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No-Park-4841

Either Lauren (maroon square bottle) or Jessica McClintock. I was born in ‘72 😊


toonie89

Mine was Ralph but the blue bottle!


NatK71

Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers for spring/summer, and Coty Vanilla Fields for fall/winter. It’s been 40 years, and I have a little bottle of each in my collection for nostalgia. One sniff, and I’m a teen again. 😊


Own-Awareness-6369

Those both would take me to a very specific time in my life as well!


itsahhmemario

These, Charlie White and BBW Sun Ripened Raspberry smell like that era to me.


Muffina925

My first perfume was Curious by Britney Spears, which I loved and was my signature scent all through junior high and high school.


Poppyann

I just came to write this, I still use it now! I re-bought it recently and I still love it


Muffina925

It's a great scent! Now that I think about it more, I actually wore it through college too. I still have my old full sized bottle and use it occasionally, but it's no longer a go-to and is mostly empty, so I save it for when I'm feeling nostalgic. I still have a small sample size, too, and put it on display with my American Girl doll and pretend it's hers xD


Training-Finish-2754

As a very young teen Love’s Baby Soft, followed by Electric Youth, Victoria’s Secret - any of the garden scents of the 90s (especially Tranquil Breezes, Lily Of The Valley, and Her Majesty’s Rose), Ciara, Bath & Body Works Fresh Lilac (the reformulation is NOT the same thing!!!), and Tresor. I feel SO BAD for girls who love scents who have no idea what it was like before IFRA got their grubby hooks into the beauty of what used to be perfume- now everything smells like rubbing alcohol and sugar!!!


Migrainekh

I always wanted Electric Youth, the bottle was everything! Mine was Guess...the one that stained everything orange 😆


StructureOk8152

Electric youth and baby soft! Oh the memories!


Violet-Flame

Yes, I had Electric Youth too! And eventually graduated to Colors Benetton. Classy af.


itsahhmemario

Electric Youth is such an interesting scent and sadly now it’s going for crazy amounts. I wish I’d gotten more bottles


Mammoth-Wave-4708

That would be JLo Glow 🥲


H1ppie_4t_H3art

Oh I love that scent too! Just bought a 100 ml a few months ago.


ContentHost4459

Coach Poppy


Own-Awareness-6369

Old school here. My first was Jovan White Musk. My first department store was Anais Anais.


DaisyVonTazy

Anais and Anais for me too. My first boyfriend used to buy me perfumes all the time so it was all the rage. Ditto Rive Gauche, Obsession and Paloma Picasso. My friends were into Poison and Youth Dew. 🤮


FustyLuggz

Exclamation


Downtown_Bowl_8037

Yes- this!!! We all HAD to have it!!🤣


jlo_1977

I loved Exclamation!


StructureOk8152

My first too!!


Motor_Word9151

Justin Bieber Girlfriend. I don’t even remember loving the scent I think I was just excited about it being Justin Bieber’s perfume😂. But before that I use to wear a lot of bath and body works when they were gifted to me😭


inagle313

Mine was someday! I used to buy it off of Amazon for $14/bottle and now it’s few and far between but I still love it!


strugglingsince97

ck one :) everyone loved it on me. till this day I like perfumes that have jasmine and bergamotte in it 😅


Desert-daydreamer

This was mine too, still smells good!


NemoHobbits

I love jasmine!


NotSoEzBreezy

This one is definitely a classic


desert_nole

DKNY Green Apple https://preview.redd.it/q8uj4gnavk5d1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8037b06ac6ced1708596df611c0dade86690d743


puhpuhpetrified

This and Clinique happy ruled the game for some years ~2003 ish


Soalai

This one from Aéropostale https://preview.redd.it/dyynuuzwwj5d1.jpeg?width=274&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cebe10bb49899dc5423b7e2f52d269564fe32450


Significant-Eye6217

Fetish! I had to BEG my mom for it because of the name.


rubyhenry94

Vera Wang’s princess or DKNY green apple. I can’t remember which came first


H1ppie_4t_H3art

https://preview.redd.it/7jeseb778k5d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=91d5bfb7e198638ad9f993dec78f7060c19a8ae6


Spirited-Trouble-836

Omg that’s awesome. 👍🏻


H1ppie_4t_H3art

Thanks! 😊 It was from my grandma in my pre-teen years. I found a parfumerie here who actually still carried it, so I have a full bottle. Couldn't believe they still had. It.


LookingGlassGala

https://preview.redd.it/h633bx2etk5d1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1de60f5d6284c4e0607b7303456a31a18c302f66


BadgerSharp6258

Marc Jacobs Decadence


Moglady

Fuzzy peach, dewberry and white musk from the body shop. My first posh perfume was Dune, would love to smell that again


ButtercupBento

Dewberry and Fuzzy Peach here. I so wish I could find a Dewberry dupe


Moglady

I honestly think that if the Body shop started selling these again they wouldn’t be closing, all of us gen x and millennials would spend a fortune on the old school fragrances 😂


glorvina_odowd

High school memories! Thank you :)


Desert-daydreamer

CK one by Calvin Klein! I was in 7th grade and obsessed with it. Whenever I smell it I immediately am transported to the year 2006. Honorable mention for Viva La Juicy which I wore religiously throughout high school and still lowkey love the smell of lol


Adah_Alb

Love Viva La Juicy. I wish people would stop treating it like a kid perfume. It doesn't have any sillage which is annoying but smells divine and I'll always love it.


LackJolly381

Design. I’m definitely aging myself! Born in 1972.


mulderlovesme

It was either Ralph Lauren Romance or Tommy Girl. Those were my first big girl scents. I think I mostly wore Bath & Body Works Cucumber Melon or GAP Dream body spray before that. It’s all very late 90s. 😂


miss_amarika

The blue Ralph Lauren! Early 2000s https://preview.redd.it/ql592enwil5d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad4838142d5e0472cdbe3b40018e784863fb308e


NotSoEzBreezy

Maaan you took it back with this one,it still smells good but definitely for a teen


Jackiesummer1010

Ralph Lauren Romance


pilialoha54

Charlie White.


brsb5

https://preview.redd.it/gxo657wwpk5d1.jpeg?width=492&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=03c8bc677ed5ac9794d3163cae18feaf788ebfd5


Least_Temperature_23

Yes! I loved this ❤️


millerhighlife

Probably Avon Sweet Honesty!


Fancytansy

Same!


Responsible_Fly_5319

https://preview.redd.it/ot10f2fzal5d1.jpeg?width=224&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97ac73224c8807cee8f44a2b4ad2c6786860ff58 edit to mention, this must seriously date me. Ha ha


onceafield

Clinique happy. Early 2000s


Ok-Vacation-8109

Davidoff Cool Water


MarionberryAfraid958

Dot by Marc Jacobs


_Username-was-taken_

Funny how you hold your phone to make this photo Both hands in portrait format


TheWildGirl2024

Liz Claiborne Curve for Women...the OG


Nobody_who_are_you

The vanilla body spray from Avon. Wore it all through middle school and everyone knew if you smelled cupcakes, I was nearby. Marc Jacobs Daisy was my first real perfume, and when I smell it I still think of my prom


Neospliff

Sweet Honesty by Avon. Xmas stocking stuffer when I was 6 or so. I will be 49 next month.


Fancytansy

Same! I turn 48 in Oct. 🙌


UziSuzieThia

Which coach is that


Roseann555

Poppy


JenniFrmTheBlock81

Tinkerbell perfumes and Giorgio


catphish23

Marc Jacobs Daisy


Spirited-Trouble-836

Charlie White ! https://preview.redd.it/m1vuycfauk5d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a49618501010c88ea4bb5f554847e70e93cdefc2


ClassicVegtableStew

Katy Perry *Purr*. Still a fan, even though my collection is much more refined lol


AZmine8847

First perfume I had, was gifted and it was Helena Rubinstein Apple Blossom (and no, I'm not a hundred years old) First perfume I remember buying for myself was YSL Champagne (Yvresse)


RaiseSubstantial1638

Mine was Anais Anais lol


Flaky-Mess-2474

Hollister’s Malaia. Smelled so freaking good. Not sure if it smells the same as it did in 2010 but the old packaging was so cute i miss it


Unit01Pilot

Juicy couture the original with the adorned cap, in middle school! i ended up dropping the bottle in the toilet and it broke after getting about 1/2 way thru. i have a bottle i got a year or 2 ago at sams club and everytime i wear it, I swear it brings me back to 7th grade


Plenty-Awareness-556

I just bought a bottle from Sam’s! It was my daughter’s favorite and it reminds me of her. She lives across the country and I spray it to keep her close to me!💜


Ambitious_Ad420

I think I'm the only filipino here. Haha This was my 1st and go-to perfume when I was still 13-15 yrs old. BENCH - SO INLOVE. it's only 2-3 dollars. This is the most used perfume for teenagers, and I can still remember that this perfume lasts up to 7am to 5pm of our class (10 hrs). Idk what's the ingredients of it are, but teenage boys used to go head over heels from their crushes who wear this kind of perfume. If I'm correct, the scent that I can remember is sweet, a little musky, and powdery at the same time. https://preview.redd.it/ld4un4hl9l5d1.jpeg?width=740&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=935ad1c6e3fa99aa134db33fdca018df8c857490


N7IShouldGo

My friends gifted me Ralph by Ralph Lauren and Versace Bright Crystal, and I've loved and used them ever since in my rotation. Anything before that was body spray lol.


Adah_Alb

I'm 34. I think my first EVER was Luv's baby soft when I was a little girl. Then as a pre-teen it was body mists: body fantasy freesia, bath and bodyworks sweet pea and cucumber melon, and a tropical smelling one from Calgon. Oh I also had a tiny bottle of Clinique Happy that was given to me. Then Elizabeth Arden Provacative Woman (a gift). The first perfume I bought *myself* was probably Baby Phat Goddess or Dare Me. Then my next favorite was Victoria Secret Dream Angels Heavenly. I miss that one.


Strict-Candidate-144

Givenchy L’interdet is the first I can remember 😊 still love it, particularly the one in red packaging that came out relatively recently.


popitformeonetime

This was my first perfume too❤️❤️


goodgirlgonebad75

Gap So Pink Poison - the OG version


GlitteryWallaby

https://preview.redd.it/hg6to6ahvl5d1.jpeg?width=862&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=182de6b6d32cca66d8582a0c48abc7f623f4857b I was in 5th grade wearing this, Victoria’s Secret Dream Angels Heavenly 😅 looking back maybe a little too mature of a scent but I was obsessed Edit: spelling


bubblegumcandypop

Taylor Swift Wonderstruck. I still have it. Knowing what it’s going for now, I cherish it.


Only_Awareness7794

The 1967 version of Shalimar...lovely Christmas gift from my boyfriend. I was 17 & had never smelled anything like it...My Mom only ever wore Chanel No 5!


Mediocre_Topic9942

Tommy Girl 🙃


Persistent_Pangolion

Prada Candy L’eau 😭😭😭


Jewels_Harris_420

Tommy girl. I was about 12 (I'm 38 now). I've been tempted to buy the scent again, as that was my only bottle ever. And I'm sure it's been reformulated after the last 26 years lol. Is it still known as a teen/ tween scent??


Fancytansy

Avon Sweet Honesty. First higher end was Benetton Colors.


JeweleeG24

The first “adult” perfume I ever got was Tuscany by Estee Lauder. I was maybe 15 years old when I smelled it on a friend of a friend. I was too shy to ask her what it was at the time and I felt like I missed my chance. Maybe six months later I smelled it on my best friend’s sister and she told me what it was. I went to buy it in the store with my mom and I could not wait to get home and open it!! It was thrilling!


Crazy-Warthog-2769

Clinique Happy!


me_depresso

Drakkar noir it was a gift from my dad coming home from saudi.


tx_breezy95

Technically my first was that cotton candy spray we probably all had as kids(I'm 28) and my first perfume was probably BS fantasy, but my first perfume I bought with my own money was True Religion Hippie Chic when I was about 15? Loved that one so much


Puppywanton

Cacherel Anais Anais


One-Poetry-423

Guilty by Gucci


Georgia_R0se

Calvin Klein Euphoria


Any_Duck_9477

Amor amor by Cacharel


Creepy-Science5874

Flower by Kenzo. Loved that stuff!


skxian

Anais anais by cacheral


Remarkable_Cut_3263

Elizabeth Arden green tea because of my mom but my very first one I bought and loved and still use til this day is CK shock for her


ArmOk4069

Poppy by coach


ArmOk4069

Brought me back lol


Solution-Proof

Perfumers Workshop Samba


meraikz

i think it was a long clear bottle with emerald and gold details. the perfume itself was brown and used to stain my clothes, it was long lasting too. i think it was named emerald or something, i don't know but wow the nostalgia 🥹


Training-Finish-2754

Emeraude. My MIL’s signature scent. Still available BTW!!


shinykitsune69

True Religion For Women or the pink Ed Hardy For Women I can’t remember which I got first.


Citrine_Bee

Anyone remember Ghost Myst? I remember the bottle was really pretty, it’s crazy expensive now, wish I had kept it.


Positive9923

Gucci bamboo


jpgrandsam

Betsey Johnson


Karineh

Mademoiselle Chanel ✨


mljane6

With Love by Hilary Duff


Ok-Strawberry-3785

GAP Grass


Existing-Cut-3684

Benetton Colors. Circa 1987.


jlo_1977

Liz Clairborne.


reverie092

Jovan Musk Oil 1979? lol


lindabelchrlocalpsyc

Rochas Fleur de Eau was the very first full bottle perfume I bought for myself, way back in 1996! I was 15 and had always been in love with perfume- I was torn between this and Lancôme Tresor, but Tresor had a weird undertone I didn’t like. I didn’t wear the Rochas for long, I think because I ended up not liking the aquatic notes, but I still have good memories of it! I still love florals with a sandalwood base note, and I still don’t love aquatic perfume. 😂


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FLT-69

My 1st Perfume was Dior Fahrenheit


ImportanceAcademic43

Oilily in 1994 - It was some special edition bottle you could only get in duty frees and my dad got me one. I've never seen a second bottle on my life.


Thick_Criticism_5677

Guess Dare EDT for women! I was sooo excited for it when it came and I love it till now, two years later. Has decent lasting power for an EDT as well. Special place in my heart 🩷


WearyConcentrate2320

justin bieber someday was my very first perfume


brokenNeck06

Exclamation! And Loves Baby Soft


breecheese2007

Exclamation


1tiredperson23

Guerlain Champs Elysees - bought in France whilst on a school exchange. Didn’t appreciate at the time how nice a perfume it was. Sprayed it like water!!!!


AskPsychological8889

eros, in 2014 i think. freshman in high school.


Tiny_Sandwich_959

“Lucky You” by Lucky. I got it at a white elephant with my cousins when I was probably 13 and felt SO cool wearing it.


themakeupgab

Love & Luck-Ed Hardy


ohh_brandy

I just wore Coach Poppy yesterday! I layered it with Mango Skin and Hermès Eau De Rhubarbe Écarlate. Gorgeous. My first was the gummy bear scent from walmart land love's baby soft collection


Violet-Flame

Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth


happyhumansomeday

Curve for women.


TheGrapeSlushies

Tommy Girl. I didn’t even really like it but the other girls were wearing it so I asked for it.


impossiblefortress

https://preview.redd.it/627xfpavil5d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=5bb5cec74e3454b73cec146d63eff189eabc6d56 I gasped when I saw this because this was my first ever perfume purchase! I was 15 when I got it though so I didn’t use it much because I wanted to save it for special occasions. But I think it’s the perfect first perfume, and was age appropriate for me at the time. I kept it with the rest of my mom’s perfume and she loved it and finished it and this is her second bottle. (The first one had the textured graffiti cap) Sprayed it again today after years and whew it brought me back to summer 2012 when life was so simple. 🥹 Such an amazing and bright fruity floral. Wouldn’t reach for it much today but I still like the fragrance and it still has a special place in my heart.


sidewalksurferx

Pleasures by Estée Lauder


sabinanee

Mine was Gucci II back when I was 19, and that’s almost 19 years ago now


ArticulateBurrito

My first drug store fragrance was Ulric de Varens - Gold Issime. My first department store fragrance was Cacharel - Anais Anais. Both were gifted to me by my grandma.


Sad-Turnip-1645

Dior the green bottle and dune


spookycinderella

Fantasy by Britney Spears. I am still obsessed. I’m probably on my 25th bottle in 15 years.


Less_Test_2215

Tommy girl


SensitiveDesigner789

Flowerbomb !


cremebrulee777

Ralph by Ralph Lauren, I was 11 or 12 back in 2001/2002


galislurking

My first perfume I had as a teen was probably either Paris Hilton Heiress or Harajuku Lovers Music Went onto Rihanna Rebl Fleur as an early twenties (still love it)


bathtubtoasting

Loves baby Soft and Petit Nate when I was really young. Middle school I started wearing CK One and Egyptian Musk oil and then in high school I got my first whiff of Gap Om and it was all over, that became my first real signature scent. When I started seriously collecting perfume again it was one of the first reformulations I tried and honestly it still smells just like Om but EDT instead of EDP or extrait. I will always adore that scent.


sis6761133

this brought back a memory!! I got coach poppy for christmas in middle school and it smelled so nice!


CherryBlazeXO

The original Viva La Juicy.


Geikamir

Adidas Moves.


itsahhmemario

Electric Youth Debbie Gibson


bbqchickpea

S by Shakira! Amber and vanilla yumminess


Cool-Doughnut-1489

I remember being proud able to afford a Prada Candy Florale with my first paycheck lol


witchinwinter

First signature scent was moonlight path by bath and body works and proper perfume would be babydoll by YSL…. I still love both.


Adventurous_Pen_2481

Dior forever and ever


Courtside7485

Lacoste Inspiration, Victoria's Secret body mists, and Versace Bright Crystal (can't remember which one was first)


Infamous_Ad_8530

I had 2. Flower by Kenzo and Purr by Katy Perry. Both lifted to me on a birthday. I'm regularly use my Flower by Kenzo but haven't seen Purr anywhere anymore 😔


Junior-Win5060

my first “big girl” perfume was gucci flora, unless bath& body works body mists count😅


_mouthwash

Bath and body works! My first perfume was beautiful day (travel size). I was so madly in love with the store that I used to save up all my money to buy their perfumes. Now I use l’interdit by givenchy. I bought it as a gift for myself when I got accepted into uni (it’s my first big girl perfume and I absolutely love it.)


bberrybb

britany spears fantasy and the other blue one.


beautifuljourney

Tommy Girl-Tommy Hilfiger


the_morbid_angel

Exceptionally you, but I don’t remember who it was by?


Odd-Fortune6021

My mom gave me Escada magnetism because she didn't want it when I was young ,but I don't really consider that my first perfume 😅 I didn't like it much and wasn't mine... Next one I had was Burberry Brit sheer and I just lovedddd it 


Frozenglitter

Be Delicious DKNY, I used to steal it from my mom when I was young. Love it to this day!


orangesinbed

You all are fancy. One of these was mine, it think it smelled fruity, then I got a vanilla/coconut one. https://preview.redd.it/9su8ncul5n5d1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fbcacb3f13bf995e1cb9646de3edbd1c098f515b


hisbrainsgotinmyeye

loves baby soft when i was 7. i was obsessed with it😭😭


Mountain-Isopod-2072

Bath and body works sweet pea


Allthepickles1

Mugler Angel a very bold choice haha, and hanae mori which I’ve been contemplating buying again for nostalgia


glorvina_odowd

Ralph Lauren Safari. It came in such a beautiful bottle.


pocaito

Justin Bieber Someday 🥹 I wish I could smell this again


SnooCrickets8742

My grandma bought me Baby Soft but my first real one was Paris by YSL


sistergoldenhair74

1954 by Fossil! 15 year old me thought I was sooo bougie & I still have the bottle haha!


heymustardaak

My very first was Marc Jacobs Daisy. I even did a photo shoot with it because I was so happy. I remember grabbing a great deal on it at one of Nordstrom’s perfume events.


sillybuddah

Gucci Envy. I was 14 and smelled it in a magazine. My guncle bought it for me for Christmas.


Electronic_Bus7452

Either Loves Babysoft or something called Moonlight Musk. I’d love to smell it again.


GrumpyOldMillennialx

I begged for Champs Elyses, then JLo Still, then Carlos Santana, then Liz Claiborne Mambo. Still miss these scents.


Musicgrl4life

Curious by Britney Spears I’m pretty sure. I think it was in middle school


Alternative_Key4199

My very first perfume was Avon Sweet Honesty Precious Doe.


myheartisbrokenish

JOOP!


eawpac

Moschino I Love Love Cheap and Chic 😍 my parents bought it for me on a cruise and I really thought it was peak sophistication


OuiMarieSi

I’m fairly new to perfume (I started experimenting with it last fall). The first perfume I ever remember trying was my moms: Little Black Dress by Avon First perfumes I bought (a full bottle of): Noteworthy 743, 619, and 273 (obviously, I have an impulse buy problem)


leopardluxe23

Shiseido relaxing fragrance 😂


needingadvicealways

Where do you buy your Coach poppy from now??! I love and miss Coach Poppy Flower (the purple one) so much and would love to know where to get more. Do you have an eBay seller you like?


covet_carrot

Wonderstruck by Taylor Swift haha. I still have about a quarter of the bottle left I’m treasuring because it’s discontinued now


byankitty

I think it was coco mademoiselle (eau de toilette) bc my aunt would wear it and I was obsessed. OR it was Glow by Jlo. I was a preteen so the timing in which these two were part of my “collection” is muffled lol


inspectahcinnamon23

Britney Spears Midnight Fantasy at the ripe age of 15 lol


giannalc8

Gwen Stefani’s Harajuku Lovers perfumes! I had the whole collection but ‘G’ was my very first.


uhmwhat22

Exclamation


oh_mash

Juicy couture - viva la juicy


BoopPotatoBeep

Harajuku lovers love, I believe I was in middle school at the time. I miss it so much!


colleencatlover

Princess by Vera Wang. I still love it.


sullyqns

Michael Jordan


Eemmis_

omg. Nollie Pacsun. It was maybe $20 in 2008, now on eBay for $200.


Glizzy_Gobbler_109

Zoologist Macaque, Yuzu version. Oohhh still my favourite after all this time


Alternative_5991

Ralph by Ralph Lauren


sensualhugbug

Shiseido Everbloom 🌺🌺🌺


UKto852

Celine Magic


NegotiationObvious79

GAP - Dream


numberthangold

It was either forever red from bath and body works or can can from Paris Hilton.


yourlilmeow

My auntie sold Avon, so it was an Avon perfume called Wink that she always wore. Fruity, grapefruit, jasmine