Cheap drugstore perfume that you either used to love, or still do:

[Thtwudbeme]

Jean Nate

Love's Baby Soft

Coty Sweet Earth

Some kind of lemon stuff---

Grandmother used to wear Emeraude-

And let's not forget Avon: Sweet Honesty

[miss_american_pie]

1. My mother used to wear Emeraude

Whenever I smell that, I'm instantly three years old again.

[KitchenWitch]

2. Jean Nate

Heaven Sent

Tabu

[serryjw]

13. To this day i still am never with out

Jean nate or Tabu. I love Shalimar but out of my budget since becoming a political activist making no money

[MaggieSwanson]

3. Charlie Oriental

But I don't think they make it any more.

[lady raven]

4. I LOOOOVE Tabu!

Also Love's baby soft.

And I like to smell Emeraude and Jean Nate on other people, but I won't wear them.

[jpgray]

5. I wore Karkov throughout all my dorm days

[KitchenWitch]

6. Festive!

:rofl:

[Blue-Jay]

7. Hi Karate!

[Jade Fox]

27. I'll see your Hi Karate, and raise you some Jade East!

[redwitch]

8. Love's Fresh Lemon

When I got in the car, my friends rolled down the windows. I made people's eyes water. mmmmmm! I love citrus fragrances!

My mom loved Jean Nate.

[Thtwudbeme]

11. I was so jealous of my sister when she wore that !

:)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. I absolutely loved Avon's Elusive, which, alas, is no longer made

People used to compliment me on it.

[Thtwudbeme]

10. You would be amazed at what you can find on ebay, Lydia!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Beautiful-Vintage-Avon-Petti-Fleur-Elusive-Cologne_W0QQitemZ6252844776QQcategoryZ13781QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Texasgal]

12. Loves soft Jasmine...

No longer made... :(

[Thtwudbeme]

14. This?

http://cgi.ebay.com/LOVES-SOFT-JASMINE-3-69-oz-ea-COLOGNE-SPRAY-NEW_W0QQitemZ5663541249QQcategoryZ11847QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Texasgal]

15. YES!!!!

That's it! OMG! How funny! Brings back memories of high school and spraying down with it after smoking pot!! :rofl:

[Thtwudbeme]

16. That is so funny!

I really miss "stuff" from the seventies...

It just seemed that life...makeup and perfume...were a HELLUVA lot simpler then!

;)

Glad I could give you a laugh!

[redwitch]

19. I thought of something yesterday that I haven't thought about in years

I got a Yardley eye make up kit complete with paint brush applicator. I remember painting my eyelids with very cool paint- iceblue, metallic green. It was so much fun- even if I got frustrated because I didn't know how to do it very well.
I still remember my first lipstick- I bought it at W.T. Grant and I covered the case in flowered contact paper to make it more attractive. LOL I felt tres grown up when I wore it! Summer between 7th and 8th grade.

[DODI]

17. Woodue

[DawgHouse]

55. Oh I used to love that one, too!

[DODI]

18. Woodue

[In_The_Wind]

20. White Lily, White Shoulders and Musk are scents that I once wore.

Avon's Honeysuckle was one of my favorites.

[Thtwudbeme]

22. I loved Avon Honeysuckle

and I don't wear it, but I keep a bottle of White Shoulders in my bathroom and spray it every now and then just to smell it.

[swag]

29. White Shoulders was really popular in the 70s, huh?

Ubiquitous.

[Aristus]

21. Iron. Cheap drugstore cologne.

I love it. When I wear it, my wife says: "You smell lke YOU!"

[Left Is Write]

23. I used to love Blue Jeans cologne.

When I was about 12, my grandmother gave me a gift set with the cologne and dusting powder, and I was hooked.




I got the ad above from this page, which is kind of cool...

http://www.stuckinthe70s.com/products.htm

[orleans]

42. funny ad. neither is wearing blue jeans. n/t

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

24. I Work For The Largest Fragrance Manufacturer In The World. I don't like

any of them anymore lol

[u4ic]

28. I think all the noses

now have olfactory fatigue.

Gawd, they're getting stinkier and stinkier.

I can't wear them anymore...chemical sensitivities...but I prefer some of the older Guerlains, m'self. Which isn't cheap drugstore stuff. lol

[Texasgal]

30. Really?

Do you mind telling us who? I'm just interested...or nosey!! :P

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

32. You Probably Never Heard Of Them Anyway. Most Have No Idea The Companies

that manufacture the actual fragrance. But rest assured anything you come across that has a scent to it has a better chance of coming from our company than anyone elses. From candles, to calvin klein, to avon, estee, yankee candle, p&g, etc... (We do a ton of yankee candle scents. They are yummy)

[Texasgal]

34. I love Yankee Candles!!

Do you ever get freebies? *hint* *hint* :P

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

36. Sometimes, but we don't make the candles, just the fragrance oils that

Yankee then dumps into their product :) Though the oil in their colored plugins is purely our stuff.

We got the apple spice febreeze limited addition room spray for free recently though, that was reallllly yummy smelling.

[Texasgal]

38. I'll PM you my address!

:P

Quick question,is there a difference between "drugstore" purfumes and "department store" perfumes?

I always assumed that you must spend some decent dough to get a decent purfume. Currently I am wearing Estee Lauder's beyond paradise... I LOVE that stuff!

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

40. Well Brand Name In One Store Is Same As That Brand Name In Another.

As far as incomparable brands though, there could be a difference. Each fragrance can contain over 100 ingredients. There are thousands of different raw materials to choose from, some far more expensive and of purer quality than others. There are cheap rose oils and there are rose oils that cost thousands of dollars a kilo. Which oil they choose to use in the fragrance would make a difference, etc...

It is all about price. Some of the raw materials are expensive so the higher end fragrances that can afford the better quality essential oils will use them, while oils made cheaper may not. All in all though nowadays fragrance oils are becoming higher quality at lower prices because of walmart type competition driving the price down on the brand end, which then translates into reduced profit on our end as well. So you do have a good shot at getting good perfumes at drug stores, just not the ones that are only a buck or so in a neat little rack on the counter. Those are crap. LOL

Oh, and PM me your address, and a list of whatever mainstream fragrances you like. I could always see if we make em and send you a surprise one day. :)

[applegrove]

25. Just when I was getting into perfume.. I ran into people highly alergic.

And so I feel guilty as hell to wear anything in public.

[Jade Fox]

26. Jontue'

[Maddy McCall]

31. That's the one I wore when I was a teen!

I loved it. :hi:

[Jade Fox]

33. I still wear it...

I don't like a lot of perfumes, so I stick with what works for me!

[Maddy McCall]

35. I didn't even know you could still buy it.

I'll have to check at the pharmacy's perfume counter. Thanks!! :hi:

[Jade Fox]

37. I went to an actual perfume store...

at my local monster mall to find it after bombing out at a couple of department store perfume counters. But before that I checked out ebay, and there were quite a few folks there selling it.

[Maddy McCall]

39. Thanks for letting me know this!

I'll certainly check Ebay. :hi:

[RebelOne]

52. If you have a Big Lots in your area,

you can often find it there and dirt cheap, also

[Evergreen Emerald]

56. Me too!

Moved on to Beautiful.

[libnnc]

41. Windsong....

"Your Windsong stays on my mind..."

[mykpart]

44. Hubby buys me Windsong.

He thinks it smells "classy."

[BlueIris]

50. I LOVE Windsong!!!

:-)

[orleans]

43. in 1970 i bought a small bottle of Earth Oils (coconut)

it was for candle making or wearing.

i just to put a dab on once in awhile. a few years later i bought a second bottle of it.

i still have both bottles. and whenever i want to trip back to the early '70's, friends, winter, and the beginning of my teenhood--great times--i open the bottle and smell it. sometimes i put a dab on my neck so i can smell it longer.

it's funny--these two bottles of earth oil is one of the few precious trinkets i didn't get rid of across the years.

thanks for bringing it up--and the fond memories it stirred. (i'd go smell some now but i have a horrible cold)

[susanna]

45. Have a strong mental connection..

to Love's Baby Soft. Have not experienced and/or worn it in years, but I swear if I smelled it again I would be in back Junior High faster than you can say "not-another-38-yr-old-having-a-flashback!"

[SiobhanClancy]

46. Ciara

My former husband loved it and I wore it a lot back in the 70s. I don't anymore,but I still love the Oriental fragrances the best....and of course,I loved the late lamented Coty Sweet Earth compact.

[NMMNG]

47. Fetish

I don't think they make it anymore, so when my supply runs out I'm SOL.

I also like Le Jardin De Max Factor

[tiddlywinks]

48. omgoodness

Ciara (gag)
Odyssey (avon)
Giorgio (gag)
some REAL strong powdery and oriental shit. I just can't remember the names. All I know is i used to wear the SHIT out of that stuff. Now, i hardly wear a drop. Now, very rarely, I will dab on some of the Patchouli that my boyfriend got me.

I don't know what was up with me... I had to really spray it on. But, i teach some HS kids now. And some of them like to do the same thing. One of my students pulled his bottle out in class and i got to smell it. Nothing's really changed! Lol.

[BlueIris]

49. Vanilla Fields, all the way. nt

[RebelOne]

51. Lady Stetson is my favorite.

[Orsino]

53. Shalamar

That stuff's good.

[DawgHouse]

54. I miss Babe. nt

[sarge43]

57. Wind Song, Blue Grass, White Linen. n/t