Perfumes of Yesterday

Was on a forum earlier today and we got to talking about perfumes of yesterday. What did we wear when we were young. Oh my gosh did it bring back memories. What is it about fragrances? Someone would mention one and I could instantly recall what it spelled like. Why are scents so easy to remember? I can remember how my grandmother's house smelled even though she passed away when I was in my teens. I can remember the scent of my mother's Merle Norman makeup. The store had that same fragrance as you walked in. Do you know Merle Norman is still around? There is a store in a town near me. I have always been tempted to walk in and see if it smells the same as the one in my home town from my youth.

But I was a teenager in the 60's. And all those drugstore fragrances we had to have. Ambush and Emeraude. I had Ambush in a push up stick/sold cologne form that Coty sold. Heaven Scent, Windsong. Ciara came out sometime around then and everyone had to have it. O de London. Lair du'Temps - I thought they had the prettiest bottles with the two birds on the top.
Charlie. Oh yes, when Charlie came out. It featured a model that later took a turn as one of Charlie's Angels the final year it was on. I loved Canoe for the guys. Was even tempted to buy it for myself. I didn't but we girls did buy one fragrance intended for men. English Leather by Yardley. Oh Yardley was hot in those days. Anything Yardley. Yardly Slickers - which were lip gloss basically. I even remember the jingle. "Slicker over, slicker under, slicker alone...."

Sweet Honesty from Avon. And Tabu was around although I think my mother thought that one was too mature for me. Moon Drops, Jean Nate - very lemony I recall. Intimate.

When I was in my twenties, I discovered Zen. I can't remember the company name. It will come to me. This wasn't a drugstore cologne but from a department store. Sheseido. It came to me. It came in these flat black bottles with a small gold flower design and I thought it was so understated and elegant. I wonder if they still sell it. I used to love it.

Then I got into an Estee Lauder kick. Estee Lauder only had Youth Dew for the longest time and I thought that was an old lady fragrance. But then they came out with Estee and I wore it for the longest time.

But not in my teens. I liked another Avon fragrance - Topaz, although it wasn't aimed for teens like the Sweet Honesty was. Muguet was another I remember.

Then everyone got into Musk. Everything was Musk. Every line brought out a Musk version. I didn't like it at all.

But gosh, all those fragrances from long ago. And I can still recall the scent of all of them.