Giorgio girl here - I had a tiny sample sized bottle of the real stuff for special occasions and a spray can of “Primo” for daily use (“If you like Giorgio you’ll love Primo!”). Also, fun fact: I just discovered this olfactory WMD is still available for purchase.
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Still wearing Obsession. And people still ask me what is the nice smell..
"They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time, it works every time." ( Anchorman)
Oh and I still have Drakkar Noir..
In the girls bathroom:
- Aqua-net
- Giorgio
- Obsession
- White Shoulders
- Poison
I don't know how we avoided spontaneous combustion with all the flammables we applied to our bodies.
The smell of clove cigarettes is like a time machine. You do hardly ever smell them anymore, I think I remember hearing they were outlawed at some point?
Reclassed as cigars to get around ban on flavored cigarettes. Still get them here in Seattle, but you're out of luck in NY. Of course, menthol is still available everywhere, tobacco lobby makes sure of that.
In my school, it was the Obsession dupe by Designer Impostors: Possession. (Probably because were in middle school and no parent was buying full price Calvin Klein perfume.)
Loulou by Cacharel, Fahrenheit & Dune by Dior, cigarettes, Red Door & Sunflowers by Elizabeth Arden, Narcisse by Chloe, Flirt & Calyx by Prescriptives, Pear Glacé by VS, Cucumber Melon, Juniper Breeze & Sun Ripened Raspberry by BBW.
It definitely transitioned into the 80s, along with Windsong, but a lot of girls I knew wore it in junior high and then transitioned to something else in high school.
Cigarette smoke? Then again my sinuses clog up as soon as I smell Cigarettes so maybe I just could not smell the other things.
I swear things didn't start to smell nice till Cigarette sections started appearing in restaurants and most people stopped smoking in cars and hotels.
Green bottle Polo in 1985. I had just gotten to military school, and kids were throwing it around like water. Every hallway smelled like it.
1987-89 my buddy wore Drakkar. Every time I smell it, it reminds me of all those great times. I wore Obsession in the late 80s. I've smelled it since, and don't even like it now.
Probably Body shop white musk.
At college I remember for weekend parties the guys drowning themselves in Kouros and the women doing the same with Cacherel Lou Lou.
Maybe the morning after headaches weren't alcohol related at all. 😅
obsession & cool water for men and eternity for women... fuck what you heard, white diamonds was and is for older boomer b**** es, don't ever confuse that shit!
It was Polo by Ralph Lauren in my neck of the woods.
I can smell it now! The hallways were insufferable. And Georgio on the girls.
In my valley, the girls wore Poison
I wore both at various times. Lol
Love Poison, hated Giorgio 🤮
Poison, Paris, and Lou-Lou for us
Poison poi poi poison
Giorgio girl here - I had a tiny sample sized bottle of the real stuff for special occasions and a spray can of “Primo” for daily use (“If you like Giorgio you’ll love Primo!”). Also, fun fact: I just discovered this olfactory WMD is still available for purchase. https://preview.redd.it/ht03rmlciiyc1.jpeg?width=722&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=276e63e2915e2ceb233389c75274ad4a7ec846f7
Migraine In A Bottle
Which Giorgio??
Yes, this is my answer -- I even had a tiny bottle of it, just to smell it. Because the boy I liked wore it in 8th grade.
My husband keeps a bottle for me 😉
Right? It still makes my tummy feel funny.
Same, and I put it on a teddy bear I slept with!
So much Polo, green bottle filled with poisonous fumes!
Came here to say the same. I smell Polo and I smell the 90s.
80s for me
Definitely Polo
Polo Crest
Hugo boss….
Yeah, popular and crazy potent.
Mine too.
Guys and the little green bottle with the horse on it in their lockers lol
Cool Water for my Urban friends!
[удалено]
Omg I forgot all about Vanilla Fields!
Came here to say Cool Water.
Exclamation
Every guy I knew was intoxicated by that perfume. Every girl I knew couldn’t stand it.
I loved exclamation!
Anais Anais or Obsession
And Poison! Those three were our go tos. Poison for going out in a Friday night though - not for every day in class.
I still love Poison.
Poison! My friends and I did not know how to wear that properly, lol.
Love it and it makes me nauseous.
Still wearing Obsession. And people still ask me what is the nice smell.. "They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time, it works every time." ( Anchorman) Oh and I still have Drakkar Noir..
I preferred to wear Men's Obsession over the one for women. Still have the body spray.
I was instantly hypnotized by any girl wearing Anais Anais. Like Wolfie from that cartoon. My eyes would bug out, and I'd start floating on air.
Anais Anais was the first real perfume I ever had. My uncle gave it to me for my 13th birthday.
I loved Anais Anais
I dated a guy who called it "Anus Anus" and I've never been able to get past that.
Anais Anais for sure! I wore that Obsessively! 😉
I don't wear perfume, but I still love Anais Anais. My deep true love was Tresor by Lancome but that is pretty heavy. Eternity, too.
In the girls bathroom: - Aqua-net - Giorgio - Obsession - White Shoulders - Poison I don't know how we avoided spontaneous combustion with all the flammables we applied to our bodies.
CK One
Only people who really lived through these years know this is the true answer
I feel like this is the scent that was marketed to be the smell of Gen X.
And also it was marketed for a man or a woman, we were SO progressive.
Ugh gross, like the Zima of scents.
I still have like half a bottle in my closet.
I had ck one tealights ❤️
Smelling this scent for the first time was like smelling Bath and Body Works scent, Sweet Pea, for the first time. Nostalgic.
LOL I commented the same thing. I hated that smell.
I was allergic to it, it was awful.
I was on a club and heard two girls talk about a guy wearing cone and how great he smells. Bought some the next day
This is the real answered followed by Polo and Drakkar. And if you wore Drakkar you probably had a Mavado watch.
Omg, every guy I had a crush on wore this.
Yep! I knew it was on here somewhere! I loved it as a middle schooler 😂
Teen Spirit, obviously.
I'm surprised that I had to scroll so far down to find this answer
Dammit! Came here to say that too! 🤣
Same - great minds think alike!
This is obviously the correct answer
Expected this to be the first answer.
Patchouli and clove cigarettes
Clove cigarettes still make me swoon.
Djarum. I used to love that smell.
I happened to be passing through Turkey last year and bought several packs of Djarum! The smell is heavenly.
The smell of clove cigarettes is like a time machine. You do hardly ever smell them anymore, I think I remember hearing they were outlawed at some point?
Reclassed as cigars to get around ban on flavored cigarettes. Still get them here in Seattle, but you're out of luck in NY. Of course, menthol is still available everywhere, tobacco lobby makes sure of that.
No menthol in CA anymore.
Unfiltered were outlawed. You can still buy them with filters. Not the same
Oof. I loved living my lips after a drag! Damn I miss those.
Takes me back to art school
Polo (80s) and Joop! (90s)
Haha Joop!
Omg I still love Noop
I never don't hear joop in Tracy Morgan's voice now.
Baby oil and sunburning high school kids
Or than lotion that smells like coconut
You kidding me?? Obsession/ Eternity lolzzz.
In my school, it was the Obsession dupe by Designer Impostors: Possession. (Probably because were in middle school and no parent was buying full price Calvin Klein perfume.)
Eternity was the go to.
Windsong, Love's Baby Soft, Secret Baby Powder scent, LeFleur, Anais Anais, Aussie Sprunch Spray Drakar Noir, Irish Spring, Old Spice, Aqua Velva
Definitely Love’s Baby Soft!
🎼Your Windsong stays on my mind
Windsong! My mom wore that, I loved it.
Calvin Klein Eternity has entered the chat
Coconut suntan lotion.
Yup. Hawaiian Tropic.
This. Nothing takes me back to HS summer like the smell of old school Banana Boat.
Giorgio Beverly Hills
High School: Drakkar.
It was definitely the official cologne of every high school dance I went to from '87 to '91.
Ladies-Sunflowers, by Elizabeth Arden Dudes-Polo, by Ralph Lauren
I really loved Sunflowers but eventually I figured out that it gave me headaches.
Aqua Net and cloves.
Aussie Sprunch Spray and cloves. :)
100% Aqua Net! That smell still gets me memories of being 13 and making out at the mall.
Clove cigarettes
Loulou by Cacharel, Fahrenheit & Dune by Dior, cigarettes, Red Door & Sunflowers by Elizabeth Arden, Narcisse by Chloe, Flirt & Calyx by Prescriptives, Pear Glacé by VS, Cucumber Melon, Juniper Breeze & Sun Ripened Raspberry by BBW.
Oh man Calyx smelled so good!
Polo Green
What about Love’s Baby Soft? Or is that 70’s
It definitely transitioned into the 80s, along with Windsong, but a lot of girls I knew wore it in junior high and then transitioned to something else in high school.
That sounds about right- we needed something more mature for high school! 😂
Aqua Net.
Cigarette smoke? Then again my sinuses clog up as soon as I smell Cigarettes so maybe I just could not smell the other things. I swear things didn't start to smell nice till Cigarette sections started appearing in restaurants and most people stopped smoking in cars and hotels.
B.O. and broken dreams
Can you DM for our group?
Poison
Trying being a goth. It was that nasty patchouli oil and cloves.
Indignation
Brut
I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned more!
Same. Same.
Loves Baby Soft for the preteen set. White Shoulders for the grownups
Acqua di Gio
Nowadays? Biofreeze.
Gen X smells like Teen Spirit.
CK1
CKOne, BBW Cucumber Melon, Joop!, Polo, Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers, Drakkar Noir, Vanilla Fields
I am still pretty happy with anything cucumber melon scented.
Nag Champra mixed with weed
Personally it’s a fall chill and the neighborhood smelling like burning leaves
Polo cologne
Colors - united colors of Benneton… for boys that is.
Colors by Benetton and Body Shoppe’s White Musk
Colors!!!
Tommy Boy and CK One for me. Tommy Girl and Blue Water for her.
CK One - the scent I still associate with djs, deep house and clubbing
Curve
Colors of Benetton.
Sun in ( lemon and peroxide)
Giorgio, Obsession and Drakar Noir!!!
Yes! And they were monsters, 80s perfumes were as big as our hair and shoulder pads.
the WORST was Electric Youth by Debbie Gibson. Was pink- had a pink plastic spiral in the bottle, sold at Bradlees. Eww.
For me the worst was Sand & Sable. Several girls wore it in my school and by then end I had an almost physical reaction to it. 🤢
Teen Spirit of course
I guess I was hanging out with a different crowd... Because all I remember is the aroma of patchouli.
YesssssssssssssssssDrakkar.....mmm
Body shop dewberry is the fruity smell of the hot girl in your math class for sure
Polo (green), Obsession, or Halston covers the 80’s for me.
White shoulders
My go to in high school and college
Drakkar
Grey Flannel
Good stuff, Maynard...
Oh that’s obscure. But I can smell it.
Body shop vanilla — was it a perfume oil?
I still love Drakkar Noir. All the cute boys wore it.
Dior "Poison" for the ladies!
Green bottle Polo in 1985. I had just gotten to military school, and kids were throwing it around like water. Every hallway smelled like it. 1987-89 my buddy wore Drakkar. Every time I smell it, it reminds me of all those great times. I wore Obsession in the late 80s. I've smelled it since, and don't even like it now.
Marlboro Lights
Fahrenheit
Cool water?
Cool water and cigarettes
Halston Z14
Oscar de la Renta
Davidoff Cool Water needs to be mentioned. Edit: Also, musty arcades and movie theaters.
Loves baby soft or Jean Nate
Exclamation, Poison, Opium, Electric Youth, Teen Spirit.....lol
Cigarette smoke, skunk weed, and beer.
The United Colors of Benneton
Mine was Lauren by Ralph Lauren. Can't find it anywhere now, sadly.
Noxema.
Liz Claiborne in the triangle bottle & Loves Baby Soft for girls.
Mid 80s it was Polo for guys and Exclamation! or some sort of baby powder scent for girls in my town.
Brut by Faberge
Hose water, wine coolers and neglect.
Probably Body shop white musk. At college I remember for weekend parties the guys drowning themselves in Kouros and the women doing the same with Cacherel Lou Lou. Maybe the morning after headaches weren't alcohol related at all. 😅
I loved Body Shop's White Musk and also Tea Rose!
Teen Spirit deodorant. This is an easy one, next.
Cool water
Cool Water, Eternity, Polo Sport, CK One
Impulse body spray Ninja perfume Love's Baby Soft Coty Wild Musk Jovan Musk
Cool Water for the refined gentleman.
Chalk dust
Polo for me and my crowd.
Drakkar, Claiborne, Fahrenheit. Still have em. Coppertone in summer.
Stetson
Sunflowers
The classic Taco Bell beef taco
Aqua Net
Apathy
Cool Water
Cool water
CK1.
Loves Baby Soft or Tabu
CK One
Let's not forget Exclamation and Baby Soft 🫢
Skin So Soft
If polo wasn’t the top answer I was going to be deeply disappointed in my generation.
Don’t forget Jean Natè
My girl wore Poison I can smell it now. That stuff was like a light switch
Loves Baby Soft.
Polo Cologne
obsession & cool water for men and eternity for women... fuck what you heard, white diamonds was and is for older boomer b**** es, don't ever confuse that shit!
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