Nuance” by Coty? Those 2 were my favorites! “Sweet Honesty” always reminded me of (don’t laugh)formaldahyde. I do like ‘vanilla’ now
September 17th, 2007 @ 6:35 pm
I am looking for Gee your hair smells terrific shampoo. Does anyone know where it can be purchased?
October 30th, 2007 @ 7:48 am
Does anyone know where I can find a scent that smells like Avon’s discontinued fragrance Pearls & Lace? I couldn’t get enough of that one. I even used it as a home frangrance spraying it in every room! If so, please e-mail me at dylon612@yahoo.com. Thanks.
December 22nd, 2007 @ 6:21 pm
I sell Gee, your hair smells terrific on my website- as a body spray, linen spray, candle, tart, etc. I too, loved the 70′s shampoo in the bright pink bottle with the conditioner in the bright blue bottle!
January 30th, 2009 @ 3:12 pm
Some of my classic faves: Love’s Baby Soft, Love’s Rain Scent, Love’s Soft Jasmine, and Heaven Sent. My mom got me a bottle of HS for Valentine’s Day when I was 11, and I remember reapplying several times a day. And she had a Love’s Rain Scent gift set that I was forever raiding!
August 1st, 2009 @ 4:31 pm
does anybody know where you can find the cherry vanilla perfume that was sold at walmart a couple of years ago?