As a teen, what perfume or cologne/after shave did you mostly wear. Mine was Jean Nate, What was yours?

[debm55]

[Glorfindel]

1. Jade East

Second choice: English Leather

[debm55]

2. Thank you very much, Glorifindel.

[MLAA]

4. Forgot all about Jade East!

[debm55]

5. Thank you, very much MLAA.

[Silent Type]

6. Oh, man, as an insecure teenager I doused myself in both of those. Think I'd gag now.

[debm55]

47. HAHHHAHAHAHHA

[MLAA]

3. Pavlova and Cie

[debm55]

7. Thank you for your selections.MLAA

[Ilsa]

8. I remember wearing Bluegrass and Sunflowers.

They were citrusy, fresh colognes.

[debm55]

34. Thank you very much, llsa. That scent sounds great.

[Mz Pip]

9. Ambush

and Royal Secret

[debm55]

35. Oh wow. Thank you Mz Pip. for sharing with us.

[elleng]

10. Jean Nate no doubt!

[debm55]

37. Thank you for sharing elleng. I had almost all her line. It was sold at a small drug store that I worked at.

[hamsterjill]

11. Skinny Dip

Was there anything else???!!! LOL

Yes, that's Sandi Duncan.

[debm55]

38. Thank you very much, hamersterjill. I didn't remember it at first . But after seeing the commercial I remembered. And I

Was going to say that the girl looked like Sandy Duncan.

[Dear_Prudence]

12. White Shoulders.

Just like my grandma!

[debm55]

39. Thank you very much, Dear_Prudence. Great scent.

[sinkingfeeling]

13. Wind Song

[GentryDixon]

30. I can smell it this moment. 😍

[debm55]

40. Thank you sinkingfeelling. I remember the beautiful scent and even the song --Your Wind Song stays on my mind.

[sinkingfeeling]

42. "His mind".

[debm55]

48. Sorry, sinkingfeeling , Brain fart moment here.

[House of Roberts]

14. Old Spice, Brut and Hai Karate.

Probably the Old Spice first, but I can't recall which came next.

[Dear_Prudence]

25. Hai Karate

Very powerful stuff! My high school sweetheart wore Hai Karate. After our breakup, circa 1970, I couldn't sit near anyone in class wearing that cologne because it would make me feel so blue. IMHO, Hai Karate had quite a kick!

[debm55]

41. Thank you very much for sharing your selections with us, House of Roberts. Great scents.

[Diamond_Dog]

15. Probably something by Yardley.

[debm55]

43. Thank you very much, Diamond_Dog. When I was in college I switched to Yardley---Lavender and Lily of the Valley .

[OC375]

16. Drakkar Noir

[debm55]

44. Okay. I have never heard of it before.

[Zackzzzz]

17. English Lavender

It came in a flat, oval shaped blue bottle from Woolworths.

[debm55]

49. Thank you very much, Zackzzzz. I love lavender.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

18. I had a bottle of Jean Nate more than 40 years ago as a little girl. I can still smell it!! that lemony sweet fragran

the fragrance lingers in my brain even though I don't think I'm smelled it in decades!!

[debm55]

50. I know what you mean. BlueWaveNeverEnd. Thank you for sharing.

[surfered]

19. English Leather. I can't remember what it smelled like

[debm55]

51. Thank you very much , surfered. for sharing with us.

[walkingman]

20. I wore British Sterling on the weekends and I'm sure I probably wore to much...dumb kid...☮

[debm55]

52. Oh that's okay ,you were just learning how to be a chick magnet. Thank you for sharing, walkingman.

[Srkdqltr]

21. Something Cody, my aunt ran the Cody counter at J L Hudson downtown Detroit.

[debm55]

54. Thank you very much, Srkdqltr. for sharing with us.

[pfitz59]

22. Eau de sweat

Boys and men in my town did not wear cologne. Barnyard smell was de riguer.

[debm55]

55. Oh, Thank you, pfitz. for sharing with us.

[SWinter]

23. Love's Fresh Lemon

Body splash, powder, bar soap, etc. I had it all—I loved that stuff!

[debm55]

57. Thank you very much, SWinter, I remember Love's Fresh Lemon. I was a Jean Nate person as the display was right across

from my cash register. And yes, I had all the stuff you mentioned but in Jean Nate.

[Permanut]

24. Old Spice for me,..

Chanel no. 5 for my high school sweetheart.

She's gone now, hadn't seen her for fifty years, but some great memories.

[debm55]

68. Thank you very much for sharing with us, Permanut. The same here with the Jean Nate.

[Beatlelvr]

26. Tabu and

My grandmothers Chanel No. 5

[debm55]

74. Wonderful, Beatlelvr. Thank you for sharing.

[applegrove]

27. I remember that.

[debm55]

76. Thank you very much applegrove. It didn't hurt that I worked at a Drug Store that had a show case of Jean Nate items and

I got a discount.

[bobalew]

28. I concocted a mixture of

Hai Karate & Old Spice 50/50. My choir teacher Ola Murchison liked it so much, he did it also....

[debm55]

46. Thank you very much, bobalew. That sounds different and great.

[no_hypocrisy]

29. Muguet des Bois

Delicate scent of Lily of the Valley

[debm55]

33. Thank you very much. no_hyprocrisy. As I got older I loved the smells of Lily of valley. Wonderful

[Danmel]

93. My mom wore that

Lily of the valley reminds me of her.

[off-the-clock]

31. Chanel 19

I don't remember how or why, my mother liked Chanel 9 and I guess I needed to be a little different!

Correction -- not as a teen. When I was working in NYC as a teen I was quite scruffy. I remember my friends were all into "musk"

[debm55]

32. Thank you very much for sharing with us.off-the-clock.

[QueerDuck]

36. Old Spice, British Sterling, Hai-Karate...

and Aqua-Velva, Skin Bracer, Pinaud Clubman.

[debm55]

45. Wow , Thank you for your selections, QueerDuck.

[Walleye]

53. I thought I remembered using Ambush and I see somebody else has mentioned it so it must be a real memory

Also, Jean Nate. The boys wore something called Canoe,, I think. For a while it was popular for the girls to wear the boys cologne.

[debm55]

67. Thank you very much for that information. That's interesting. Ty Walleye for sharing.

[marble falls]

56. Hai Karate. I have nothing to say in my defense. Then I went to Aremis. I know. I still feel shame. ...

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I've been Gray Flannel after I grew up.

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[debm55]

66. Thank you very much, marble falls. I remember when Ted Danson was the actor in the Aramus commercials. The Hai Karate

one was funny. So you still use Grey Flannel?

[marble falls]

88. Yep.

[debm55]

90. I totally forgot about that. Thank you for the memories.marble falls.

[Trueblue Texan]

80. I still love the scent of Aramis. nt

[marble falls]

89. I did, but the girls didn't like it on me. I may have been a bit liberal when I "splashed" it on.

[Niagara]

103. We all have our own body chemistry and sometimes that can make or break a cologne or perfume on each of us

besides with being too liberal with "splashing" it on.



I'm late in congratulation you on a 70k posting milestone, marble falls.

[boonecreek]

58. Old Spice lime.

Whatever happened to lime after shave and shampoos? It's like they
disappeared around 1990.

[debm55]

63. Thank you very much boonecreek. I like the smell of lemon or lime as an undertone in my teens. I haven't seen them

either.

[catbyte]

59. Love's Baby Soft

as a young teen (I'm sensitive to many perfumes & colognes -- they trigger migraines.) Later, I switched to strawberry oil from a head shop that opened up in Petoskey, lol.

Old Spice always reminds me of my dad. He'd put it on everything -- sunburns, cuts, whatever. Sort of like the father and Windex in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."

[debm55]

62. Thank you very much catbyte. And may the memories of your dad be a blessing to you

[ms liberty]

60. Tabu, Chanel No. 5, Jovan Musk Oil. Then in the mid 80's I discovered Bonne Bell Musk

And it's all I've worn since. I always get compliments on it. It's very Me.

[debm55]

61. Thank you very much ms liberty for sharing your wonderful selections.

[Jilly_in_VA]

64. I think I wore Wind Song in HS

In college I switched to Arpege when a guy I was dating gave me a bottle.

[debm55]

65. Thank you very much Jilly_in_VA. Beautiful scent.

[justaprogressive]

69. 4711 Cologne (German)

then at age 19 I found Jade East my signature scent for the last 50 years...

I like Limes too!

[debm55]

73. Wonderful packaging. Thank you, justaprogressive. Jade East--wonderful scent.

[Polly Hennessey]

70. Sweet Honesty by Avon and Wind Song.

Also, loved two Frenchies, Plaisir by Raphael and Diorissimo. I remember my mom wearing Jolie Madam and Joy. Such memories.

[debm55]

71. Thank you very much . Polly Hennessey, for your wonderful selections. My aunt sold Avon and used used Sweet Honesty,

[retread]

72. English Leather

[debm55]

75. Thank you very much, retread for sharing with us.. I remember English Leather.

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[The Blue Flower]

77. Tabu and Canoe

nt

[debm55]

81. Thank you very much, The Blue Flower for sharing with us.

[MoonlightHillFarm]

78. Ambush

[debm55]

82. Thank you very much for sharing with us, MoonlightHillFarm.

[Trueblue Texan]

79. Mine were Taboo and Musk...both of which make me shudder now. nt

[debm55]

83. HAHAHAHAHAHHAh. Thank you very much for sharing with us, Trueblue Texan.

[MustLoveBeagles]

84. The same as you

[debm55]

85. Thank you very much, MustLoveBeagles. for sharing with us.

[malthaussen]

86. Old Spice after shave, which I still use.

Since Proctor & Gamble, in their infinite wisdom, changed the formula for OS in the US as their customer research indicated that the rising generation were tired of smelling like Grandpaw, I have to get mine imported from overseas, where they still adhere to the original scent. Fortunately, I don't use it much.

Old Spice's slogan used to be "If your grandfather hadn't worn it, you wouldn't be here." Which is quite funny, really, since Old Spice was first put on the market in 1937, and my father was born in 1929.

-- Mal

[debm55]

87. Thank you very much malthaussen. I liked the smell of the older version of Old Spice. I didn't know they changed it.

[flvegan]

91. Polo (original). Girlfriend loved it.

[debm55]

92. Thank you very much for sharing with us, fivegan.

[Danmel]

94. Jontue

Loved it!

[debm55]

98. Thank you very much. Danmel for sharing.

[Aristus]

95. English Leather.

I liked the smell. And the heavy wooden cap on the bottle. And the hot ladies in the magazine advertisements. And the advertising slogan: “All my men wear English Leather, or they wear nothing at all.”

[debm55]

99. HAHAHAHHA. I remember that ad. Thank you for sharing with us, Aristus.

[TommieMommy]

96. Jean Nate I used for many years 😁

[debm55]

100. Thank you very much for sharing with us, TommieMommy.

[Emile]

97. English Leather with the wood cap on the bottle.

[debm55]

101. Thank you very much, Emile, for sharing, I remember that wood cap on the bottle.

[Niagara]

102. I've always liked Coty Wild Musk for Women

It's inexpensive, it doesn't give me a headache, it doesn't make me sneeze like crazy and it's a subtle fragrance.


I still wear it today I like it that much.


One year, I accidently asked for Jovan Wild Musk for Women, not realizing it wasn't the Coty brand. I can't wear the stuff without suffering from a headache and a chronic sneezing fit.


I still have the bottle of the Jovan so if anyone wants it, it's yours.

[debm55]

104. Thank you for sharing with us.Niagara, I used to avoid going into stores that had the perfume samples as it gave me

headaches.

[Niagara]

107. You're welcome, Debbie. I can't go into perfume and candle stores at all so I understand that

And walking into vaping juice out in public is headache inducing too.

[debm55]

108. Thank you for sharing Niagara.

[PikaBlue]

105. Multiple Selections

Windsong, Woodhue, and Ambush.

[debm55]

106. Thank you very much for sharing with us, PikaBlue. I remember those selections.

[dlilafae]

109. debm55 I was a fan of

Jean Nate's also. Love's Baby Soft, Sunflowers, Chloe and occasionally Jovan Musk.

[debm55]

111. Thank you very much for sharing your selections with us, dillafae. Wonderful

[drmeow]

110. Could not really afford it

- Elizabeth Taylor Passion when I could get my hands on it. As a YA a friend gave me a bottle of Lancome Magie Noire, which I love. on the rare occasions that I wear perfume these days I still wear one of those two.

[debm55]

112. Thank you very much for sharing with us, drmeow. I don't wear perfume anymore as they give me headaches, But when I did

I bought perfume with vanilla undertones.

[DelMar dem]

113. Wind Song

was my favorite. One year while I was in college my dad gave me a bottle of Chanel number 5 for Christmas. He was a product of the Depression, frugal and practical to a fault, so I was really touched by his gift. I used it sparingly so it would last as long as possible.

[debm55]

114. Thank you very much for sharing with us, DelMar dem. May the memories of your father be a blessing to you.