I mean your very first cologne or perfume? The first I ever wore was my grandpa's Brut, but my first bottle i bought as a 14 year old for myself was either Joop or Coolwater one of those two. I remember smearing on way too much and the scent being so overpowering after P.E. and putting it on to cover up my Jr. High funk! lol so what about you>

until bees started to chase me

i still like to spritz some every now and then, but this was my high school fragrance.

Something by Avon,but the name escapez me right now.I think it was some kind of musk,tho,and I do remember my mom asking me if I remembered 2 put on deodorant.Strong stuff.

sammij said:

my mum had that one too!

Bought this for my dad, on a trip to France & Switzerland, while I was in high school. Knew no French, only Spanish and English.

Great-smelling fragrance. I had a sample for myself, but discovered after the trip that the cologne kicked my sinuses into overdrive!




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ZombieKitten said:

my mom had that one!

wow that was weird haha

ThreadBare said:

too good for images now hmm?

sammij said:

My mind must be elsewhere...

ThreadBare said:

sure.

likely story....

The first I ever wore was my father's Brute or Old Spice. The first I ever bought for myself was...

when i was in grade school, some girl who had a crush on me bought me a cologne set of english leather. i thought that was fancy.

then my mom got me a salvador dali cologne gift set when i was in junior high, and i thought that was extra fancy.

then when i was in high school, i discovered JOOP! and i thought it smelled like fruit loops and it was kind of pricey compared to english leather, so of coruse i thought it was super extra fancy.

then i went into college and realized that cologne was giving me headaches and sinus problems so i quit using it altogether, which given my track history is probably for the best.

Anxiety said:

grade school? damn, that would be fancy then.


and Dali had a cologne?... interesting.

it was either ck one or elizabeth arden's sunflowers

when I was little I had a tiny little bottle of perfume, that in the weird and wonderful world of my memory, the smell is mixed up with a wasps nest I found in grandma's boathouse.

ZombieKitten said:

Isn't it funny how we associate smells with certain memories? Drakkar Noir reminds me of junior high school and Sunday mornings getting dressed for church.

sammij said:

Lammastide said:

very much, smell associations can be so much stronger than visual

JasmineFire said:

Sunflowers rocks. Very understated.

Lammastide said:

it's true!
i have to be careful even now!

i loathe the bees. well not really.
but they scare the hell out of me.
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Of course, my purchasing Dunhill Edition for my dad followed those middle school years, when my buddies and I would pass around the little drugstore samples of Jovan Musk or Stetson.

We thought we were the stuff!

sammij said:

at least its not wasps or hornets (do they chase people too? - we don't have hornets here, but I seen them on TV )

ZombieKitten said:

things with stingers chase me!

i have nightmares sometimes, ive never been so scared of something so small.

ThreadBare said:

you know, i can't stand the smell anymore. i haven't smelled a commerical purfume that i like in so long, it's sad.

i so like jasmine oil but i've run out.

Buggered if I know

When I was about 5, I bought some "Hello Kitty" type of scent, it stank..but it was a cute bottle.

Ocean said:

that doesn't sound too nice

lol i don't think i acutally bought perfume until university.

for christmas i think someone gave me an avon bottle that had a snowman knitted cover thingy
my sister brought me back a bottle from france when i was in grade 8 or so. very cool bottle.
and a woman i babysat for gave me a rather heady scent from avon sometime during highschool. it was quite nice, actually.

so the first perfume i bought for myself is also the last perfume i bought for myself
even though i always wanted to get those dali perfumes

sammij said:

This was my first as well, I always thought that was the cuttest bottle
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