FabSwingers.com forum: Your first aftershave/perfume?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Mine was Aramis around thirty years ago - guaranteed to kill all insects within three metres, quite useful in the summer

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

No idea , I just like your username

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Aramis smells very nice.

Currently Tom ford leather ombré mixes with Joe Malone pomegranate noir

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By *kyblue1878Couple
over a year ago

Southport

Probably Kouros as I recall, very 80's.

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By *elle xWoman
over a year ago

Doire Theas

1881 loved it

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"1881 loved it

You've aged well

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

Err... some sort of strongly vanilla scented Impulse

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lol, probably So or polo sport! Thank goodness for Jo Malone

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By *elle xWoman
over a year ago

Doire Theas

"1881 loved it

You've aged well

Thank you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think the first aftershave I tried was my mums boyfriends Yardly Gold

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"1881 loved it

You've aged well

Thank you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Denim for the oldies

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Isswey Miyake Summer. I still wear them. Switch between summer and intense!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Obsession by Calvin Klein early 90s

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By *ondon-guy68Man
over a year ago

London

Kouros if I remember rightly.

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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in Co. Down

Samsara perfume but it's not as easy to find anymore

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Purple joop

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

Brut. All the guys stank of it.

I still remember the smell - I’d actually like to try it again

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hai Karate

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I loved Odessy by Avon lol bought it when I was about 15 lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Alien and lady million are both what I call my seduction perfume

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Givenchy. Amarige

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By *ndrew15Man
over a year ago

Cobham, Surrey

Chanel Pour Monsieur

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York

Brut Aquatonic as a teenager, and some of that Lynx Africa aftershave that came in the gift sets at Christmas

Then I started hosing myself down with Joop when I was around 18, was my signature smell for a few years. Bought some recently just for nostalgia sake, it's stronger than I remember

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By *B..Woman
over a year ago

Wiltshire

Loulou or anais anais I think, so 80’s

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

Lynx!

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By *ily WhiteWoman
over a year ago

CK One

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By *ackdog10Man
over a year ago

selsy

Brute

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Brut Aquatonic as a teenager, and some of that Lynx Africa aftershave that came in the gift sets at Christmas

Then I started hosing myself down with Joop when I was around 18, was my signature smell for a few years. Bought some recently just for nostalgia sake, it's stronger than I remember

It has to be the purple one

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

Crumpet Castle

T and Aqua Manda

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

Crumpet Castle

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

Crumpet Castle

Fuck Me !

T W eed

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

CK one. Unless you're counting christmas brut.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Started a love affair with Poison at 16, still going strong.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Started a love affair with Poison at 16, still going strong.

Me too

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

"Started a love affair with Poison at 16, still going strong.

Mine was also Poison, but it started giving me terrible headaches.

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By *ames2425Man
over a year ago

Huntingdon-ish

Paco Rabanne

Late 70s

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By *ecky and justCouple
over a year ago

Godalming

Think it was Denim.

It was the 80’s..!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Channel no5

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By *atcherwankerMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

I think my first ever aftershave was a Lynx one in a box set I got for Christmas one year. Back in the days of real Lynx, when there were like a dozen different scents to choose from, not just Lynx Africa. Can't remember which one I had for the life of me, but I think the squiggle on the bottle was purple.

My first PROPER one was P by Paco Rabanne, I think my mom bought it for me to give her a break from the overwhelming stench of Lynx...

As a sidenote, re. the OP: I wear Aramis when I shave. It's a gorgeous smell, a proper classic scent, and it reminds me of my Grandad.

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By *atcherwankerMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Lynx Java! And it was green, not purple. (I had to google it, it was driving me mad

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jean paul gaultier classique and it is still my favourite

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When i was a child i was given an Avon perfume/body spray/type product which i think was called Soft Peach.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Davidoff Cool Water

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hai karate , hasn’t been seen since the 80’s

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By *lues eyesMan
over a year ago

tiverton

Fuck me I must be old mine was old spice.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Charlie red

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hugo boss

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Everyday wear I really like Hugo boss

But overall penhaligons - juniper sling is fantastic.

My mrs wears either Louis Vuitton or fragrance du Bois.

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

I used to work with a young bloke universally called “Aftershave Dave”.

He must have put in a whole bottle every morning

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mum

Brought me a bottle of man date in a brown

Box , stank , I was about 13

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over a year ago

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By *ottielayWoman
over a year ago

by the bay

Dewberry from the bodyshop

Could smell me a mile away

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By *moothdickMan
over a year ago

stoke

Brut old spice denim and hi karate

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Blue Stratos

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By *he_virgin_maryWoman
over a year ago

Here, there and everywhere!

As a 90s girl - Charlie!

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By *ight MovesMan
over a year ago

The Wide Blue Yonder

I think I stole a few dabs of my older brother's Old Spice when I was about 14.

I wonder who was I trying to impress?

Chances are, she ran a mile.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Probably dads joop or jpg

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

I remember getting L’aiment for Christmas back in the 70’s

one year my MIL bought me a bottle of T which was absolutely vile on me

the first proper named perfume I bought was YSL Rive Gauche, a very sophisticated lady I used to work with wore it and I loved it, that was back in the 80’s tho, perfumery is so much better theses days

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

"I remember getting L’aiment for Christmas back in the 70’s

one year my MIL bought me a bottle of T which was absolutely vile on me

Oops sorry it was T*eed

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By *ollycouple71Couple
over a year ago

manchester

"Fuck me I must be old mine was old spice."
my dad used to wear that

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By *urboTongue21Man
over a year ago

Walsall

First...tabac original.

Then Isis by M&S.

First real one...Polo.

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By *etite_delightWoman
over a year ago

BunnyLand

Acqua di Giò ... oh that brought up some memories

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By *nnocentimesMan
over a year ago

over there by that tree

Lacoste for me... loved that crocodile!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ysl Pour Homme, I used to pinch my dad's when on holiday and parents bought me a bottle of my own, think i was about 13

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My first one was avon's pretty peach and then sweet honesty but i still love soft musk,wear that still for everyday,im an 80's girl and wore max factor's Charade til it was discontinued.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Thanks for all the great responses , so many that I'd forgotten about, I particularly remember the Old Spice ads. Cheers

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By *orbidden eastMan
over a year ago

london dodging electric scooters

Joop just to be different

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Think it was either Kouros or Fahrenheit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

1881, Jean Paul gaultier

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Poison (the Purple one) my Dad bought it me for my 16th Birthday, I still love the scent but wear something not so heavy now

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By *ornychickxxxWoman
over a year ago

north east

Exclamation

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Poison, I was 16, and my aunty got it for me, as she wore it and I loved the smell. Also loved the fact it was purple, as it’s my favourite colour x

Viv x

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By *ornyhappyCouple
over a year ago

perth

Anais Anais or Body Shop White Musk, both were around the same time and not sure which was first.

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By *jonesMan
over a year ago

south west

Like other gents of my era ...Brut 99..

Green plastic bottle if I remember...

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By *hubaysiWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

Poison

Panache

Charlie

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By *callycatMan
over a year ago

Mid Wales

I've been shaving for well over 40 years but never used aftershave, just a splash of cold water to rinse off and then towel dry, but I do remember the first time perfume for men was rebranded and advertised for straight guys on TV.....stuff like Old Spice and Brut. They smelt disgusting but obviously the industry has come a long way since then, a perceived need worth millions.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

God when I was at school and used to go to school discos I used to use Albany - and then progressed to Brut

First proper after shave I had and still use occasionally was Ralph Lauren Polo

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By *nnocentimesMan
over a year ago

over there by that tree

"God when I was at school and used to go to school discos I used to use Albany - and then progressed to Brut

First proper after shave I had and still use occasionally was Ralph Lauren Polo "

That’s got to have evaporated by now

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"God when I was at school and used to go to school discos I used to use Albany - and then progressed to Brut

First proper after shave I had and still use occasionally was Ralph Lauren Polo

That’s got to have evaporated by now

I think they use Albany to clear blocked drains these days actually

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By *p4funCouple
over a year ago

Plymouth

"Loulou or anais anais I think, so 80’s"

Snap and Charlie lol

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By * and R cple4Couple
over a year ago

swansea

Charlie gold I used to love ..

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By *oroRick1027Man
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

Brut

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By *ny1localMan
over a year ago

READING

"As a 90s girl - Charlie! "
I remember a Benny Hill sketch where he said "I could smell her Charlie from across the room "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Charlie gold I used to love .."

Wasn't it called Charlie red?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ols Spice....knicked my dad's!

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By *olarbear73Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

Cool Water

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By *ungandMan
over a year ago

daveyhulme

Old spice

Hi karate

Brut splash it on all over

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By *lues eyesMan
over a year ago

tiverton

Old spice lol

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By *penbicoupleCouple
over a year ago

Northampton

The original Joop

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

First was a diesel fuel for life

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By *iscean_dreamMan
over a year ago

Llanelli

Ck be I think, bloody long time ago now

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By *ookie46Woman
over a year ago

Deepest darkest Peru

Possibly Loulou or anais anais

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By *ryingitout19Man
over a year ago

Wales

I’ve got Clinique Happy for men. One of my faves!

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By *obby3264Man
over a year ago

Cambridge

Brutt 33

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By *eo_72Man
over a year ago

Mansfield

Insignia or Blue Stratos

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By *piphoneMan
over a year ago

across the universe

Polo green

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By *ickedwillyCouple
over a year ago

Bangor

Showing my age now who remembers the great smell of Brut ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Only bought my first one recently. Some Hugo Boss bullshit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Only bought my first one recently. Some Hugo Boss bullshit

Bullshit

don’t you like it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Only bought my first one recently. Some Hugo Boss bullshit

Bullshit

don’t you like it?

It's good to be fair

I do quite like it. Just checked and it's called la parfum. Don't know if that's any good or not

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Only bought my first one recently. Some Hugo Boss bullshit

Bullshit

don’t you like it?

It's good to be fair

I do quite like it. Just checked and it's called la parfum. Don't know if that's any good or not

Oooh very nice! Hugo Boss is great you can’t go wrong

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Purple poison. I find it too overpowering now

Now I wear Alien or Alien Goddess

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Showing my age now who remembers the great smell of Brut ? "

I definitely remember that. Its a pure classic

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By *yronMan
over a year ago

grangemouth

Hugo Boss. It was an Xmas present when I was 14.

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By *asycouple1971Couple
over a year ago

midlands

Kourus. Lol

Him x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Probably Cool Water.

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By *tevo63Man
over a year ago

Ivybridge

Hai Karate

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My first expensive perfume I ever got was for my 18th. I still wear it now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My first expensive perfume I ever got was for my 18th. I still wear it now.

How big was the bottle?

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By *RANDMRSJAECouple
over a year ago

chester

It was Givenchy Ysatis - rancid

Bought it from Turin airport on the school ski trip!

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By *yronMan
over a year ago

grangemouth

"Hai Karate"

My brother got that. It had to compete with my father's Brute for smelling out that bathroom.

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By *arlomaleMan
over a year ago

darlington

My first decent one was cool water followed by Fahrenheit which I’ve just recently purchased again as a change and it’s funny how many people comment on the Fahrenheit by saying it takes them back to the 90s

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My first expensive perfume I ever got was for my 18th. I still wear it now.

How big was the bottle?

Bloody huge

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By *inister_SpinsterWoman
over a year ago

Manchester(ish).

"My first decent one was cool water followed by Fahrenheit which I’ve just recently purchased again as a change and it’s funny how many people comment on the Fahrenheit by saying it takes them back to the 90s"

I love Fahrenheit, it does strange things to me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The first I remember is boss bottled.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My first expensive perfume I ever got was for my 18th. I still wear it now.

How big was the bottle?

Bloody huge"

I didn’t know you could buy Tommy Girl by the gallon.

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By *arlomaleMan
over a year ago

darlington

I love Fahrenheit, it does strange things to me. "
really

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By *inister_SpinsterWoman
over a year ago

Manchester(ish).

Dior Poison, you could smell it from space.

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By *ifewantsmore777Couple
over a year ago

North West

Armani Man (although it was a little more French in name the first time I bought it

). K

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By *inister_SpinsterWoman
over a year ago

Manchester(ish).

I love Fahrenheit, it does strange things to me. really

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

Chanel no 5.

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By *ife NinjaMan
over a year ago

Dunfermline

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By *ife NinjaMan
over a year ago

Dunfermline

Paco rabane

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By *askedMaster95Man
over a year ago

Swinton

Jean Paul Gaultier and the bottles were always the best too

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By *uicy jonesMan
over a year ago

near a big hill in s/ shropshire NOT in

Jazz and Fahrenheit !!!! And yes I still use them both loll !!!

But also have newer choices too

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By *riel13Woman
over a year ago

Northampton

Vanderbilt... My "father" sent me it for Christmas, possibly my only ever Christmas present from him... I loved it and still quite like it... Him, not so much

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

So haha thought it smelt lovely back then when I was like 13

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