@@VeronicaSays Have you done a food scent video? I am desperately looking for a scent that smells like cooked white rice and also one that smells like bread - both raw dough and freshly baked. Without any candy or sweetness added. BBW used to have riceflower and shea (discontinued of course) and that was like the perfect blend of the cooked white rice and bread dough together. Valentino (before company was sold) had V Absolu (discontinued around 08) which was a powdery, tuberose rice scent, absolutely unique and delicious.
@GigiBellia not exactly what you're looking for but for bread try Fior di Pane by Profumo di Firenzi or Panettone by Milano Fragranze and for rice try Santal Basmati by Affinescence or Dirty Rice by Borntostandout.
Haha! Oh no, and Amarige! I still laugh out loud every time I think of the signs which restaurants would put outside; 'NO GIORGIO'. HAHAAH :D I also watched a video ages ago where the frag comm TH-camr shared a story about going out to dinner with a friend and prior to his departure, he oversprayed Papillion's 'Salome', which is a stunning floral abstract with an animalic note. A woman actually came over to his table to complain that his fragrance was making her sick. Obviously he was embarrassed, god, wouldn't YOU be too?! I would have wanted the ground to swallow me up, especially if I wasn't dining with a good friend but perhaps on a first date. But part of me also wanted to playfully slap his bum because wearing heavy fragrance out to dinner is such a social faux pas. And a fragrance like 'Salome' or all choices...what in the hell was he thinking?! :D
When I think of 80's I think of Coty Musk, Design, Beautiful, White Linen, Opium, Obsession, Loves Baby Soft, Jovan Musk, Gorgio, Poeme, Volupte, Liz Claiborne, Halston, Aromatics Elixir, Original Vanilla from Body Shop, Victoria by Victoria Secret, Rapture Victoria Secret, Aspen, Lady Stetson, Tribe, Youth Dew., Lu Air De Temps omg I think I could go on...enjoyed this video🙂
Oh wow!!! You have a mega list going here! I love it! I bet you smelled amazing in the 80s. 😁😁😁 I tell you, there could easily be a part 2 and 3 for this video - a whole series of these powerhouse fragrances. 🥰
@@VeronicaSays oh wow a part 2 and 3 ...yes!!! That was a very interesting era ..80's were my teens to young adulthood ... l'air du temps was my fave ...i wish we kept the bottles ...😍
@@VeronicaSays yes it is planning to get me a bottle ...i love vintage perfumes ...am in the philippines and we do have fragrance suppliers here ...i envy your collection though ...thanks for sharing them with us
I was a teenager in the 80's and am not ashamed to say my favorite perfume was Original Charlie , I still wear it in the winter, and my beautiful mother wore Estee Lauder Youth Dew.
@VeronicaSays I used to love,love,love Youth Dew when I was younger but I just can't wear it now anymore, ..but I do like the Youth Dew Amber Nude it's still around and is still very good. But I remember Charlie my Mom used to have (believe it or nor in the ki tchen cabinet😂 but when I was a teenager and going off to school,I would grab the bottle and and spritz it on! And then my Mom would drive me and my friend Ellen (we all called her Ellie though)...and we'd hit all of the stores and spritz on almost everything,and so when my Mom came back to pick us up.. We smelled like a French brothel 🤣
'80s girl here . . . here is the scent soundtrack of my Wonder Years. My mom always wore Chanel Cristalle EDT (1974) and Jean Nate. I loved the Jean Nate and used to sneak a little dab here and there. The grown up ladies in my life (teachers, friends' moms) walked around in lovely clouds of these fragrances: Fendi by Fendi (1985), Liz Claiborne (1986), Knowing by Estee Lauder (1988), Obsession by Calvin Klein (1985), Oscar de la Renta (1977). My "signature scents" were Love's Baby Soft (my first "big girl" perfume), Exclamation (1988), Debbie Gibson's Electric Youth (1989), Malibu Musk, Designer Imposters "Primo" which was the imposter version of Giorgio . I was also gifted a bottle of Amarige at the end of the '80s (1991) and it feels very '80s to me in my memories. I recently re-smelled Exclamation and Amarige for nostalgia's sake, and boy oh boy . . . so STRONG and SWEET! My tastes are so different now as a grown woman!
Oh wow!! This is quite the lineup of nostalgic fragrances. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I know most of these. What memories! And yes, isn't it funny how our preferences change over time! 🥰
Oh yeah l wore Estée Lauder. Those fragrances really take me back. I remember the Pvt Collection. To this day l think her fragrances are good. At some point White Linen was my obsession. I also love the Estée Lauder lipsticks, foundations and face powder ❤️
Estee Lauder ruled the 80s!! So many fragrances and cosmetic products. To this day, I still love the Double Wear foundation - one of the best full coverage foundations on the market, hands down!!! 👍👍👍
My country was in the Soviet Union in the 80s and there was no import of western products in general, and perfumes as well, but in Poland (which was part of the Warsaw pact which is the Soviet equivalent of NATO) there was allegedly a Lancome factory, so the uber-elites could get their hands on Le Climat and Magie Noire. My family was well connected so my mom wore those and i love them 💕
Hi Jo, oh my! Thank you for sharing. Yes, let us not forget that the Cold War was still in full effect in the 80s!! I hadn't given thought to the fact that not all countries had access to "Western" products. That Lancome factory in Poland must have felt like quite the indulgence. And Magie Noir and Le Climat (which I just learned of in these comments) must have been very strong in those days. Thank you for sharing! 🥰🥰🥰
Yes! We sent all kinds of care packages to relatives in Eastern Europe too. And I remember all our family friends and relatives huddled around living rooms all over the city, waiting for the phone to ring or making frantic phone calls when the Chernobyl disaster happened. Anyhow our 1980's clothing, toiletries, toys, books, shoes etc were all passed around all our overseas relatives and friends. To see OUR 1980s hand-me down clothing worn in family and school portraits that were mailed out to us with their letters, even ten years later was delightfully odd. That stereotype of the Eastern Bloc countries having this aesthetic/sartorial backdating and looking like it was still ten years earlier than it was in the West is true and accurate. Even the music they listenend to... :)
My mother wore Opium and Poison in the 80's when I was a kid. I'd "sneak" some sprays sometimes and obviously it was clear to the entire house that I had been into her perfume.
I'm from Brazil and in the 80's having imported fragrances was only for the wealthy. I remember that my older sister saved for few months and got herself a bottle of Anais Anais. I used to sneak into her closet and have a few sprays 😂. I live in England now and it's amazing to me how fragrances are so accessible 🙏. I got a bottle of Eternity recently just for the pleasure of owning one as I couldn't back home 😄
Oh wow! It's interesting - we forget that perfume is a luxury item, regardless of the price. Anais Anais was a TOTAL powerhouse! And so was Eternity. They STILL are!! 👍😉
Love so many of these fragrances, I'm a 75 baby so I had to wait until the 90s to wear them, and did I wear them 🤣 Obsession, Opium, Shalimar, Poison all day, everyday, all weather, probably killed a few people. Still wear Shalimar and I just bought a bottle of Obsession and still love it.
Hi Melanie! 💖 Thanks for watching! I don't have memories of Chloe - thanks so much for adding it to the comments here. Which Red are you thinking of - who made it?
Liz Claiborne in the red triangle bottle was my first perfume. I also wore Sunflowers, safari, Ralph Lauren in the purple bottle, Il baccio, beautiful. Poison was one of my faves. My cousin wore Carolina Herrera. Her mom wore Coco. Mom wore Ysatis, halston, and anis anis, and she loved Chanel crystalle. So many great memories. ❤️ some of those may have been early 90s. 🤷🏻♀️
Oh my! You named some really great ones! 🥳 I can't believe I forgot to talk about Sunflowers. I ran through several bottle of that! And Anais Anais of course. 👍 Thanks for watching! 💖
Now it's all celebrity fragrances and influences. Young people missed a wonderful Era of huge perfume houses and designer perfumes. Big and bold and fun times. Defined the times and great memories. Thanks.
I remember begging my father to please buy me a bottle of Vanderbilt! Haha. My mothers fragrances were classic chypres so I avoided them when I was young because they just smelled like 'grown ups' and that was not appealing to me as a 13 year old; who wants to smell like the original Miss Dior or Rive Gauche at that age? Haha!
Thank you for the wonderful walk down memory lane. The 80s were a huge decade for me: I got divorced, entered my 40s and then was swept away in a passionate love affair. I associate three perfumes with that affair: Magie Noir, Must de Cartier, and Paloma Picasso. Tbh, I wasn't a fan of most of the 80s perfumes, e.g. I had a friend who was saving up her money to buy a bottle of Giorgio and I just couldn't understand her enthusiasm! I was surprised to see Shalimar in your list since it's been around forever. I found Shalimar in the 60s and even though there were times I didn't wear it (like the 80s), it has always been my very favourite perfume of all time. Loved this video! Lo. xox
Thanks so much for taking the trip to the past with me! You had a very eventful 80s! It's interesting how fragrance triggers memories of life events, isn't it? Thanks so much for watching! 💖🥰
Love this video! Estée Lauder’s Beautiful was another beast mode classic. It has been my mom’s signature scent for decades so it will always have a special place in my heart 🥰
Beautiful was amazing. I think my ex fell in love with me because of Beautiful. Lol One of the only fragrances that stayed on all day and night. Never had to carry it in my purse to refresh. I miss that!
I really, really LOVE all those perfumes. And you make me remember me siiting in class wearing Opium, on my right my friend wearing LOULOU, on my left my other friend wearing Knowing. And this was only our table.... There was everything else like Paloma or Byzance with us in that room! So, imagine this scene today in an open space office. Unthinkable.
Ah the 80s!!! This was a fun trip down memory lane - some classics!!! They had to be giant, beast fragrances to combat all the cigarette smoke going on lol🤣Great video, V!!!😍😍😍
Oh gosh yes!!! We actually had an older dept store by me, that closed about 10 years ago- but I remember they still had built in ash trays on ledges in the fitting rooms! Imagine the burn holes when you were trying on clothes lolol
My gran used to wear cacharel lou Lou in the 80s, my mum wore white linen, Chanel 19, Maggie noir and ysatis, also diorella and the original miss dior were her favourites, whenever I smell any of these fragrances I'm transported back to snuggling up with my mum and sniffing her glorious perfume as she hugged me tight, such classic beauties to me. Thanks for this great video.
I was in my late teens in the 80s. I went to the movies with a guy that I was crazy about so I wore some of my mom's Coco Chanel. After he hugged me goodnight he said my neck smelled so good it made his legs weak. One of my favorite memories!
Lou Lou was my first perfume purchase back in the 80s as a young adult. I was in love with the whole campaign centred around the actress Louise Brooks and the original blue dabber bottle with the minaret type lid. I can't believe I wore this, it is so potent but beautiful and very unique.
Being a poor 80s kid in communist Poland, I have no recollections of wearing perfume myself. But I live in a large port city, where we used to have dollar shops, where foreigners and seamen's wives could spend their money and they would get Opium and Chanel no.5. My perfume journey started with opening borders in the '90s.
Hi there, another person commented here about communist Poland. I hadn't given thought to the fact that many had no access to fragrances until all of the bans lifted. The Cold War and Iron Curtain was in full effect in the 80s. Thank you for sharing. Since then, have you tried any on this list and did you enjoy any of them?
@@VeronicaSays I'm familiar with the names, but the only one I've tried is Paloma Picasso, which seemed very mature back then. I wonder what I would think of it now!
I love this video it brings back memories. I was poor and we could not afford to buy many of these perfumes So I would go to the pharmacy and sample them.... There's are more from this era like Cachet from Prine Matchaelli that changes with your own ph, Enjoli by Charles of the Ritz, Heaven Scent, Jontue had the most beautiful commercial. Jean Nate that I still wear in this screeching heat of Puerto Rico. Lady Stetson, Wild Musk by Coty, White Shoulders ,Emeraude, VaInilla fields, Toujour Moi by dana which I use as a bed time scent, You put a smile in my face, Thank You
Hola Mirian!! Oh my god - Jean Nate!!! Stop it! We went through soooo many bottles of that stuff! Wow. You mentioned some I have not heard of - thank you. I do have Emeraude. Lady Stetson and the Coty perfumes - the memories! Thanks so much for watching and glad you enjoyed them video. 💖💖💖
Hi Missy! If you ever want to shuffle laterally, just a liiiiiiitle bit to the left of Obsession then may I suggest the following few fragrances? 1. Eleonore by Rance 2. Ambre Premier by Jovoy 3. Under My Skin by Francesca Bianchi 4. Ambre Loup by Rania J They're all in the vague realm of Obsession and Shalimar, with the Bianchi one being by far the dirtiest, most obscenely explicit post-coital fragrance I have EVER smelled. I literally can't describe it whilst looking someone in the eye because all the references would embarrass me enormously and flush my modest little cheeks bright crimson. ;D
This video makes me so happy! Nothing like 80’s perfumes…. No one was afraid of bangers!!🙌 Did you ever wear Diva by Ungaro, or Ysatis by Givenchy? Loved those! 💜💜
Hi Kathy, so glad you enjoyed the video! Yes, they were all bangers in those days. I did not wear Ungaro or Ysatis, but know of both of them. I wonder if I would like them today. Do you still wear these?
@@VeronicaSays I haven’t worn either in a while, but I’ve seriously been thinking about getting them again. I hate that everything is reformulated and wussed down from how it used to be. Drives me crazy!😂
I wore Opium in high school. I would sit in class and sniff my leather watch band. The combination of the leather mixed with the Opium smelled so beautiful and transported me from many a boring class. I also had a mini of Paloma in high school. I wore it on occasion. I recently picked one up on a deep discount at TJMax. It smelled nothing like I remember--quite bad in fact. Safari and Escape were also big 80's hits for me.
Hi there!! You'll see Safari and Escape in my upcoming 90s video (when I wore the heck out of both!). Your leather watch comment has me wondering... I wonder what Shalimar would smell like mixed with a leather fragrance like Bottega Veneta or even Ombre Leather from Tom Ford? I am going to try it!! Thanks for commenting! 🥰🤩😄
Opium in the 1980s was GORGEOUS. So many of these constantly reformulated old classics lose that 'something' every time and don't smell the same at all. It's like a saturated oil painting slowly turning into a water colour painting. Boo!
Giorgio screams 80s to me. I'm an 80s girl. I was 12 in 1980 and had the preppy and new wave and finally the big hair!! Aqua net and Jheri Redding chocolate mousse were my best friends !!!! Awesome video!!
We are the same age, and I LOVE how you described the 80s as our wonder years 🥰. I love how these scents bring back memories. I can remember when my grandmother started wearing Coco in that era. She STRICTLY wore Chanel 5 for many years before that. Such sweet sense memories. Thank you for the lovely video.
As I'm 54 the 80's were my clubbing days. Fragrance were so strong. Coco Chanel was my favorite. My late sister wore Poison. Paloma piccasso loved that too. Yes Georgio OMG my boss wore this, you could smell her a mile away. Lou Lou another potent one. Great video, you look beautiful 💕
Ahhh you were grown and sexy in the 80s and rocking some larger than life fragrances! Your late sister also, bless her soul. 💖🙏 Georgio... whew!!! A massive headache inducing powerhouse if oversprayed (which I did! And did often)! Thanks so much, Louise! Thrilled that you enjoyed the video. 😘
Wow Veronica! You’re like a museum of perfumes! 😂😆🥰 Loved Paloma Picasso on my mom! 💕 She also wore Dune by Dior which I think you own. Love this video so much! 👍🏻👍🏻
Yes I do have Dune and I love it. 😁 I think I mention Dune in my 90s video which should post within a week or so. I went ahead and ordered Paloma Picasso and Oscar yesterday. Reading all these comments got me excited to try them again! Eeee!!! 😁😁😁
Givenchy's Ysatis. I didn't actually own it myself until 2002 but definitely one of my fave 80's scents. Giorgio too, just THE scent of the 80's. My mom couldn't afford "real" Giorgio but she always had the little knock off cans of "Primo" . Fun video, you got yourself a new Sub!
@@VeronicaSays You should pick up a sample of it, since you love Amarige. It's woodier and a bit stronger, but I adore it. It does tend to be a "Love it or hate it" perfume. My mom STILL buys those Primo cans! I asked her about it yesterday and she brought it right out. They still sell them at Walmart and everything. I've been thinking of getting her a "real" bottle for Christmas.
Everyone in my school during the 80s wore obsession, geogio Beverly Hills, Polo or Lauren by Ralph Lauren, Dakkkar Noir a little later, Magi Noir Estée Lauder was what I wore 2nd year college. Don’t remember others, but obsession was everywhere.
I love the majority of the perfumes you mentioned! In fact, I find those Classics such as Shalimar and No.5 are far more interesting than the modern day sweets fruity perfumes. I love very sweet perfumes such as Lolita and Elie Saab but I always return to the Classics. Now my absolute fav is Chanel No. 5 EDP. Keep up the interesting reviews and stories🥰💕❤️
@@VeronicaSays Hi Veronica! Yes, I really love that one, it elevates me. The problem with the signature perfume is the definition, for example, if it's called your signature, so people recognize your from your smell. But does it mean your are not longer allowed to wear another perfume? Which means you do not have the same signature... Sorry about being boring, I am in a philosophical mood... Hahaha
@@mariaalmomani4280 I take signature to mean it's one you wear often and that people tend to associate with you. 🥰 Not necessarily one you wear everyday. 😉
About 5 months ago I bought oscar. It was hard to wrap my nose around but now I love it and I like to layer it with Estee Lauder pleasures. Again, I am glad to live by myself where I can enjoy them as much as I want.
I love me some 80's! I still have and enjoy many of these including Opium, Oscar and Shalimar. I used to douse myself in Obsession and go clubbing. You had to wear these powerhouses to combat all the cigarette smoke!
I was wondering if you would leave Giorgio out of the list, haha!! I still remember the first time I smelled it in an American magazine and how I immediately became obsessed with it!! It was not sold in my country (Brazil), and I had to wait a couple of years until I went to London and was finally able to get a bottle! I totally agree with you, this and most of the other fragrances on your list are difficult to wear nowadays, when all you smell out there are gourmands or very watered down perfumes, but I LOVE how unapologetically powerful these 80's fragrances are!! To my taste, SOOOO much more interesting than the 2020-2021 creations. 😍
Hello!! Yes the 80s and 90s fragrances were strong and unapologetic! In your face and didn't care. Obnoxious in comparison to today's more muted fragrances FOR SURE. So glad you agree that Giorgio has a place among the 80s queens! I can only wear her on rare occasions today. She is POTENT! 🤣
Wow…you brought back memories, however, they’re from my father. He’s the one that ingrained this love of fragrance. He was also ahead of the curve and wore fragrances he loved regardless of who it was marketed towards. So yes, Picasso, Oscar de la Renta, White diamonds were among those he had in his collection and he loved to layer. My personal favorites were Bijan, Ombré Rose, Avon-Sweet honesty, among others but this by far a favorite. It’s hard to pinpoint when in time they were a presence as the 80s rolled right into the 90s for me. And yes, everything CK. To this day I still have a large collection of CK that includes Eternity and a few flankers, CKin2u, euphoria, obsession, escape…so many. YSL Parisienne and babydoll. RL Lauren…..wow! Thx for the trip down memory lane. ♥️♥️
Hi there! I love that your dad had such an extensive collection! In that day and time anything more than 2 or 3 fragrances was a big collection. 🥰 I still have Bijan and Bijan Nude, although I rarely wear them. Ombré Rose and Avon - yes!! I love pouring over the Avon catalogue when mom brought it home from work. Such a little escape! 🥰🥰🥰
80's kiddo here too (born 1977)! 💓 My Mom loved Coco Edp. So 80's! She loved some classic Jovan Musk, Oscar de la Renta, Fidji, Pheromone, Gucci No 3, Anais Anais. I have strong memories of being happily suffocated by those perfumes. Poison took over a room 🤯 smelled it all the time on my babysitter (I was probably 7 or 8)😳😳💜
Aaahhh yes!!! Vanderbilt, omg! Forgot about including that one. So Obsession was a no for you, huh? 😁 My husband does NOT like it at all. 🤣 You'll see Escape in my upcoming 90s video. 😉
Wow, I guess Escape was a 90s release. Those years are all a blur 😂. Trying to think what else were my primaries back then... I wore the heck out of Jardins de Bagatelle and Tatiana. Wasn’t an ‘accumulator’ back then, just stuck to a few. 🤣
I love Kouros,Polo, Yataghan, Drakkar Noir, Adidas cologne from 85, Opium for women, Elizabeth Taylor Passion for women and men, Lapidus pour Homme, Shalimar, Mitsuko, Jovan musk, Azzaro pour Homme,paco Rabanne pour Homme, Halston Z-14, Halston 1-12, Bogart Furyo,Dana Tabu, English leather,Brut,Avon Wild Country,Avon Roses Roses,Avon Deep Woods,Avon Leather,Boss Number One,Givenchy Gentleman,Geurlain Vetiver,Quarum, Oscar De La Renta Pour lui,K De Krizia and way too many more to name
Love 80s fragrances! It took me many years to arrive here, as they take some getting used to and can be quite intimidating to unaccustomed noses, but once you learn to appreciate them, it's like discovering a whole new chapter in your perfume journey. Thanks Veronica 😍
Ohhhh the 80’s. The last best decade. I could write you a book here. Yes to all of those fragrances. ❤️that danger bottle of obsession had me ready for all kinds of high school dances!
Hi Renee!! I know it!! I could have easily kept going and going on this video - so much go talk about!! You were smelling GOOOOD for your high school dances!! 😁👍💖
I was afraid to leave a comment lol 😆 you have to answer 372 of them 🙌🏾☺️. I’ll just leave one friend, I don’t want to overwhelm you 🥰 The 80’s we’re the best and loving your line up 🥰🤗🤗
Thank you! 😘😘😘 I answered all the comments though! They are so fun to read through. These fragrances bring back so many memories for people. It's delightful. Thanks for watching! 💖💖💖
Wow! Thanks for bringing back all the memories! I wore a lot of those fragrances at one time. I can’t believe I used Knowing so much! I was complimented very often with that one. Also wore Eternity, Calyx, Lauren was one of my favorites. I wore Obsession in my early 20’s even layered it with the perfumed body cream. I was bold! Anyway, I really enjoyed this video. Thank you! 😊💗😎
Hello fellow 80s lover!! Awesome! So glad you enjoyed the trip down memory lane. Body cream too? 🤯 Whew!! You were BOLD and smelling good back in the day 🥰🥰🥰
I'm 53 so the 80s is a very nostalgic period for me too. The fragrances that stand out and scent that period of my teenage life are Chanel No.19 edp, Fendi and Byzance, and a tad later, Safari. Chanel 19 edp in the beautiful crystal splash bottle was my first 'proper' fragrance gifted to me by my mum around the age of 18. It was my first love and I've loved it ever since. Amazing fragrances from that time of the late 70s to early 90s. 😍
Enjoyed your video! My favorite perfumes of the 80s were Obsession and Poison ( even though I owned Beautiful and Paloma Picasso). We might have crossed paths in the Bronx! I went to Fordham and I was there in the awesome 80s!!! 😁👍
Hey there! Well how about that? I've been on Fordham's campus but also shopped on Fordham Road as a kid all the time! I know that road like the back of my hand. 😊 Thanks so much for watching! Maybe we DID cross paths! 💖
Yesterday, I bought my first bottle of paloma picasso. I am in love. There's something about it that is just so attractive. I'm so glad to hear you talk about it. Also I am glad to live by myself where I can enjoy it as much as I want.
Calyx! Oh my! I worked for Prescriptives when it was launched. What a fun time I had! All I have to do is hear the name and I immediately smell that grapefruit top note. :) Thanks for the video.
I started high school in 1982 and my fav was Oscar by Oscar de la Renta. I used it all the way to first year of my University career. Then I moved to Anais Anais from Cacharel. I still love both of them.
I’m loving this Veronica!!! Omg My mom had the 19 I used to wait till she was cooking breakfast to wear it to school!! What a beautiful video!!yes white linen is something!!! Yes Shalimar and I’m still thinking to get one!! Paloma is an Icon truly dear it is and Air of the Temps is the most beautiful!!! I have Oscar since 15 have to get another one every two years. Oscar is light is not too strong.
I ended up ordering Paloma Picasso and Oscar de la Renta recently - these comments made me do it! 🥰🥰🥰 I love the image of you sneaking to wear the fragrances to school 😜 That's awesome!!
As I creep to my birthday 🥳 I was feeling the theme for this video. Thank you. But when I think of the 80s, I automatically remember Halston. The amber colored one in a unique, for the time, shaped bottle. This is what I think of when I think boss lady fragrance.
What a great fun video! I was in college at time, worked in big department store on weekends! ÓSCAR by Oscar de la Renta came out and the makeup girls were spraying it everywhere!! I wore Chanel No. 5, so I disliked it, Oscar was non stop back then! I also had a boss who trailed Shalimar behind her. Thanks for the fun review, Veronica!❤️🌹
Hi Julie!! Oh listen, the department store perfume counter was EVERYTHING in the 80s, wasn't it??? Oscar was extremely popular. Love it! So glad you enjoyed the video. 💖💖💖
My mom wore poison. I will never forget it! It reminds me of her. I wore tribe in the 90's. Ahhh the nostalgia of the 80's and 90's. These perfumes bring back those memories. I just spent 200$ on a bottle of tribe! It was discontinued in 98 or 99. I love it.
What a fun video! This really takes me back to high school days. I think Opium came out in 1978, then Chanel responded with Coco in 1985. Both are heavy on clove, but Coco added some rose and jasmine. IMHO, Coco is more refined and smoother. whereas Opium is like a brick of pure clove. And Chantilly, that to me seems like it was a drugstore perfume version of Shalimar, lots of vanilla. And Poison, so beautiful. I agree 100 percent Giorgio Beverly Hills was everywhere. I was in high school in the mid '70's, and lots of girls would wear that one. Giorgio was the scent of my high school years, and into the '80's. Thanks for your detailed descriptions of these classics.
I remember wearing Beautiful a lot when it launched in the ‘80s. Saved my babysitting money to buy it and received a gift of a mini of white linen. Haha 😂 My signature scent my senior year (1990) was Lauren from Ralph Lauren. Also my aunt wore Halston in the 80s which was rich and spicy. Does anyone remember Ambiance Night Musk from the 80s? I was over the moon for that. Also….Impulse body sprays.
Hi Pamela!! Beautiful is a great one! I loved that you saved your babysitting money for it! 🥰 I never wore Halston but I do remember it. So you rocked Lauren too, huh? I love it!! I do not remember Ambience Night Musk. Do you know who made it?
Oh Wow Yes I do remember Giorgio!! Very 80s !! When I was a kid I always got into my Mom ‘s perfume collection . It was when I sprayed it on and all over my mom would get really mad at me . But she had Oscar & Giorgio ,Shalimar ,Opium amongst others . One you didn’t mention but I remember was 1 . Ruffles By Oscar De LacRenta also Vanderbilt by Gloria Vanderbilt . These were both popular . Ruffles was discontinued towards the end of the 80s . Gloria Vanderbilt I believe can still be found . Some of the fragrances you listed are probably reformulated by now in 2024 from their original formulations . I love Anais Anais & Escape most . Anais Anais launched in 1978 and Escape in 1988.
This is EVERYTHING !!! 🤩 You know I am in the 80s-90s mood !!! 🕺🪅 Some of them were my mom’s signature scents, which i LOVE !!! Eternity, Obsession, Opium, KNOWING ! 😍 I am writing down P.Picasso and GBH 😁😁😁
Paola!! You need to sniff Giorgio just as reference if for no other reason. Since I know what kind of scents you like, I have a feeling you will appreciate how loud and audacious Giorgio is and get a kick out of it. And (drumroll please... ) it's not expensive at all! 🥳🥳🥳
My mom only wore Climat in the 80s, still has that perfume in her collection. I wasn’t into perfume until I went to college and my first perfume was Tresor from my boyfriend at the time, then J’adore…❤️😍
I just learned of Climat through the comments on this video, can you believe that??? Tresor was and still is a powerhouse. I couldn't wear it for a long time until I got more mature, same for J'adore - you were ahead of your time!! 💖💖💖
@@VeronicaSays I suppose... thanks to my boyfriend, who had great taste in perfume 😉 Funny enough, later my taste was lighter, fruitier aka Escada and Light Blue.
I got a notification of this video today (a year and some months off ) but these are my two cents: I used to work part time at a department store at the fragrance area once I went to college in 1988, these were really popular, but if I had to pick only one, it would be Eternity, we sold out of it quite often. I love that you mentioned Calyx, I adored it and was devastated when the brand closed. I will be eternally grateful to Clinique for bringing it back (I have 3 bottles just in case they discontinue it) Benetton Charlie Anais Anais Chloe LouLou Lutece Ombre Rose (one of my favorites at the time) Poison (my absolute favorite to this day) The perfume that Cher made (which was awesome) Paris from YSL (also one of my faves at the time)
Hi Vivi! 💖 How bizarre that you just got this notification! 🫣 Eternity was such a popular one - you are so right. I love your list here! Straight from the fragrance counter! Awesomeness! 🥰🥰🥰
I saw the title of the video and told myself this video is trash if it doesn't include Dior Poison and Veronica, you did not disappoint! To me, Poison is synonymous with 80s glamour but you're right...I forgot the chokehold that Giorgio had on the world at that time...the iconic yellow striped awnings outside the Rodeo Dr shop and the matching shopping bags...it was a symbol of the upper echelon and owning a bottle of Giorgio fragrance made that "Dynasty" life a little accessible for us regular folk!
My Mom wore Opium ,Shalimar ,Anais Anais & Chanel No . 5 ( For really special occasions only) For me the early 80scwas Highschool and then College . I wear the current Anais Anais , Chloe ,Escape YSL Libre,& Gucci Gorgeous Jasmine . Sure Love your Videos on Fragrances . Thanks so much Laura from Canada. ( Brand new to your channel!!
I went through a patchouli oil phase in the Eightees I was all about patchouli oils, Love's Deep Earthy Musk Cologne, Havoc from Mary Quant, or Calvin Klein Obsession. YES, #19. That one escaped me, but I remember it so well. I enjoyed Clean's line of fragrances in the early 2000s too. Wonderful. Thanks for the memories 🙏🙏🙏
I wore Lou Lou in the late 80’s and I remember over spraying this one. I had a job Canvassing and fundraising with the group and I guess I would call it my first signature scent. Of your list I still wear Eternity. It’s got to be a favourite floral of mine that so fresh too. Lauren by Ralph Lauren reminds me of my high school years and I love that Rose, sage and Moss combination and so I recently repurchased it for nostalgic reasons. I seams to smell better after aged a bit. Back then the samples they gave away in Department stores were very generous!
They sure DID give generous samples! I did door-to-door canvassing and fundraising in the 90s, how about that! 🥰 Lauren - I felt all grown up wearing it. 💖💖💖
Iconic fragrances of the 80's that I remember include Giorgio of Beverly Hills, Dior Poison, Lauren by Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein Obsession, and YSL Paris. I was into classic chypres so, in the later 80's, Estee Lauder Knowing became my signature scent (though I no longer do that sort of thing, these days :D ) I wore White Linen in high school! And Private Collection is definitely in my Top 5 for Life
Ahhh yessss! 🥰 You wore so many of the great ones of this time. White Linen in high school is BOLD! But then again, I wore ten tons of Chantilly in middle school 😆😆😆
Oh Veronica, you took me back. I was in my late teens and twenties in the 80's. (Showing my age here!). I wore White Linen, Obsession, Ysatis and Rive Gauche and oversprayed too, so really must have knocked people out, although I agree with someone else in the comments that you needed a beast mode fragrance to cut through the cigarette smoke in pubs in those days. I also wore a mens fragrance, Dior Fahrenheit, in the late 80's. You got me feeling nostalgic; I'd love to test White Linen and Rive Gauche to see if I still liked them. Thank you for taking me back to my misspent youth. Those were the days! ps yes I remember the Wonder Years too - loved it :)
Oh Fiona! You were bold to wear Fahrenheit in those days! A few have commented on Rive Gauche and Ysatis. Never wore either but would love to sniff them. Those fragrances were all POWERFUL!! I think people just got accustomed to them being strong and didn't complain. 😁😁😁
You brought me back to those days when we wooed at the smell of Opium, so heavy with such strong character. I was familiar with most of those smells but I never wore them until recently. I used to wear Tamango, Eau de Givenchy ( I ❤❤that smell,it reminded me of youthfulness that is left behind, happiness,the freshness of the youth). I remember I was wearing Opium 4 years ago and one of my pupils said I was smelling like his grandma... Love your videos, Veronica.
Hi Georgia, oh yes, I cannot imagine young children enjoying Opium today. My son does not like it AT ALL! 😄 I did not fully appreciate any of them until I got older, but I loved looking at them on my mother's dresser and enjoyed sneaking to wear them. 😁😁😁
I 💯 love everything about this video 👏👏👏 I own a few of those you've mentioned and the other ones are going on my wishlist lol 😁 the 80's and the 90's the best fragrances ever 💞
I was waiting for you to mention Halston which was huge. However, it launched in the mid seventies so probably doesn't meet the criteria. I also remember Cinnabar being really popular. I was a White Linen girl back in the day and have a smidge of the vintage that I hoard. It still smells wonderful with LOV and aldehydes predominant. I tried the current version but it wasn't good. This was such a fun video to watch!
Hey there! So glad you enjoyed the video. I didn't mention Halston because I never wore it nor did anyone in my family, but I do remember it! 🥰 Same for Cinnabar, which I am debating picking up a bottle of. I am jealous that you have an original White Linen! You are right - the reformulated version is not the same. 😔
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When I think 80’s perfumes Poison comes straight to my mind!
For SURE!!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳
Exactly! I just commented on that 😂 my mom wore it!
@@VeronicaSays Have you done a food scent video? I am desperately looking for a scent that smells like cooked white rice and also one that smells like bread - both raw dough and freshly baked. Without any candy or sweetness added. BBW used to have riceflower and shea (discontinued of course) and that was like the perfect blend of the cooked white rice and bread dough together. Valentino (before company was sold) had V Absolu (discontinued around 08) which was a powdery, tuberose rice scent, absolutely unique and delicious.
@GigiBellia not exactly what you're looking for but for bread try Fior di Pane by Profumo di Firenzi or Panettone by Milano Fragranze and for rice try Santal Basmati by Affinescence or Dirty Rice by Borntostandout.
Giorgio Beverly Hills was THE perfume of the 80s. It was the BR540 of the day! People either loved it or hated it 🤣
That's so right Christina!! I love that comparison! Awesome 😄😄😄
Yes.....remember how popular it was in early 1980's.....and also Ralph Lauren came out in early 80's!
Haha! Oh no, and Amarige! I still laugh out loud every time I think of the signs which restaurants would put outside; 'NO GIORGIO'. HAHAAH :D I also watched a video ages ago where the frag comm TH-camr shared a story about going out to dinner with a friend and prior to his departure, he oversprayed Papillion's 'Salome', which is a stunning floral abstract with an animalic note. A woman actually came over to his table to complain that his fragrance was making her sick. Obviously he was embarrassed, god, wouldn't YOU be too?! I would have wanted the ground to swallow me up, especially if I wasn't dining with a good friend but perhaps on a first date. But part of me also wanted to playfully slap his bum because wearing heavy fragrance out to dinner is such a social faux pas. And a fragrance like 'Salome' or all choices...what in the hell was he thinking?! :D
Christian Dior Poison was up there too ! Banned from Restaurants ! I absolutely loved it ….it was a powerhouse with a gorgeous Plum as a main note …
Yes. I smelled it everywhere. The HSgirls wanted it so badly but it was expensive.
When I think of 80's I think of Coty Musk, Design, Beautiful, White Linen, Opium, Obsession, Loves Baby Soft, Jovan Musk, Gorgio, Poeme, Volupte, Liz Claiborne, Halston, Aromatics Elixir, Original Vanilla from Body Shop, Victoria by Victoria Secret, Rapture Victoria Secret, Aspen, Lady Stetson, Tribe, Youth Dew., Lu Air De Temps omg I think I could go on...enjoyed this video🙂
I remember all of them ...i love perfumes youth dew was my moms fave scent ...
Oh wow!!! You have a mega list going here! I love it! I bet you smelled amazing in the 80s. 😁😁😁 I tell you, there could easily be a part 2 and 3 for this video - a whole series of these powerhouse fragrances. 🥰
@@VeronicaSays oh wow a part 2 and 3 ...yes!!! That was a very interesting era ..80's were my teens to young adulthood ... l'air du temps was my fave ...i wish we kept the bottles ...😍
Dr. Geeta - that fragrance is still available for sale and rather affordable! Check fragrancenet.com for it, or even Amazon.
@@VeronicaSays yes it is planning to get me a bottle ...i love vintage perfumes ...am in the philippines and we do have fragrance suppliers here ...i envy your collection though ...thanks for sharing them with us
I was a teenager in the 80's and am not ashamed to say my favorite perfume was Original Charlie , I still wear it in the winter, and my beautiful mother wore Estee Lauder Youth Dew.
Oh yes! Charlie and Youth Dew were so big then. Thanks so much for watching! 💖💖💖
@VeronicaSays I used to love,love,love Youth Dew when I was younger but I just can't wear it now anymore, ..but I do like the Youth Dew Amber Nude it's still around and is still very good.
But I remember Charlie my Mom used to have (believe it or nor in the ki
tchen cabinet😂 but when I was a teenager and going off to school,I would grab the bottle and and spritz it on!
And then my Mom would drive me and my friend Ellen (we all called her Ellie though)...and we'd hit all of the stores and spritz on almost everything,and so when my Mom came back to pick us up..
We smelled like a French brothel 🤣
@chancycat9822 ah the brothel smell! 😂😂😂 Oh my. Visiting fragrance counters in the 80s!
Charlie was popular in the 90's too. My best friend loved it. I loved tribe!
'80s girl here . . . here is the scent soundtrack of my Wonder Years. My mom always wore Chanel Cristalle EDT (1974) and Jean Nate. I loved the Jean Nate and used to sneak a little dab here and there. The grown up ladies in my life (teachers, friends' moms) walked around in lovely clouds of these fragrances: Fendi by Fendi (1985), Liz Claiborne (1986), Knowing by Estee Lauder (1988), Obsession by Calvin Klein (1985), Oscar de la Renta (1977). My "signature scents" were Love's Baby Soft (my first "big girl" perfume), Exclamation (1988), Debbie Gibson's Electric Youth (1989), Malibu Musk, Designer Imposters "Primo" which was the imposter version of Giorgio . I was also gifted a bottle of Amarige at the end of the '80s (1991) and it feels very '80s to me in my memories. I recently re-smelled Exclamation and Amarige for nostalgia's sake, and boy oh boy . . . so STRONG and SWEET! My tastes are so different now as a grown woman!
Oh wow!! This is quite the lineup of nostalgic fragrances. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I know most of these. What memories! And yes, isn't it funny how our preferences change over time! 🥰
Oh I forgot about Amarige. I wore that in college in the 90s.
OMG!!! Jean Nate, that one is a classic.
I was born in 82. All I can think about is Malibu Musk, Exclamation and Baby Soft.
And we cannot deny Giorgio as the queen of the 80’s
No we cannot! To do so would be blasphemy 🤣🤣🤣
@@VeronicaSays also recently smelled Oscar on someone and it was just as beautiful as I remembered
OMG! Giorgio by Beverly Hills. It is still a queen. What a beautiful perfume and it is a beast and very affordable.
Oh yeah l wore Estée Lauder. Those fragrances really take me back. I remember the Pvt Collection. To this day l think her fragrances are good. At some point White Linen was my obsession. I also love the Estée Lauder lipsticks, foundations and face powder ❤️
Estee Lauder ruled the 80s!! So many fragrances and cosmetic products. To this day, I still love the Double Wear foundation - one of the best full coverage foundations on the market, hands down!!! 👍👍👍
Halston & Ysatis were huge for me in the 80s!
Hi Barb! I didn't wear either of these but they definitely belong in the iconic 80s perfumes category! 👍👍👍
I love Halston and was introduced to it when I was going to text school in Mississippi and hope it's not discontinued.
I was born in 85! I remember seeing Liz Claiborne perfumes and Exclamation on my Mom’s dresser. Sweet Memories ☺️
Yessss Sheila!! Those were both big at the time. The memories are amazing. 🥰🥰🥰
I wore that Liz Claiborne fragrance as a teen.
My country was in the Soviet Union in the 80s and there was no import of western products in general, and perfumes as well, but in Poland (which was part of the Warsaw pact which is the Soviet equivalent of NATO) there was allegedly a Lancome factory, so the uber-elites could get their hands on Le Climat and Magie Noire. My family was well connected so my mom wore those and i love them 💕
Hi Jo, oh my! Thank you for sharing. Yes, let us not forget that the Cold War was still in full effect in the 80s!! I hadn't given thought to the fact that not all countries had access to "Western" products. That Lancome factory in Poland must have felt like quite the indulgence. And Magie Noir and Le Climat (which I just learned of in these comments) must have been very strong in those days. Thank you for sharing! 🥰🥰🥰
No, there was never a Lancome factory here (Poland). My mum used to buy Lancome mascara in Moscow, haha
@@unfadewhatfades oh sorry, I think I misread your comment. 😊
I'm terribly sorry, I wanted to reply to your viewer's comment. You understood me perfectly well. Technology, you know😆
Yes! We sent all kinds of care packages to relatives in Eastern Europe too. And I remember all our family friends and relatives huddled around living rooms all over the city, waiting for the phone to ring or making frantic phone calls when the Chernobyl disaster happened. Anyhow our 1980's clothing, toiletries, toys, books, shoes etc were all passed around all our overseas relatives and friends. To see OUR 1980s hand-me down clothing worn in family and school portraits that were mailed out to us with their letters, even ten years later was delightfully odd. That stereotype of the Eastern Bloc countries having this aesthetic/sartorial backdating and looking like it was still ten years earlier than it was in the West is true and accurate. Even the music they listenend to... :)
My mother wore Opium and Poison in the 80's when I was a kid. I'd "sneak" some sprays sometimes and obviously it was clear to the entire house that I had been into her perfume.
🤣🤣🤣 same here! I would sneak some wears of certain fragrances and there was no denying who was the guilty party
I'm from Brazil and in the 80's having imported fragrances was only for the wealthy. I remember that my older sister saved for few months and got herself a bottle of Anais Anais. I used to sneak into her closet and have a few sprays 😂. I live in England now and it's amazing to me how fragrances are so accessible 🙏. I got a bottle of Eternity recently just for the pleasure of owning one as I couldn't back home 😄
Oh wow! It's interesting - we forget that perfume is a luxury item, regardless of the price. Anais Anais was a TOTAL powerhouse! And so was Eternity. They STILL are!! 👍😉
Wore Anais Anais.
Love so many of these fragrances, I'm a 75 baby so I had to wait until the 90s to wear them, and did I wear them 🤣 Obsession, Opium, Shalimar, Poison all day, everyday, all weather, probably killed a few people. Still wear Shalimar and I just bought a bottle of Obsession and still love it.
Hi Crissylee, my fellow '75er!! These were the powerhouse fragrances of that era. Glad you still wear Shalimar and Obsession!! 🥳🥳🥳
The ORIGINAL Chloe by Lagerfeld was HUGE in '87! It was my absolute fave as a 14 yr old! Also, "Red" was HUGE for mature women!
Hi Melanie! 💖 Thanks for watching! I don't have memories of Chloe - thanks so much for adding it to the comments here. Which Red are you thinking of - who made it?
@VeronicaSays I remember that the orginal Chloe was big on the tuberose.
Chloe and Anis Anis were light and flowery. Very good.
Liz Claiborne in the red triangle bottle was my first perfume. I also wore Sunflowers, safari, Ralph Lauren in the purple bottle, Il baccio, beautiful. Poison was one of my faves. My cousin wore Carolina Herrera. Her mom wore Coco. Mom wore Ysatis, halston, and anis anis, and she loved Chanel crystalle. So many great memories. ❤️ some of those may have been early 90s. 🤷🏻♀️
Oh my! You named some really great ones! 🥳 I can't believe I forgot to talk about Sunflowers. I ran through several bottle of that! And Anais Anais of course. 👍 Thanks for watching! 💖
GIORGIO...I STILL LOVE IT, AND THE MEMORIES...A BOMBSHEL EXPERIENCE! I have a tiny bottle.
Now it's all celebrity fragrances and influences.
Young people missed a wonderful Era of huge perfume houses and designer perfumes. Big and bold and fun times. Defined the times and great memories. Thanks.
I was teen in the 80s and my favorite perfumes were 273 by Fred Hayman (1989), Cristalle by Chanel (1974) and Liz Claiborne (1986).
Hi Dede!! A bunch of folks commented below about Liz Claiborne - you are not alone! 🥰🥰🥰 I remember Fred Hayman too! Memories!!
I remember begging my father to please buy me a bottle of Vanderbilt! Haha. My mothers fragrances were classic chypres so I avoided them when I was young because they just smelled like 'grown ups' and that was not appealing to me as a 13 year old; who wants to smell like the original Miss Dior or Rive Gauche at that age? Haha!
YES 273 ❤️
Giorgio was one of My mother’s signature fragrance… no mater what people thinks, Giorgio was unique… my mother love it ( RIP)
Awww what a lovely memory. 💖💖💖
The ones I remember the most were Obsession, Poison, Georgio, Eternity and Opium, and I wore them all. ♥️
Yessss 🙌 You were a true 80s fragrance wearer 😁😁😁
My mom always wore Obsession so that is a scent I definitely associate with her ❤️
Ahhh I bet she smelled lovely. 💖💖💖
I used to wear Obsession in the 1980's also..I remember it was my first really expensive perfume and I loved it!
Thank you for the wonderful walk down memory lane. The 80s were a huge decade for me: I got divorced, entered my 40s and then was swept away in a passionate love affair. I associate three perfumes with that affair: Magie Noir, Must de Cartier, and Paloma Picasso. Tbh, I wasn't a fan of most of the 80s perfumes, e.g. I had a friend who was saving up her money to buy a bottle of Giorgio and I just couldn't understand her enthusiasm! I was surprised to see Shalimar in your list since it's been around forever. I found Shalimar in the 60s and even though there were times I didn't wear it (like the 80s), it has always been my very favourite perfume of all time. Loved this video! Lo. xox
Thanks so much for taking the trip to the past with me! You had a very eventful 80s! It's interesting how fragrance triggers memories of life events, isn't it? Thanks so much for watching! 💖🥰
Love this video! Estée Lauder’s Beautiful was another beast mode classic. It has been my mom’s signature scent for decades so it will always have a special place in my heart 🥰
Hi there! Yes Beautiful is... beautiful! A warm and sensuous perfume. Thanks so much for watching! 🥰🥰🥰
My signature scent and I am one year younger than veronica here I turned 4 in 1980 and discovered Beautiful in the early 2000s
Beautiful was amazing. I think my ex fell in love with me because of Beautiful. Lol
One of the only fragrances that stayed on all day and night. Never had to carry it in my purse to refresh.
I miss that!
Those were the "great perfume" days! 😁👌
I really, really LOVE all those perfumes. And you make me remember me siiting in class wearing Opium, on my right my friend wearing LOULOU, on my left my other friend wearing Knowing. And this was only our table.... There was everything else like Paloma or Byzance with us in that room! So, imagine this scene today in an open space office.
Unthinkable.
Woooooo!!! That classroom must have smelled 🤯🤯🤯. Yeah, that would not go over well in an office setting today - no way! 🤣🤣🤣
Well, an only girl's school...
Ah the 80s!!! This was a fun trip down memory lane - some classics!!! They had to be giant, beast fragrances to combat all the cigarette smoke going on lol🤣Great video, V!!!😍😍😍
Yes!! Totally beastmode!! And I forgot about having to combat the cigarette smoke - good point! 👍😂😉 Thanks for watching!
OMG... That's right! Restaurants with smoking and non-smoking sections. Definite childhood memory.
Right? People even smoked on planes.
Oh gosh yes!!! We actually had an older dept store by me, that closed about 10 years ago- but I remember they still had built in ash trays on ledges in the fitting rooms! Imagine the burn holes when you were trying on clothes lolol
@@khristineannb5948 lol can you imagine smoking in a fitting room? 🤣
My mom wore Oscar. I remember her coming into my room before she left for work to give my a hug and kiss. She smelled of Oscar with coffee breath. ❤️
Awww what a memory 🙏💖🥰
My gran used to wear cacharel lou Lou in the 80s, my mum wore white linen, Chanel 19, Maggie noir and ysatis, also diorella and the original miss dior were her favourites, whenever I smell any of these fragrances I'm transported back to snuggling up with my mum and sniffing her glorious perfume as she hugged me tight, such classic beauties to me. Thanks for this great video.
Ah yes! These are such classics. The nostalgia they evoke is tremendous. I have some wonderful memories like this also. 💖💖💖
I was in my late teens in the 80s. I went to the movies with a guy that I was crazy about so I wore some of my mom's Coco Chanel. After he hugged me goodnight he said my neck smelled so good it made his legs weak. One of my favorite memories!
I. Love. THIS!!! Great memory! That guy had great taste (and so did you for wearing Coco in your teens!) 🥰🥰🥰
My gosh. I remember my mum wearing all of these !! She wore Oscar right up until she passed recently. I immediately purchased a couple of bottles xxx
Oh wow Justine! A big hug to you. I know what you mean. So many perfumes that I associate with people, some who have passed on. 😔😔😔
Lou Lou was my first perfume purchase back in the 80s as a young adult. I was in love with the whole campaign centred around the actress Louise Brooks and the original blue dabber bottle with the minaret type lid. I can't believe I wore this, it is so potent but beautiful and very unique.
Hi Frances! It was definitely potent and unique. A staple of the time period! Thanks for sharing 💖🥰
Love this! I remember Jessica McClintock being popular, and Estee's White Linen
Yesss! The Jessica McClintock one was GOALS. 😁 Thanks so much for watching!
Being a poor 80s kid in communist Poland, I have no recollections of wearing perfume myself. But I live in a large port city, where we used to have dollar shops, where foreigners and seamen's wives could spend their money and they would get Opium and Chanel no.5. My perfume journey started with opening borders in the '90s.
Hi there, another person commented here about communist Poland. I hadn't given thought to the fact that many had no access to fragrances until all of the bans lifted. The Cold War and Iron Curtain was in full effect in the 80s. Thank you for sharing. Since then, have you tried any on this list and did you enjoy any of them?
@@VeronicaSays I'm familiar with the names, but the only one I've tried is Paloma Picasso, which seemed very mature back then. I wonder what I would think of it now!
Same here! I went ahead and ordered it last night, along with Oscar. Curiosity to see if I would still like them got the better of me.
I love this video it brings back memories. I was poor and we could not afford to buy many of these perfumes So I would go to the pharmacy and sample them.... There's are more from this era like Cachet from Prine Matchaelli that changes with your own ph, Enjoli by Charles of the Ritz, Heaven Scent, Jontue had the most beautiful commercial. Jean Nate that I still wear in this screeching heat of Puerto Rico. Lady Stetson, Wild Musk by Coty, White Shoulders ,Emeraude, VaInilla fields, Toujour Moi by dana which I use as a bed time scent, You put a smile in my face, Thank You
Hola Mirian!! Oh my god - Jean Nate!!! Stop it! We went through soooo many bottles of that stuff! Wow. You mentioned some I have not heard of - thank you. I do have Emeraude. Lady Stetson and the Coty perfumes - the memories! Thanks so much for watching and glad you enjoyed them video. 💖💖💖
Still love Jean nate😎😎
Obsession is *still* my jam. It smells like a sweet witches brew to me.
Oh wow!! I love that, Missy!! I'm going to sniff it again and think of sweet witches brew!! 🥰
Hi Missy! If you ever want to shuffle laterally, just a liiiiiiitle bit to the left of Obsession then may I suggest the following few fragrances?
1. Eleonore by Rance
2. Ambre Premier by Jovoy
3. Under My Skin by Francesca Bianchi
4. Ambre Loup by Rania J
They're all in the vague realm of Obsession and Shalimar, with the Bianchi one being by far the dirtiest, most obscenely explicit post-coital fragrance I have EVER smelled. I literally can't describe it whilst looking someone in the eye because all the references would embarrass me enormously and flush my modest little cheeks bright crimson. ;D
This video makes me so happy! Nothing like 80’s perfumes…. No one was afraid of bangers!!🙌 Did you ever wear Diva by Ungaro, or Ysatis by Givenchy? Loved those! 💜💜
Hi Kathy, so glad you enjoyed the video! Yes, they were all bangers in those days. I did not wear Ungaro or Ysatis, but know of both of them. I wonder if I would like them today. Do you still wear these?
@@VeronicaSays I haven’t worn either in a while, but I’ve seriously been thinking about getting them again. I hate that everything is reformulated and wussed down from how it used to be. Drives me crazy!😂
@@kathywhite9411 yes it's a shame formulations have changed so much. 😔
Diva here!🤣💗
I wore Opium in high school. I would sit in class and sniff my leather watch band. The combination of the leather mixed with the Opium smelled so beautiful and transported me from many a boring class. I also had a mini of Paloma in high school. I wore it on occasion. I recently picked one up on a deep discount at TJMax. It smelled nothing like I remember--quite bad in fact. Safari and Escape were also big 80's hits for me.
Hi there!! You'll see Safari and Escape in my upcoming 90s video (when I wore the heck out of both!). Your leather watch comment has me wondering... I wonder what Shalimar would smell like mixed with a leather fragrance like Bottega Veneta or even Ombre Leather from Tom Ford? I am going to try it!! Thanks for commenting! 🥰🤩😄
Opium in the 1980s was GORGEOUS. So many of these constantly reformulated old classics lose that 'something' every time and don't smell the same at all. It's like a saturated oil painting slowly turning into a water colour painting. Boo!
Giorgio screams 80s to me. I'm an 80s girl. I was 12 in 1980 and had the preppy and new wave and finally the big hair!! Aqua net and Jheri Redding chocolate mousse were my best friends !!!!
Awesome video!!
Aw shoot!! Aqua Net and Jheri products! 🥳 Giorgio is sooooooo 80s all the way!! 💖💖💖💖
We are the same age, and I LOVE how you described the 80s as our wonder years 🥰. I love how these scents bring back memories. I can remember when my grandmother started wearing Coco in that era. She STRICTLY wore Chanel 5 for many years before that. Such sweet sense memories. Thank you for the lovely video.
AND- My mother wore Opium and Shalimar 🥰
Hi Dana! Yes, the wonder years 🥰🥰🥰 Our moms, grandmothers, and aunts wore all the classic powerhouses in that decade. Thank you for watching!! 💖💖💖
As I'm 54 the 80's were my clubbing days. Fragrance were so strong. Coco Chanel was my favorite. My late sister wore Poison. Paloma piccasso loved that too. Yes Georgio OMG my boss wore this, you could smell her a mile away. Lou Lou another potent one. Great video, you look beautiful 💕
Ahhh you were grown and sexy in the 80s and rocking some larger than life fragrances! Your late sister also, bless her soul. 💖🙏 Georgio... whew!!! A massive headache inducing powerhouse if oversprayed (which I did! And did often)! Thanks so much, Louise! Thrilled that you enjoyed the video. 😘
@@VeronicaSays aw Thank you so much 💕 yes were grown up with our curly perms & Dynasty big shoulder pads, Our fragrance so strong 💪 😍 best times.
@@louisefisher9959 I can neither confirm nor deny that I wore curly hair and shoulder pads! 😂
Wow Veronica! You’re like a museum of perfumes! 😂😆🥰 Loved Paloma Picasso on my mom! 💕 She also wore Dune by Dior which I think you own. Love this video so much! 👍🏻👍🏻
Yes I do have Dune and I love it. 😁 I think I mention Dune in my 90s video which should post within a week or so. I went ahead and ordered Paloma Picasso and Oscar yesterday. Reading all these comments got me excited to try them again! Eeee!!! 😁😁😁
Love, love Paloma! Your mom has great taste. 👌
Dior Poison and Giorgio Beverly Hills were 80s iconic for me.
Hi Tiffany - definitely! 💖🥰
Givenchy's Ysatis. I didn't actually own it myself until 2002 but definitely one of my fave 80's scents. Giorgio too, just THE scent of the 80's. My mom couldn't afford "real" Giorgio but she always had the little knock off cans of "Primo" . Fun video, you got yourself a new Sub!
Hi Cassi! I've never tried Ysatis (that I remember) but it definitely deserves a mention. I love the story of your mom buying a Giorgio dupe! 🥰💖
And thank you for subbing! 💕💕💕
@@VeronicaSays You should pick up a sample of it, since you love Amarige. It's woodier and a bit stronger, but I adore it. It does tend to be a "Love it or hate it" perfume. My mom STILL buys those Primo cans! I asked her about it yesterday and she brought it right out. They still sell them at Walmart and everything. I've been thinking of getting her a "real" bottle for Christmas.
Everyone in my school during the 80s wore obsession, geogio Beverly Hills, Polo or Lauren by Ralph Lauren, Dakkkar Noir a little later, Magi Noir Estée Lauder was what I wore 2nd year college. Don’t remember others, but obsession was everywhere.
Obsession WAS everywhere for sure! I remember the guys wearing Drakkar, Palo, Nautica and more. What fun! 💖💖💖
80’s baby in the house!
Such a cool idea V!
Hello fellow 80s child! Thank you Tonya!! 🥰🥰🥰
I love the majority of the perfumes you mentioned! In fact, I find those Classics such as Shalimar and No.5 are far more interesting than the modern day sweets fruity perfumes. I love very sweet perfumes such as Lolita and Elie Saab but I always return to the Classics. Now my absolute fav is Chanel No. 5 EDP. Keep up the interesting reviews and stories🥰💕❤️
Hi Maria! 💖 Thanks so much for watching. Listen, it's hard to go wrong with Chanel No 5 as your signature! 👍👍👍
@@VeronicaSays Hi Veronica! Yes, I really love that one, it elevates me. The problem with the signature perfume is the definition, for example, if it's called your signature, so people recognize your from your smell. But does it mean your are not longer allowed to wear another perfume? Which means you do not have the same signature... Sorry about being boring, I am in a philosophical mood... Hahaha
@@mariaalmomani4280 I take signature to mean it's one you wear often and that people tend to associate with you. 🥰 Not necessarily one you wear everyday. 😉
Great video! Thanks for the memories!!!!!
CALYX- OPIUM -WHITE LINEN staples in my fragrance wardrobe during the 80’s😍❤️⭐️🤩
Hi Angie!! So glad you enjoyed the video!! Girl, you smelled GREAT in the 80s with those three bombs! 🤩🤩🤩
Love the 80’s! Coco Chanel and Poison by Dior are the 2 scents that remind me of the 80’s
Hi Katia, yes for SURE!! Thanks for watching 💖💖💖
@@VeronicaSays omgggg my family and I loved the Carousel of time…my kids and I still sing the theme song ❤️
@@katiaruffin4906 it's a great big beautiful tomorrow!! I sing it all the time too!
I'm glad you cover perfumes from other decades in the decades in which these were popular. Really accurate. I appreciate your reviews.
Thank you - I miss the 80s and 90s big fragrances!!
About 5 months ago I bought oscar. It was hard to wrap my nose around but now I love it and I like to layer it with Estee Lauder pleasures. Again, I am glad to live by myself where I can enjoy them as much as I want.
Great layering idea! 😲😲😲
I love me some 80's! I still have and enjoy many of these including Opium, Oscar and Shalimar. I used to douse myself in Obsession and go clubbing. You had to wear these powerhouses to combat all the cigarette smoke!
Hi there! Many agree with you in these comments. The powerhouses helped to combat the cigarette smoke!! 👍👍👍
I was wondering if you would leave Giorgio out of the list, haha!! I still remember the first time I smelled it in an American magazine and how I immediately became obsessed with it!! It was not sold in my country (Brazil), and I had to wait a couple of years until I went to London and was finally able to get a bottle! I totally agree with you, this and most of the other fragrances on your list are difficult to wear nowadays, when all you smell out there are gourmands or very watered down perfumes, but I LOVE how unapologetically powerful these 80's fragrances are!! To my taste, SOOOO much more interesting than the 2020-2021 creations. 😍
Hello!! Yes the 80s and 90s fragrances were strong and unapologetic! In your face and didn't care. Obnoxious in comparison to today's more muted fragrances FOR SURE. So glad you agree that Giorgio has a place among the 80s queens! I can only wear her on rare occasions today. She is POTENT! 🤣
OMG girl!!!! I have most of them, and yes I use them now😂specially poison,white diamonds,complement getters,love the 80s,am older than you💕🌹
Hi Yvelise! Love that name. 🥰 And love that you are still rocking 80s fragrances. 😁😁😁
Wow…you brought back memories, however, they’re from my father. He’s the one that ingrained this love of fragrance. He was also ahead of the curve and wore fragrances he loved regardless of who it was marketed towards. So yes, Picasso, Oscar de la Renta, White diamonds were among those he had in his collection and he loved to layer. My personal favorites were Bijan, Ombré Rose, Avon-Sweet honesty, among others but this by far a favorite. It’s hard to pinpoint when in time they were a presence as the 80s rolled right into the 90s for me. And yes, everything CK. To this day I still have a large collection of CK that includes Eternity and a few flankers, CKin2u, euphoria, obsession, escape…so many. YSL Parisienne and babydoll. RL Lauren…..wow! Thx for the trip down memory lane. ♥️♥️
Hi there! I love that your dad had such an extensive collection! In that day and time anything more than 2 or 3 fragrances was a big collection. 🥰 I still have Bijan and Bijan Nude, although I rarely wear them. Ombré Rose and Avon - yes!! I love pouring over the Avon catalogue when mom brought it home from work. Such a little escape! 🥰🥰🥰
Watching your videos have made me so nostalgic and happy this morning. Thank you!
What a lovely sentiment! 🙏 Thank you so very much! 💖💖💖
80's kiddo here too (born 1977)! 💓 My Mom loved Coco Edp. So 80's! She loved some classic Jovan Musk, Oscar de la Renta, Fidji, Pheromone, Gucci No 3, Anais Anais. I have strong memories of being happily suffocated by those perfumes. Poison took over a room 🤯 smelled it all the time on my babysitter (I was probably 7 or 8)😳😳💜
My apologies to your 7 and 8 year old self! 😂 It's such a strong fragrance.
Loved this! Obsession was everywhere and I couldn’t tolerate it. My mom wore Vanderbilt a lot. I was mostly wearing Cristalle and Escape.
Aaahhh yes!!! Vanderbilt, omg! Forgot about including that one. So Obsession was a no for you, huh? 😁 My husband does NOT like it at all. 🤣 You'll see Escape in my upcoming 90s video. 😉
Wow, I guess Escape was a 90s release. Those years are all a blur 😂. Trying to think what else were my primaries back then... I wore the heck out of Jardins de Bagatelle and Tatiana. Wasn’t an ‘accumulator’ back then, just stuck to a few. 🤣
@@shellyb3662 yes, me either. I had maybe 2 or 3 at any given time and wore the heck out of those. But I raised my mom's collection often! 😂
I love Kouros,Polo, Yataghan, Drakkar Noir, Adidas cologne from 85, Opium for women, Elizabeth Taylor Passion for women and men, Lapidus pour Homme, Shalimar, Mitsuko, Jovan musk, Azzaro pour Homme,paco Rabanne pour Homme, Halston Z-14, Halston 1-12, Bogart Furyo,Dana Tabu, English leather,Brut,Avon Wild Country,Avon Roses Roses,Avon Deep Woods,Avon Leather,Boss Number One,Givenchy Gentleman,Geurlain Vetiver,Quarum, Oscar De La Renta Pour lui,K De Krizia and way too many more to name
That's quite an extensive list! Thanks so much for sharing. 💖💖💖
Love 80s fragrances! It took me many years to arrive here, as they take some getting used to and can be quite intimidating to unaccustomed noses, but once you learn to appreciate them, it's like discovering a whole new chapter in your perfume journey. Thanks Veronica 😍
Absolutely! 80s fragrances can be overwhelming (and so can many vintage fragrances overall). New chapters in the journey - love that concept! 💖💖💖
Ohhhh the 80’s. The last best decade. I could write you a book here. Yes to all of those fragrances. ❤️that danger bottle of obsession had me ready for all kinds of high school dances!
Hi Renee!! I know it!! I could have easily kept going and going on this video - so much go talk about!! You were smelling GOOOOD for your high school dances!! 😁👍💖
@@VeronicaSays I had the hair and shoulder pads to match !
These were from my day. You picked all that I wore. How about Fendi? I still love these. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.
Hi Vicky!! Oh yes, Fendi! I didn't have a bottle but I know which one you mean. Glad you enjoyed the video! 💖💖💖
I was afraid to leave a comment lol 😆 you have to answer 372 of them 🙌🏾☺️. I’ll just leave one friend, I don’t want to overwhelm you 🥰 The 80’s we’re the best and loving your line up 🥰🤗🤗
Thank you! 😘😘😘 I answered all the comments though! They are so fun to read through. These fragrances bring back so many memories for people. It's delightful. Thanks for watching! 💖💖💖
Wow! Thanks for bringing back all the memories!
I wore a lot of those fragrances at one time. I can’t believe I used Knowing so much! I was complimented very often with that one.
Also wore Eternity, Calyx, Lauren was one of my favorites. I wore Obsession in my early 20’s even layered it with the perfumed body cream. I was bold!
Anyway, I really enjoyed this video. Thank you! 😊💗😎
Hello fellow 80s lover!! Awesome! So glad you enjoyed the trip down memory lane. Body cream too? 🤯 Whew!! You were BOLD and smelling good back in the day 🥰🥰🥰
Calyx was my jam in college! I still have a bottle.
I'm 53 so the 80s is a very nostalgic period for me too. The fragrances that stand out and scent that period of my teenage life are Chanel No.19 edp, Fendi and Byzance, and a tad later, Safari. Chanel 19 edp in the beautiful crystal splash bottle was my first 'proper' fragrance gifted to me by my mum around the age of 18. It was my first love and I've loved it ever since. Amazing fragrances from that time of the late 70s to early 90s. 😍
Good old Chanel No 19! I need to pull my bottle of it out this spring. And Fendi - yes! 💖💖💖
Enjoyed your video! My favorite perfumes of the 80s were Obsession and Poison ( even though I owned Beautiful and Paloma Picasso). We might have crossed paths in the Bronx! I went to Fordham and I was there in the awesome 80s!!! 😁👍
Hey there! Well how about that? I've been on Fordham's campus but also shopped on Fordham Road as a kid all the time! I know that road like the back of my hand. 😊 Thanks so much for watching! Maybe we DID cross paths! 💖
Veronica Says Take care!! 😁👍
Yesterday, I bought my first bottle of paloma picasso. I am in love. There's something about it that is just so attractive. I'm so glad to hear you talk about it. Also I am glad to live by myself where I can enjoy it as much as I want.
Oh how wonderful! I'm glad Paloma Picasso is suiting you! And yes, you're lucky to be able to enjoy your fragrances in peace! 😁
Calyx! Oh my! I worked for Prescriptives when it was launched. What a fun time I had! All I have to do is hear the name and I immediately smell that grapefruit top note. :) Thanks for the video.
Hi Christie! Thanks so much for watchng and sharing your experience at Prescriptives! 💖💖💖
I started high school in 1982 and my fav was Oscar by Oscar de la Renta. I used it all the way to first year of my University career. Then I moved to Anais Anais from Cacharel. I still love both of them.
Both were HUGE back in the day! 👍👍👍
I’m loving this Veronica!!! Omg My mom had the 19 I used to wait till she was cooking breakfast to wear it to school!! What a beautiful video!!yes white linen is something!!! Yes Shalimar and I’m still thinking to get one!! Paloma is an Icon truly dear it is and Air of the Temps is the most beautiful!!! I have Oscar since 15 have to get another one every two years. Oscar is light is not too strong.
I ended up ordering Paloma Picasso and Oscar de la Renta recently - these comments made me do it! 🥰🥰🥰 I love the image of you sneaking to wear the fragrances to school 😜 That's awesome!!
My dad wore Obsession. In fact he still wears it and it smells nice on him.🤩😊
I hear the men's version is amazing. I've not smelled it in a while.
@@VeronicaSays It’s a really nice pleasant scent.
80’s was my heyday..clubs & too much fun! Lol
Wore Opium, Rive Gauche and Youth dew. Felt like I was “older” in those scents 😘
Ahhh yess!! These fragrances made us feel mature! 😁😁😁 Forgot about Youthdew!! Another powerhouse!
@@VeronicaSays AND Cinnabar by EL. Another fav 🤎🧡
Oh yessss!! I been meaning to try Cinnabar but I'm scared of it. 😆
@@VeronicaSays wow you haven’t tried it?! I think it may be discontinued…
It see it pop up on fragrancenet.com and similar sites from time to time. I have smelled it on others and it scares me. 😄
As I creep to my birthday 🥳 I was feeling the theme for this video. Thank you. But when I think of the 80s, I automatically remember Halston. The amber colored one in a unique, for the time, shaped bottle. This is what I think of when I think boss lady fragrance.
Ah yes! Halston was and still is a classic!!
Lauren and poison were my signature scents and I loved them both!
Hi Lisa! You smelled wonderful in the 80s! 💖💖💖
I was born in 1980 so yes love the 80s!!!!! I own a handful of 80s frags.
Hi Cortney! Ah yes, a fellow 80s fragrance lover!! 😊
What a great fun video! I was in college at time, worked in big department store on weekends! ÓSCAR by Oscar de la Renta came out and the makeup girls were spraying it everywhere!! I wore Chanel No. 5, so I disliked it, Oscar was non stop back then! I also had a boss who trailed Shalimar behind her. Thanks for the fun review, Veronica!❤️🌹
Hi Julie!! Oh listen, the department store perfume counter was EVERYTHING in the 80s, wasn't it??? Oscar was extremely popular. Love it! So glad you enjoyed the video. 💖💖💖
My mom wore poison. I will never forget it! It reminds me of her. I wore tribe in the 90's. Ahhh the nostalgia of the 80's and 90's. These perfumes bring back those memories. I just spent 200$ on a bottle of tribe! It was discontinued in 98 or 99. I love it.
Yes, so many memories! Enjoy your bottle of Tribe! 🥰🥰🥰
Yes, Coco Chanel! Love this real classic 80s 👍😍
Thank you so much!! Glad you enjoyed it.
What a fun video! This really takes me back to high school days. I think Opium came out in 1978, then Chanel responded with Coco in 1985. Both are heavy on clove, but Coco added some rose and jasmine. IMHO, Coco is more refined and smoother. whereas Opium is like a brick of pure clove. And Chantilly, that to me seems like it was a drugstore perfume version of Shalimar, lots of vanilla. And Poison, so beautiful. I agree 100 percent Giorgio Beverly Hills was everywhere. I was in high school in the mid '70's, and lots of girls would wear that one. Giorgio was the scent of my high school years, and into the '80's. Thanks for your detailed descriptions of these classics.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Oh my, Giorgio WAS everywhere, wasn't it? 😂
I remember wearing Beautiful a lot when it launched in the ‘80s. Saved my babysitting money to buy it and received a gift of a mini of white linen. Haha 😂
My signature scent my senior year (1990) was Lauren from Ralph Lauren.
Also my aunt wore Halston in the 80s which was rich and spicy.
Does anyone remember Ambiance Night Musk from the 80s? I was over the moon for that.
Also….Impulse body sprays.
Hi Pamela!! Beautiful is a great one! I loved that you saved your babysitting money for it! 🥰 I never wore Halston but I do remember it. So you rocked Lauren too, huh? I love it!! I do not remember Ambience Night Musk. Do you know who made it?
Oh Wow Yes I do remember Giorgio!! Very 80s !! When I was a kid I always got into my Mom ‘s perfume collection . It was when I sprayed it on and all over my mom would get really mad at me . But she had Oscar & Giorgio ,Shalimar ,Opium amongst others . One you didn’t mention but I remember was 1 . Ruffles By Oscar De LacRenta also Vanderbilt by Gloria Vanderbilt . These were both popular . Ruffles was discontinued towards the end of the 80s . Gloria Vanderbilt I believe can still be found . Some of the fragrances you listed are probably reformulated by now in 2024 from their original formulations . I love Anais Anais & Escape most . Anais Anais launched in 1978 and Escape in 1988.
Thanks for adding Ruffles and Vanderbilt to the list! Yes, I used to spray myself down, too 😂 Those were different times, for sure. 💖
I wore Paloma Picasso in the 90’s and loved it! I remember it being sweet and heady. Not sure how I would feel about it now lol
Did you??? I think my memory plays tricks on me. I need to just try it again!! 🥳
This is EVERYTHING !!! 🤩
You know I am in the 80s-90s mood !!! 🕺🪅
Some of them were my mom’s signature scents, which i LOVE !!! Eternity, Obsession, Opium, KNOWING ! 😍
I am writing down P.Picasso and GBH 😁😁😁
Paola!! You need to sniff Giorgio just as reference if for no other reason. Since I know what kind of scents you like, I have a feeling you will appreciate how loud and audacious Giorgio is and get a kick out of it. And (drumroll please... ) it's not expensive at all! 🥳🥳🥳
@@VeronicaSays yasssssssssssss 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
My mom only wore Climat in the 80s, still has that perfume in her collection. I wasn’t into perfume until I went to college and my first perfume was Tresor from my boyfriend at the time, then J’adore…❤️😍
I just learned of Climat through the comments on this video, can you believe that??? Tresor was and still is a powerhouse. I couldn't wear it for a long time until I got more mature, same for J'adore - you were ahead of your time!! 💖💖💖
@@VeronicaSays I suppose... thanks to my boyfriend, who had great taste in perfume 😉 Funny enough, later my taste was lighter, fruitier aka Escada and Light Blue.
😂😂😂 Isn't that funny! Love it. 🥰
Ah, Giorgio…loved it back then, love it now!
Hi Rita! Woohoo! 💖🥰💖🥰
I got a notification of this video today (a year and some months off ) but these are my two cents:
I used to work part time at a department store at the fragrance area once I went to college in 1988, these were really popular,
but if I had to pick only one, it would be Eternity, we sold out of it quite often. I love that you mentioned Calyx, I adored it and was devastated when the brand closed.
I will be eternally grateful to Clinique for bringing it back (I have 3 bottles just in case they discontinue it)
Benetton
Charlie
Anais Anais
Chloe
LouLou
Lutece
Ombre Rose (one of my favorites at the time)
Poison (my absolute favorite to this day)
The perfume that Cher made (which was awesome)
Paris from YSL (also one of my faves at the time)
Hi Vivi! 💖 How bizarre that you just got this notification! 🫣 Eternity was such a popular one - you are so right. I love your list here! Straight from the fragrance counter! Awesomeness! 🥰🥰🥰
I saw the title of the video and told myself this video is trash if it doesn't include Dior Poison and Veronica, you did not disappoint! To me, Poison is synonymous with 80s glamour but you're right...I forgot the chokehold that Giorgio had on the world at that time...the iconic yellow striped awnings outside the Rodeo Dr shop and the matching shopping bags...it was a symbol of the upper echelon and owning a bottle of Giorgio fragrance made that "Dynasty" life a little accessible for us regular folk!
Yes! The striped awning! 🥰🥰🥰 Glad you enjoyed the video. Can't talk about fragrances in this decade without Poison! No way! 😂
Poision was my moms jam! I still love Poision now on rare occasions.😆
Right?! You have to be in the mood for it for sure!
My Mom wore Opium ,Shalimar ,Anais Anais & Chanel No . 5 ( For really special occasions only) For me the early 80scwas Highschool and then College . I wear the current Anais Anais , Chloe ,Escape YSL Libre,& Gucci Gorgeous Jasmine . Sure Love your Videos on Fragrances . Thanks so much Laura from Canada. ( Brand new to your channel!!
Hi Laura! 💖 Welcome to the channel! Yes, looks like you've been enjoying these beauties for quite a while 🥰🥰🥰
I think of Anais Anais by Cacharel
Oh yeah!! Although I discovered that one more in the early 90s and wore it to DEATH. WHOA!!!
I went through a patchouli oil phase in the Eightees I was all about patchouli oils, Love's Deep Earthy Musk Cologne, Havoc from Mary Quant, or Calvin Klein Obsession. YES, #19. That one escaped me, but I remember it so well. I enjoyed Clean's line of fragrances in the early 2000s too. Wonderful. Thanks for the memories 🙏🙏🙏
Patchouli and other types of oils were HUGE in this time period! 💯
Loved this video! Coco is a beautiful perfume.
Thank you so much! Yes Coco is special. 🥰🥰🥰
I wore Lou Lou in the late 80’s and I remember over spraying this one. I had a job Canvassing and fundraising with the group and I guess I would call it my first signature scent. Of your list I still wear Eternity. It’s got to be a favourite floral of mine that so fresh too. Lauren by Ralph Lauren reminds me of my high school years and I love that Rose, sage and Moss combination and so I recently repurchased it for nostalgic reasons. I seams to smell better after aged a bit. Back then the samples they gave away in Department stores were very generous!
They sure DID give generous samples! I did door-to-door canvassing and fundraising in the 90s, how about that! 🥰 Lauren - I felt all grown up wearing it. 💖💖💖
Chantilly will always be in my collection 😍
Yeah, Julie!! 🥳🥳🥳 long live Chantilly!
Iconic fragrances of the 80's that I remember include Giorgio of Beverly Hills, Dior Poison, Lauren by Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein Obsession, and YSL Paris. I was into classic chypres so, in the later 80's, Estee Lauder Knowing became my signature scent (though I no longer do that sort of thing, these days :D ) I wore White Linen in high school! And Private Collection is definitely in my Top 5 for Life
Ahhh yessss! 🥰 You wore so many of the great ones of this time. White Linen in high school is BOLD! But then again, I wore ten tons of Chantilly in middle school 😆😆😆
Oh Veronica, you took me back. I was in my late teens and twenties in the 80's. (Showing my age here!). I wore White Linen, Obsession, Ysatis and Rive Gauche and oversprayed too, so really must have knocked people out, although I agree with someone else in the comments that you needed a beast mode fragrance to cut through the cigarette smoke in pubs in those days. I also wore a mens fragrance, Dior Fahrenheit, in the late 80's. You got me feeling nostalgic; I'd love to test White Linen and Rive Gauche to see if I still liked them. Thank you for taking me back to my misspent youth. Those were the days! ps yes I remember the Wonder Years too - loved it :)
Oh Fiona! You were bold to wear Fahrenheit in those days! A few have commented on Rive Gauche and Ysatis. Never wore either but would love to sniff them. Those fragrances were all POWERFUL!! I think people just got accustomed to them being strong and didn't complain. 😁😁😁
@@VeronicaSays I think you're right. Maybe it's now gone too much the other way now though as some fragrances seem to disappear after half an hour!
So many disappear too soon... it's such a shame.
Ohhhhh I LOVE Ysatis to this day, it's one of my favorite fragrances!!
You brought me back to those days when we wooed at the smell of Opium, so heavy with such strong character.
I was familiar with most of those smells but I never wore them until recently.
I used to wear Tamango, Eau de Givenchy ( I ❤❤that smell,it reminded me of youthfulness that is left behind, happiness,the freshness of the youth).
I remember I was wearing Opium 4 years ago and one of my pupils said I was smelling like his grandma...
Love your videos, Veronica.
Hi Georgia, oh yes, I cannot imagine young children enjoying Opium today. My son does not like it AT ALL! 😄 I did not fully appreciate any of them until I got older, but I loved looking at them on my mother's dresser and enjoyed sneaking to wear them. 😁😁😁
I 💯 love everything about this video 👏👏👏 I own a few of those you've mentioned and the other ones are going on my wishlist lol 😁 the 80's and the 90's the best fragrances ever 💞
Thank you dear!! I think you'd enjoy at least sniffing them for reference even if you don't love them all. Of the ones you own, which are your faves?
@@VeronicaSays Poison, Magie Noire and Giorgio BH 😊
That obsession bottle was from the 90s I loved obsession opium Paloma Picasso escape know white linen poison and I still wear eternity 😊
I was waiting for you to mention Halston which was huge. However, it launched in the mid seventies so probably doesn't meet the criteria. I also remember Cinnabar being really popular.
I was a White Linen girl back in the day and have a smidge of the vintage that I hoard. It still smells wonderful with LOV and aldehydes predominant. I tried the current version but it wasn't good. This was such a fun video to watch!
Hey there! So glad you enjoyed the video. I didn't mention Halston because I never wore it nor did anyone in my family, but I do remember it! 🥰 Same for Cinnabar, which I am debating picking up a bottle of. I am jealous that you have an original White Linen! You are right - the reformulated version is not the same. 😔
Gloria Vanderbilt is what my mom wore. Electric Youth, Samba, and Malibu Musk were my jam!
Ah yes! These bring back lots of memories. 💖💖💖