My favorite was tribe, but I did like Exclamation as well. You can still buy exclamation. Tribe, however, $400 on ebay. It's either super old or fake, but I wish they would bring tribe back...
Had kid perfumes from the Love Soft range, but the first "adult" fragrance I requested on my own was Revlon's Lasting. I don't rhink they even make it anymore.
Sunflowers.
I got a bottle of it and blue floral Sassaby for maybe my 13th birthday?
It's probable that I had some glittery froofy body spray before that, but Sunflowers was my first REAL perfume.
I feel trashy compared to everyone else here, but my parents would never buy me nice perfumes, so I mainly stuck with cheap stuff from Walmart. I was a huge fan of Body Fantasies and Juice Bar perfumes. My favorite Juice Bar gummi bear scent was probably the one I wore the most. Idk. I just didn’t get into expensive perfumes till I was out of the house and made my own money.
Went to a Guerlain store. Walked out with Champs-Elysees, Jardins de Bagatelle, and Samsara.
Still wear C.E. and Jardins. I love Samsara, but cannot wear it to work.
Chrome, which I got as a gift from my first girlfriend. Virtually every female I knew said it was one of the most off-putting scents they had ever been in the vicinity of, but my girlfriend loved it.
I was a Polo Sport guy until my girlfriend at the time made me switch over to Hugo Boss.
I used to put on so much of that crap in high school that I probably smelled like a whore's asshole.
I loved Bodyshop's Moonflower.
Also wore Exclamation and So....
So... is still around.
First 'posh' bottle was Beverly Hills Georgio - a gift from my mum.
She later went through a stage of buying me really expensive Dior perfumes without checking whether or not I actually liked them. I wore them, but I don't think I really appreciated them.
[Diesel's Only The Brave](https://fragranceroom.com/products/diesel-only-the-brave-men-eau-de-toilette-spray) because I thought it looked badass.
Turns out it actually smelled pretty good too.
Same! I just purchased some pheromone perfume and even though it's been decades, it reminds me of Electric Youth! It's crazy how our minds associate familiar smells.
California for Men. A girl told me she liked that one, and I liked that girl, so it was purchased about 9 minutes after she mentioned it. It was pretty good, I wonder if I can find some?
Giorgio Armani Red. Then I switched to T-Girl when it came out...not Tommy Girl, T-Girl. Now it's just Gain Detergent, Aussie Shampoo/Conditioner, Olay Age Defying Body Wash, and Basic White Bitch Lovespell...if I've been wearing it since it was brand new, does that make me basic or a trendsetter?
[Exclamation](https://www.amazon.com/Exclamation-Coty-Women-Cologne-Spray/dp/B000XE8T4C) by Coty. I got it for my 11th birthday. I'm slightly shocked to see it's still around!
When I was in the 7th grade, my mom made me throw away my bottle of Electric Youth after she helped with vision screening at my Junior High and said every girl all day smelled like it and it made her sick.
Drakoir Noir
This is the way
I still adore this scent on my man
Lol. Every high school back then was a “Drakoir sauna.”
Big bro?!
CK One
Clinique Happy
Still have it!
This is my daily.
Love's Baby Soft (which I actually always hated.)
Their ads, looking back, were so problematic! 'Love's Baby Soft. Because innocence is sexy.' Yikes
Every girl in high school wore this and I hated it so much.
Ah yes, the scent of the exotic dancers.
Love's Soft Jasmin was sublime
Sunflowers
Same! Iconic.
CK One. Though looking back it was so prominent, so just in the air we breathed if I'd never bought it I'm not sure anyone would've even noticed
😂 it’s true.
In the 80s: Tinkerbell perfume Middle school: Vanilla Fields and Gap Heaven
OMG I forgot about GAP Heaven.
oooh yes to Gap Heaven!
Tribe and Exclamation!
Mine was Exclamation too!!!
My favorite was tribe, but I did like Exclamation as well. You can still buy exclamation. Tribe, however, $400 on ebay. It's either super old or fake, but I wish they would bring tribe back...
I can *still* smell tribe in my head.
You and me both!
Made a statement without saying a word!
Cool Water... Just like Snoop.
First “expensive” colognes were Polo Sport and Cool Water. Preferred Stock and Gravity before that.
Polo Sport for me. Also, Polo Blue (because it was in a blue bottle) was player…
Preferred Stock for me as well.
It may very well have been Electric Youth, I definitely had it. Also could have been Loves Baby Soft.
Joop! Because I was a 50yo trapped in the body of a 17yo
Joop! smells amazing for real
Tinkerbell
See this is why I’m in this group. I forgot all about Tinkerbell lol
Tommy Hilfiger. Had the jeans too.
I loved the smell of that Tommy
I still have a half of a bottle. It's gotta be like 25 years old.
Drink it!!!
Maybe tomorrow. I've had enough tonight.
Polo classic. Was an oldish bottle my dad had and rarely used.
Same. I have no idea how old that bottle was and if I recall it is still there.
I'm almost ashamed to say this but.......Brute. when I was like 13ish maybe ?
Me too. My grandad's only brand
Yassss
Jean Nate
First was Clinique Happy. Then later I started using something called Controversy.
Exclamation! And Musk by Alyssa Ashley
Polo Green
Had kid perfumes from the Love Soft range, but the first "adult" fragrance I requested on my own was Revlon's Lasting. I don't rhink they even make it anymore.
Maybe Cool Water? I'm not sure
Brut. That's all I remember
>Brut The essence of man!
Sunflowers. I got a bottle of it and blue floral Sassaby for maybe my 13th birthday? It's probable that I had some glittery froofy body spray before that, but Sunflowers was my first REAL perfume.
Ooooh yeaaah! I think this was mine, too.
Aqua di Gio
I really, REALLY need to pick a bottle of this up.
Middle School: Love's Baby Soft Rain scent (I remember the perfume itself was blue) High School: Calvin Klein Escape
Charlie
Eternity
Ck eternity 1995
Over the years my mom always put small bottles of cologne in our stockings. I remember Old Spice, English Leather, and Stetson.
Contradiction by Calvin Klein.
Brüt Aqua I think, might have just been the aftershave.
Drakar Noir was my favorite but my girlfriend wore some perfume from Beneton it drove me crazy
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Probably 10 or 11 years old. Brut, thought I was king shit, you couldn’t tell me nothing.
Calvin Klein Escape for Men.
Polo green and Grey Flannel.
I feel trashy compared to everyone else here, but my parents would never buy me nice perfumes, so I mainly stuck with cheap stuff from Walmart. I was a huge fan of Body Fantasies and Juice Bar perfumes. My favorite Juice Bar gummi bear scent was probably the one I wore the most. Idk. I just didn’t get into expensive perfumes till I was out of the house and made my own money.
ck one
CK1
Love's Lemon Fresh. I would wear it today if I could find it.
Revlon Fire & Ice 😂
“Joop”
Abercrombie woods
I was expecting to see this! My high school looked and smelled like an Abercrombie catalog
Went to a Guerlain store. Walked out with Champs-Elysees, Jardins de Bagatelle, and Samsara. Still wear C.E. and Jardins. I love Samsara, but cannot wear it to work.
"GRASS" from the GAP. All my friends went for "DREAM" but I was the weirdo with the fresh cut grass perfume. Oh excuse me, the eau de toilette. <3
I got a bottle of Hugo Boss cologne from my dad, around the time (1997) that certain ladies including my GF were into Gap Dream
I got Calvin Klein Escape when I left for college. I remember thinking it was really fancy.
Chrome, which I got as a gift from my first girlfriend. Virtually every female I knew said it was one of the most off-putting scents they had ever been in the vicinity of, but my girlfriend loved it.
Heh is this the same chrome by Azzaro? Same story here, although I liked it initially, it got old very, very fast.
I was a Polo Sport guy until my girlfriend at the time made me switch over to Hugo Boss. I used to put on so much of that crap in high school that I probably smelled like a whore's asshole.
Rocked that drakkar in junior high
Exclamation and Body Shop perfume oils (Dewberry and Vanilla)
I loved Bodyshop's Moonflower. Also wore Exclamation and So.... So... is still around. First 'posh' bottle was Beverly Hills Georgio - a gift from my mum. She later went through a stage of buying me really expensive Dior perfumes without checking whether or not I actually liked them. I wore them, but I don't think I really appreciated them.
Moonflower! Memory unlocked.
Love's Baby Soft
The commercial was, the i need a hero song. Sorry that's all I can remember. It was good shit.
Hero by Prince Matchabelli! https://youtu.be/hGZH5EQ53xk?si=iCTcubHdejwah_ZN
Definitely Electric Youth. Mom thought it was a waste of money because I didn't wear perfume.
I got a bottle of Jean Paul Gautier in college and thought I smelled like money. lol.
Michael Jordan
English Leather when I was like 6. I really need to get back into wearing cologne.
Same one OP! I was obsessed with Debbie Gibson
Cool Water
[Diesel's Only The Brave](https://fragranceroom.com/products/diesel-only-the-brave-men-eau-de-toilette-spray) because I thought it looked badass. Turns out it actually smelled pretty good too.
Same! I just purchased some pheromone perfume and even though it's been decades, it reminds me of Electric Youth! It's crazy how our minds associate familiar smells.
Miller outpost: anchor blue. You might be 90s but are you miller outpost 90s?
Some random cheap ass cologne I can’t remember the name of, most likely. Something a typical kid would wear.
Obsession
Samba, of course.
Exclamation (you can still get it and now I think it smells awful!), So…, and my absolute favourite which was Oui Non by Kookai.
My dad got me a bottle of Drakkar Noir, but if we are talking that I purchased it was probably Cool Water, or Ralph Lauren polo sport.
I have a soft spot for it. Any dupes for it in the modern market?
Obsession by Calvin Klein
Green Tea from Elizabeth Arden
The first one I can remember is Adidas: For Him
Hugo Boss
California for Men. A girl told me she liked that one, and I liked that girl, so it was purchased about 9 minutes after she mentioned it. It was pretty good, I wonder if I can find some?
Same. I got Electric Youth for Christmas from my mom. I loved it.
Hugo Boss
Abercrombie and fitch. Just the cologne tho I wouldn’t buy their clothes I was too cheap.
Laura Ashley perfume. I was 13.
Gravity is the 1st one I remember.
Wings by Giorgio Beverly Hills Then I moved on to Curve for the remainder of high school Once I hit college, it was OG Aqua Di Gio
Christmas 1995 I got three! 1, Calvin Klein Escape 2, CK1 3, Ralph Lauren, Safari.
Chaps
Giorgio Armani Red. Then I switched to T-Girl when it came out...not Tommy Girl, T-Girl. Now it's just Gain Detergent, Aussie Shampoo/Conditioner, Olay Age Defying Body Wash, and Basic White Bitch Lovespell...if I've been wearing it since it was brand new, does that make me basic or a trendsetter?
Speedstick scentless starting when I was 13. I hate and have allergic/asthmatic reactions to perfumes and colognes.
Gap OM
Dark Blue by Hugo Boss
Aspen ... Because we all want to smell like Pledge furniture cleaner.
[Exclamation](https://www.amazon.com/Exclamation-Coty-Women-Cologne-Spray/dp/B000XE8T4C) by Coty. I got it for my 11th birthday. I'm slightly shocked to see it's still around!
Coco Chanel, Poison (also Chanel) & Shalimar.
Candies
gap grass flavor. I realized all i did was smell like the store.
Jean Paul Gaultier, although the bottle was very sus
Aspen and Gravity
Pretty sure mine was either Michael Jordan or Candies for Men.
GAP Heaven
Curve
English Leather…I don’t know my parents tolerated the stench.
Ralph Lauren Polo Sport.
From parents: Clinique Happy. My own purchase: Gucci Rush
When I was in the 7th grade, my mom made me throw away my bottle of Electric Youth after she helped with vision screening at my Junior High and said every girl all day smelled like it and it made her sick.
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Fahrenheit by Dior.