70's & 80's childhood thread: Can't smell a photo... yes you can!

[fly girl]

Speaking of perfumes ...

 

[mylilnikita]

I used to love the way Pantene smelled lol. And all I’m going to say is somehow the formula is not as silky as back in the day.

 

[LuvOrlando]

 

[Pea-n-Me]

 

[luvthatduke]

Fruit stripe gum. It seems it was discontinued in the last year or so. 3 or 4 months ago, I was thinking I should get some for the grandkids stockings, but alas great idea a year too late. I could probably get it for $10 a pack on Ebay, but I'm too cheap.

Available on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=fruit+st...&sprefix=fruit+stripe,aps,73&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

 

[luvthatduke]

And who could forget:

 

[emer95]

 

[BlueStarryHat]

My grandmother used Heaven Sent perfume, which you can still buy online. It smells exactly the same. I used to buy it after she passed away, and spritz some on my wrists when I was feeling sad or depressed. I would come downstairs and my mom would say, "you smell like my mother. What's wrong?"

 

[jo-jo]

My grandmother used Heaven Sent perfume, which you can still buy online. It smells exactly the same. I used to buy it after she passed away, and spritz some on my wrists when I was feeling sad or depressed. I would come downstairs and my mom would say, "you smell like my mother. What's wrong?"

I used to use that 45 -50 years ago, but then they seem to change to formula. Didn't smell the same. Stopped buying it.

When did your grandmother send it to you?

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I used to use that 45 -50 years ago, but then they seem to change to formula. Didn't smell the same. Stopped buying it.

When did your grandmother send it to you?

She passed in 2001. I took the bottle she had sitting on her vanity, and I also used to buy it around that time.

 

[Frwinkley]

My father's aftershave. I have a small bottle that's easily 15 years old and it still has that same smell. Takes me right back.

 

[LuvOrlando]

These were the very first attempt at decorative sprays, they stuck on the wall near the toilet and a spray can would go in it. When you would press it would spray a powder room scent.


https://www.google.com/search?q=tou...ate=ive&vld=cid:b8440c04,vid:R3NO3td-TGI,st:0

 

[Babs Johnson]

I suppose these products are still available. I don’t intentionally sniff them anymore but I did like to as a kid and can still remember their awesome aromas.



Model airplane glue

 

[smilie]

 

[Lumpy1106]

Haha I thought you were going to say the gasoline smell from the carburetor.

Well, the leaky fuel injectors, on the 280, yes. Those were a real problem. The interior had a very unique smell though. Hard to describe - just not the usual new car smell and not anything wrong with the car.

 

[LuvOrlando]

 

[ronandannette]

I suppose these products are still available. I don’t intentionally sniff them anymore but I did like to as a kid and can still remember their awesome aromas.

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Model airplane glue

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I may have misunderstood...tell me it's the mothballs you were sniffing and not the glue.

 

[luvthatduke]

I could never blow the bubble, all I got a was a headache

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[LuvOrlando]

I could never blow the bubble, all I got a was a headache

It was the fumes!

never saw a human blow one of those other than a commercial, they would get a little big then blow a hole out the side and get all lopsided.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I used my mother’s Jean Nate after a shower the other night, and it was nice.
Wouldn’t have done it without this thread! So thanks!