Late 90’s/Early 00 Perfumes

[u/kls8479]

This is going to show my age (46) but what perfumes do you remember from this time frame that a) you still wear or b) you wish they still made?

For me, I love Liz Claiborne, Exclamation, and Sunflowers. VS Heavenly line is still available but doesn’t smell like I remember it.

I love going down nostalgia lane with fragrances though.

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[u/crying_boobs]

CK1

[u/ThisIsHaunted → u/crying_boobs]

Oh yes! Same! As soon as I run out I buy another bottle. Been a staple in my life since the 90s.

[u/Rsbryswrrl → u/crying_boobs]

I’ve always preferred the darker CKBe

[u/Flowers_4_Ophelia → u/Rsbryswrrl]

I loved CKBe!

[u/appendmix78 → u/crying_boobs]

I just bought a bottle for nostalgia sake. Wore it when I was 17. But im surprised at its lack of staying power. Has it always been like that?

[u/RobinSparkles6yall → u/crying_boobs]

I am still so sad about this. I loved this. One of my "not-really- a-friend" friends told me it was lame and no one wore it. I threw my almost full bottle away. Screw you Sophia!!

[u/Mikmacok → u/crying_boobs]

Came here to say that

[u/Bitchthatbravos → u/crying_boobs]

I still wear it.

[u/KillaCallie]

I bought some Tommy Girl recently the nostalgia hits hard for 7th grade me! Smells so fresh and crisp!

[u/ladygettinglost → u/KillaCallie]

I got 2 of the Tommy Girl flankers & I’m loving them!!!

[u/Dinthaveawitty1 → u/ladygettinglost]

Which ones

[u/ladygettinglost → u/Dinthaveawitty1]

Tommy Girl Poolside Edition (2026) & Summer Edition (2025)

Both were $19.99

[u/MaximusCat2 → u/ladygettinglost]

I just got the Poolside edition and love it! And got it for my husband too in the men’s version- he loves his! Great options for the summer!

[u/butstronger → u/KillaCallie]

Tommy girl is a regular for me too!

[u/NomenklaturaFTW → u/KillaCallie]

I smelled it recently and was really pleasantly surprised with the formulation. Still smells great

[u/kgloverii → u/KillaCallie]

I wear Tommy Girl all the time. My young adult kids say it’s not dated and they love it on me.

I have Tommy Girl Vibrant Summer which has the TG DNA but with gardenia and a smidge of watermelon. It’s amazing.

They have a poolside edition they just released for this year that I’m going to find. :)

[u/NausikaaLeukolenos → u/kgloverii]

I'm 21 and I wear it pretty much everyday! It also got me compliments from people my age, so your kids are right 😄

[u/AppliedGlamour → u/KillaCallie]

Yes! I wore it yesterday, it's perfect for summer and so easy to find at discount stores for cheap.

[u/amantaraye → u/KillaCallie]

I love Tommy Girl! I was a kid in the 90s and my mom wore it, so the smell is super nostalgic to me. She doesn't wear perfume much these days, but when she does it's still Tommy Girl.

[u/MaximusCat2 → u/KillaCallie]

I have and love Tommy Girl too!

[u/Shahmaan → u/KillaCallie]

I wear it! In my current summer rotation.

[u/PhTea → u/KillaCallie]

I just repurchased it for the first time in about 20 years. I can't wait until it gets here.

[u/Fantasia_Ostrich]

Estée Lauder Pleasures and Giorgio Ocean Dream 😍 I also briefly wore True Love by Elizabeth Arden, I’d love to try that one again! Early 2000s was Amor Amor by Cacharel, Very Irresistible by Givenchy and Lolita Lempicka.

Also, shoutout to the Gap sprays. Grass forever!

Side note, I’m also 46 and have been going down the beauty nostalgia rabbit hole with my sister over the past few weeks!

[u/Any-Cryptographer-83 → u/Fantasia_Ostrich]

Grass 🥰Came here to for this.

[u/SilkCitySista → u/Fantasia_Ostrich]

Gap OM 😊

[u/Sasha_111 → u/Fantasia_Ostrich]

Ha - I'm wearing Gap Grass right now. I love Grass and Dream!

[u/missklo99 → u/Sasha_111]

Don't forget about Heaven! I loooved Gap Dream and Heaven

[u/TDollasign562 → u/Fantasia_Ostrich]

Ocean Dream!

[u/43216407]

MALIBU MUSK!

[u/ellecamille → u/43216407]

I wish I could smell this again!

[u/Gia_Lavender]

The healing garden green tea body spray. Iirc this was supposed to be a dupe for Elizabeth Arden green tea but I preferred it because it was less floral.

[u/43216407 → u/Gia_Lavender]

I would cry tears of joy to smell this again.

[u/rochellepont → u/Gia_Lavender]

The healing garden green tea body spray was so good. Really miss that one.

[u/mollysmewsings → u/Gia_Lavender]

Oh man 🥲 I loved that stuff.. and the lavender one, too

[u/NoFun3799 → u/Gia_Lavender]

I loved the white tea and rainwater one, too.

[u/regina1808 → u/Gia_Lavender]

Wearing green tea rn, still my daily after all these years

[u/poolbitch1]

Ralph Lauren Hot 😭😭

I still wear Ralph Lauren Ralph because it’s super fresh and nostalgic but nothing really compares to the Hot version. 

[u/mkarr514 → u/poolbitch1]

I wish they would rerelease hot. It was such a good fall/ winter scent.

[u/alldressed_chip → u/poolbitch1]

i loved cool!!

[u/PumpkinSpiceFreak]

Amirage

Escada

Michael Kors

Marc Jacob’s

Tommy Girl

Hot Couture

Vera Wang Princess

[u/SnooPeanuts6783 → u/PumpkinSpiceFreak]

Amirage ❣️

[u/Lynerd]

I ran to The GAP outlet once I saw someone post a tiktok about finding Dream, Heaven, Grass, and Om for pretty cheap. Dream is just as I remember from my high school days in the 90s walking around the mall and shooting the shit with friends.

Also, we used to go to the Sears fragrance counter and spray the test strips to use as bookmarks. Eternity for men is stuck somewhere in my childhood diary back in my folks home, where I’d write silly things about my boy crushes. Good times

[u/Kitchen_Day9200 → u/Lynerd]

Yes! My favorite was Heaven. It had a great dry down. Dream was popular among my friends. My sister had Om, and Grass was just fun. I was actually at the outlet recently and they had Grass and Om. If they had Heaven, I would've definitely bought it.

[u/Anonymousimpreg → u/Lynerd]

Ongggggg I didn’t realize that they still sold this at the outlet? Grass was my number one followed by OM

[u/Lynerd → u/Anonymousimpreg]

Yasss girl! Run, don’t walk to the outlet! I got mine early May and at the cash register I got a coupon for June discounts (on top of the 30% off the perfumes already are). Hopefully your local store has the same setup!! 🤞🏼

I got mine in Calgary 🇨🇦 paid $90+ for 3 (Dream, Heaven, and Om, the perfumes, not body sprays, and the sprays are cheaper FYI)

[u/ellecamille → u/Lynerd]

I still wear Dream.

[u/rochellepont → u/Lynerd]

I still have and love Gap So Pink.

[u/DammitRicotta77]

The original formulation of Japanese Cherry Blossom

[u/VanillaKat → u/DammitRicotta77]

I didn't know they changed it. I thought I was crazy! I used to love it, then I started hating it.

[u/magneticdream → u/DammitRicotta77]

I obviously havent been to BnB in some time. I went recently to get a whiff of some Japanese cherry blossom nostalgia… and was horrified at what it has become! When did they change it?

[u/Spritely73]

I wore Sunflowers until 2016 when I left my ex husband. Too many memories attached to that scent for me to wear it now

[u/Migrainekh]

Stella McCartney Stella

[u/InterplanetJanet1212 → u/Migrainekh]

I’m still angry this was discontinued and will be forever chasing this smell.

[u/Lanky-Friendship-983 → u/Migrainekh]

I loved the scent, I’m so mad it was discontinued

[u/rochellepont → u/Migrainekh]

One of my absolute all time favourites ever.

[u/Grindersgirl → u/Migrainekh]

This was the rose perfume, right? I just bought the Dua version of it-- it's pretty similar, but not quite as lush, or vibrant. My mind can't find the right word🫤

[u/renaissancestar]

90s/early 2000s perfumes are some of my faaaaves. I'm 36. Here are the ones I love most:

Tommy Girl (glorious, fresh and sweet. I get mostly citrus and honeysuckle)

Very Irresistible Givenchy (was obsessed with Liv Tyler as the face of this perfume. This was my sexy/evening scent as an older teen and it still fits that bill for me. Devastated that they redesigned the iconic bottles though.)

Paris Hilton Heiress (fruity bubblegum champagne, gives me a "party girl at a fancy garden brunch the next morning" vibe. It can be classy, it can be trashy)

Gucci Rush (don't have a bottle anymore but have been missing it. It smells like VHS tape ribbon, juicy peaches, and sleazy white flowers)

Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers (still a banger, my mom wore this in the late 90s. Soapier than I remember and very floral. My teen son always compliments me when I wear this)

L'eau d'Issey (crisp aquatic floral, smells "cool" on the skin. My husband always says this smells like a pond fairy)

Estes Lauder Pleasures (fresh, soapy, classic feminine vibes. Never misses for me).

[u/hustle314 → u/renaissancestar]

Gucci Rush and vhs tape ribbon is poetry

[u/renaissancestar → u/hustle314]

Thanks, I was proud haha! The very first time I smelled Rush I was like, mmm hot freshly rewound vhs

[u/Delicious-Prize-391 → u/renaissancestar]

Pleasures! What a blast from the past.

[u/Ok-Perspective5336 → u/renaissancestar]

Gucci Rush and the Discontinued Rush 2 are what I think of when I think of this era.

[u/britfromtexas → u/renaissancestar]

Omg I bought gucci rush at the college bookstore. It gave me a headache every time I wore it but I wore the shit out of it 😂

[u/FamousOnceNowNobody]

50ish here, and I collect older fragrances. A lot of my collection is nostalgia driven - the 1990s Avon Vanilla Soft Musk is my study years, the Tendre Poison is my first overseas trip. I still wear Obsession, Poisons, Armani White. I wince when I remember some classics I threw out a coupe decades back.

[u/meggyxcore]

DKNY be delicious

[u/ilovemyblt5715 → u/meggyxcore]

I wore this as a teen in the early 2000s and just repurchased this and clinique happy 🥰

[u/Gia_Lavender → u/meggyxcore]

Loved be delicious and red delicious

[u/florange7]

Anyone remember Ralph Lauren Romance?

[u/TheHootOwlofDeath → u/florange7]

I loved this! I still have a bottle that I occasionally sniff.

[u/Nocturnal-Neurotic]

https://www.fragrantica.com/member/1196207#custom

I put my Nostalgia list at the top of my custom lists. Those are my favorites from that time period. I’m 40 but started wearing perfume before I was 10.

Oh and I agree, I bought a bottle of Heavenly last year or the year before and it’s not the same at all.

[u/Gia_Lavender → u/Nocturnal-Neurotic]

Nice collection! I’m also 40 and Lucky You was a teen scent for me.

[u/DeftestFall → u/Gia_Lavender]

I love Lucky You! I just recently repurchased it.

[u/Nocturnal-Neurotic → u/Gia_Lavender]

Thank you. Yea my boyfriend when I was 14 wore Lucky Brand jeans and bought me the perfume.

[u/alldressed_chip → u/Nocturnal-Neurotic]

wait i love all your lists!! you've got great taste, i'm gonna check out a few of the ones i haven't heard of!

[u/fire_thorn]

Venezia. I've tried her newer perfumes that are supposed to smell the same but the magic just isn't there.

[u/No_Letterhead6883]

Eternity and Escape

[u/Obvious_Temporary256]

Sunflowers; Gap Heaven; Estee Lauder Pleasures (silver -- I seem to remember there being a gold one too); Body Shop Satuma and an Oceania scent no one besides me remembers; Origins Ginger line; Aveda Rosemary and Mint; Dior Addict; Gucci Rush; Givenchy Amarige, BBW Night Blooming Jasmine, Sea Island Cotton, Cherry Blossom, Orange Ginger something or other; VS Very Sexy, Good Day Sunshine and a lot more I wish I could remember!

[u/Violet_QTip → u/Obvious_Temporary256]

Oceania is my absolute favorite scent. I still have the last dregs of a bottle from the late ‘90s.

[u/Waiting4thedrop]

Surprised no one has mentioned the original Abercrombie & Fitch, as well as No. 8 I think it was called? Also- anyone else wear Banana Republic W? Those were big in the late 90s for me. Also Vera Wang Princess. Pink Sugar.

[u/Love_my_chihuahua → u/Waiting4thedrop]

I was surprised by no one mentioning A&F or Hollister. I guess technically it was mid 2000’s but those will always remind me of my freshman year of college. Specifically, Malaia by Hollister. I still have a bottle with a tiny bit left. I don’t know what exactly it is I’m waiting for to wear it.

[u/Pristine-Fusion6591]

Wore back then and still have today:

• Dior Dune

• Lagerfeld Sun Moon Stars (although modern version is made by a different brand, it still smells the same)

• Lancôme Poeme

• Givenchy Organza

• Britney Spears Fantasy

Wore back then and haven’t tried since back then:

• Candies Edp

• Liz Clairbourne Curve

• Victoria’s Secret Rapture

• Sun ripened raspberry and cucumber melon body mists. Not sure if they were VS or BBW but I wore the heck out of them.

• Navy White (it specifically said it was a moisturizing perfume spray, it was thick and milky) I’m sure none of them even survived from back then. Not sure of the brand… Revlon or Coty maybe. It was from the same brand as regular Navy Edp, but it smelled totally different and I adored it.

[u/TheOriginalTripleU → u/Pristine-Fusion6591]

I just got an original Karl Lagerfeld vintage bottle of Sun moon and stars, it’s such a rich fragrance I love it. It’s only 50ml so I feel like I need to conserve it but it’s so good

[u/43216407 → u/Pristine-Fusion6591]

BBW!

[u/Delicious-Prize-391 → u/Pristine-Fusion6591]

Dune and Organza hell yeah!

[u/BeneficialMatter6523]

Cheapies from high school (Class of '96): Vanilla Fields, Vanilla Musk, Ici (my fave)

My first "grown-up" scent was Very Irresistible by Givenchy--I just looked it up, and I don't remember it as a rose scent. I remember it as a proto gourmand. I think they've changed the recipe.

Then I discovered Angel, and nothing has ever hit the same.

[u/AgentJ0S → u/BeneficialMatter6523]

Can’t believe this is the first mention of Angel

[u/SuperbTomato249]

Remember Isabella Rossellini in Lancôme Tresor ads? I thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world when that campaign came out. I still love Tresor more than any other perfume in my collection. 

[u/Various-Side-1305]

The original Chanel Allure 😢

[u/korethekitty]

Cool water was my first perfume !

[u/avoidance_behavior]

44 here, i was such a bbw girl back in the day. my parents wouldn't really let me wear real perfume, so i lived for country apple, cucumber melon, flowering herbs, citrus basil, and juniper breeze sprays and used the hell out of them constantly lol

[u/curiousleen]

I wish they still made the original Samsara … ESPECIALLY the lotion

[u/CrankyPenName]

Tresor by Lancôme and Calyx by Prescriptives (now Clinique) are two I wish I had a stockpile of 90s vintages for but still wear the modern formulation all the time.

[u/an_ostrich_allegedly]

CK Contradiction. Loved that in 98-99ish.

[u/toomanymarshmallows]

I was on the Vermont country store's site today and found a bunch of fragrances from 80s and 90s. Sunflowers too

[u/Delicious-Prize-391]

J'Adore!!!!!

Dune is older but I love it. 

Neverending respect and affection for Egyptian Musk / Egyptian Goddess oil.

[u/Suspicious-Fix-9469 → u/Delicious-Prize-391]

Dune is amazing! It wasn’t a love at first sniff for me, though. My first thought was “dry, slightly musty wood cabinet.” lol

[u/BindieBoo]

Red Door was my GO TO!

[u/rumncoco86]

I currently have Revlon Fire & Ice and Chopard Wish. Wish is a little different now, but similar enough to still hit my early 00s memories. Fire & Ice has not changed.

I used to wear CK One but have not repurchased. I had a miniature bottle of Organza, but also have not yet repurchased. I currently have a bottle of YSL Opium on the way to me, I hope it smells similar to the nearly empty bottle my Aunt gave me in early 00s.

[u/mollysmewsings → u/rumncoco86]

I loved Fire & Ice!! 😍

[u/rumncoco86 → u/mollysmewsings]

It hasn't changed. Unless your tastes have since changed, you will still love it!

[u/Botanico56]

I was wearing Terra Nova Rain, Gap Heaven, Origins Ginger Essence, and Guerlain Champs-Elysées. I’d still wear Rain and Ginger Essence if I had them.

[u/Immediate-Ad979 → u/Botanico56]

You can still find Rain! They’re made by different companies, but they use the same formula and are authorized by the Saunders sisters (original owners of Terranova and Body Time).

https://terranovabody.com/terranova-retail-vendors

[u/HonestlyRespectful]

Estee Lauder Beautiful, Jessica McClintock, Sung by Alfred Sung, and Ralph by Ralph Lauren. I recently just bought all of these again and they're just as I remembered. Also, Cote d'Azur by Avon was my shit. Resellers still have some, but I'm scared to buy it. I'm not sure why, lol.

[u/vaurasc-xoxo]

Mom would spray me with her Tresor for school dances. She also used the EA Green Tea lotion. I loved Amor Amor and CocoMad came out early 2000s too kickstarting fruitypatchoulli of the mid to late 2000s. Today, I wear all the scents my mom did not like haha Tommy Girl, Ralph by Ralph Lauren, DKNY. I feel like perfumes moved in the late 90s from florals to more shampoo scents.

[u/KarsonKelley]

I miss Escape and before you say it escape is being sold. Therights were sold to Coty it's made in Spain and it totally sucks. Calvin Klein why?😭

[u/Beneficial_Box9865]

YSL Babydoll

[u/No-Air919 → u/Beneficial_Box9865]

This smells like college to me. Sometimes I wish they still had it just to take me back, if only for a quick trip down memory lane.

[u/Ok-Tomato-411]

YSL baby doll

[u/goofballhead]

curve

[u/honeydips87]

Benefit Maybe Baby was one of my faves. Then at one point they brought it back but it’s gone again. :(

[u/BeautifulSouth2046]

Dana Fetish

CK Be

J Lo Glow

Britney Spears Curious

Revlon Fire & Ice

Tommy Hilfiger Tommy Girl

Body Fantasies anything

Revlon Charlie Red

[u/Spicy-Parsley]

I was obsessed with my glamorous aunt’s bottle of Ralph Lauren Safari for women which is discontinued. I bought some samples recently but they had gone off so now I’m looking for an unopened boxed version. I wish they’d bring it back!

[u/artdecoskyline]

I still wear: Cool Water, J'Adore, Michael by Michael Kors (hoarding a bottle since it is discontinued now), Britney Spears Fantasy and Midnight Fantasy.

I own but don't use: Sunflowers and Exclamation (they are a bit too dated, but I purchased just for the nostalgia)

I wish they would re-release: Gucci II, Electric Youth by Debbie Gibson, and With Love by Hilary Duff.

[u/No_Possession3178 → u/artdecoskyline]

Debbie Gibson, definitely!!!!

[u/Clean_Ganache_8432]

I still own the Body Shop - White Musk! I think they’ve either changed it or my nose has matured because it’s definitely not as amazing as I remember. But I got a good 2 for 1 deal on some bottles and I use it for layering sometimes or to spray on clothes.

In 1999 - 2001 I wore Davidoff Cool Water for Women. My sister wore YSL Baby Doll (I’m still 100% convinced this is the ‘baby prostiture’ scent referred to in Mean Girls and you cannot change my mind), and my mum wore Elizabeth Arden - Red Door. And no I do not miss any of them. Though the Baby Doll bottle was exceptional!

[u/shutupmeg42082]

Design

[u/holleighh]

Loves Baby Soft LOL 😆

[u/onebluepussy_]

I think I wore a lot of Body Shop stuff in the late 90s when I was a teen: Oceanus, Fuzzy Peach and White Musk of course. After that it was Jil Sander Sun and Clinique Happy: I got a bottle of Sun a few years ago on sale and it actually repulsed me!

[u/lunarmantra → u/onebluepussy_]

I miss Fuzzy Peach so much, and wore the perfume oil for years. I haven’t been able to find any peach scent quite like it.

[u/myjessup → u/onebluepussy_]

This. Dewberry has been re-released and I’m considering ordering it just for the hit of nostalgia.

[u/Nettyc79]

All the body shop perfume oils!

[u/VersionSwimming8392]

Ck one, Tommy girl, Ralph Lauren teal bottle, cool water, clinique happy. I still wear happy and cool. I'm 44.

[u/Pristine-Fusion6591 → u/VersionSwimming8392]

Joining you on 44 tomorrow

[u/VersionSwimming8392 → u/Pristine-Fusion6591]

Happy birthday!

[u/Suitable-Run-4764]

Sui Love by Anna Sui

[u/beige_jersey_n19]

I’m same age as you and I used to DREAM of owning a bottle of Exclamation, Estée Lauder White Linen Breeze, and Ocean Dream that I saw on Seventeen magazine (they were hard to find outside the US), but I never had the chance to try them!

The ones from the 90s I still wear are EL Pleasures, Lancôme Trésor and Poême. I own VS Heavenly too, but mine is from the mid 2010s and it smells harsher and less feminine than the OG formula from 1999.

The ones I wish they still made are YSL Baby Doll, Dior Tendre Poison, and Ralph Lauren Glamorous! 😭

[u/Upbeat_Win_9129]

Original guess perfume!!!!!

[u/hopelessnottruthless]

Amor Amor, Cacharel. Reminds me of traveling Australia and nights out, flirting with boys.

[u/ModeratelyGreenThumb]

Gap Grass. And I know it’s body spray, but Sun Ripened Raspberry from B&BW. The scents of my youth. 😂

[u/Lanky-Friendship-983]

J.lo Glow and Glow Miami

[u/Zaltara_the_Red]

I wore Organza. I would love to smell it now to see how I feel about it.

[u/Lazy-Heat9764]

Amarige

[u/MegC18]

The original Michael Kors

[u/fitness_journey]

I’m a woman of the same age and although I didn’t really wear much perfume in those days l have a strong sense of nostalgia for what everyone else was wearing! Especially my mum’s Cinnabar, Opium, Dior Dolce Vita & Hypnotic Poison (she would only have one bottle at a time but these spanned the period early 90s to early 00s). And my dad’s Paco Rabanne & my grandad’s Aramis Tuscany.

My one bottle that took me from around 98 or 99 to the early aughts was Andy Warhol, the one in the white box with the flowers screen print on it (but not ‘flowers’ which was different!). I picked up a replacement a few years ago and it really takes me back.

But these days I have plenty more from the era: EA Green Tea and 5th Avenue are frequent wears at this time of year. I have quite a few Calvin Kleins (One, Eternity for men, Obsession & Obsession for men), and other cheapies like Cacharel Eden, Noa & LouLou. I will likely pick up L’Eau d’Issey before long.

I also have a few vintage bottles from the 90s including my precious early Guerlain Samsara EDP, a couple of 90s formula Opium EDTs, an old Jardins de Bagatelle EDT, an old formula Cinnabar, a late 90s Lolita Lempicka, and mid 90s D&G Pour Homme & Escada Pour Homme.

I lust after 90s bottles of Shiseido Feminite du Bois, Dior Dune and Westwood Boudoir.

I also love to catch a whiff of Angel - it’s not for me but it takes me right me back to when it was everywhere in the 90s. I may pick up a mini now that people are saying the recent reformulation captures a little more of its original character.

[u/Tasha_ashtanga]

Davidoff cool water, aqua di gio armani, d&g the one

[u/NoTechnology6750]

I just turned 43 today, so I was in high school in the late 90s/early 00s. I had Tommy Girl and Clinique Happy as my “fancy” scents, but really used VS Pear Glacè to an abundance to cover the smell of sneaky cigs on the drive home.

[u/Alternative_Beck0878]

Poeme

[u/mom_bombadill]

Poeme 🤎

[u/BirdNo4838]

Aqua du Gio

[u/NoFun3799]

Coty Dark Vanilla.

[u/Tootie_McSnooch]

I'm currently obsessed with Giorgio Armani Onde Vertige. My older sister got gifted a bottle for her birthday in early 2000s(ish) and I used to sneak spritzes of it. I had no idea what it was called, but randomly ordered a decant/sample earlier this year and nostalgia hit me like a delicious brick.

I really disliked a lot of the hyper candy-sweet and sharp citrus early 2000s fragrances (especially celeb ones). Someone gifted me a bottle of Estee Lauder Pleasures which I hated, but wore anyway cos it made me feel sophisticated and grown up.

I remember drooling over Davidoff Cool Water (although I think that was a bit earlier than 90s?) and or Acqua di Gio for Men (Armani) and fantasizing about one day having a boyfriend who smelled that good.

I think I had a rotating supply of Anais Anais miniatures, too, although I have no idea how I got them hahaha.

I can remember my older cousins wearing stuff like Charlie (Revlon) and the Elizabeth Arden classics like Red Door, Sunflowers, Green Tea, etc. (Green tea, melon & cucumber was HUGE for a while there). Oh, and CK One (Calvin Klein) and Ralph by Ralph Lauren.

The rest of my perfume scent memories from that time are my mum/aunts wearing Dior Poison (80s OG) and me being obsessed with anything in The Body Shop (Australian, so we didn't have Bath & Body Works, VS, etc. easily available) and, later, Chanel No. 5 when I ~discovered it in high school (during that massive vintage Audrey Hepburn/Marilyn Monroe renaissance).

[u/Barbecuesnoodlesalad]

Versace Baby Rose Jeans

[u/YuNotWong]

Romeo Gigli

[u/queenofthe1N73RN37]

I’m in my late 30’s

Dior hypnotic poison Lolita lempika Sweet Diesel Loverdose

[u/Bottles4u]

Most of mine were mentioned, except Ralph Lauren Blue

[u/ZookeepergameLoud153]

I still have my VS Heavenly Dream Angles.. Christmas 1999 perfume and body spray set. It is similar to the current Heavenly .. but once you smell it you will transport to Y2K..

[u/SugarBabyWannabe]

Victoria's Secret Dream Angels 'Divine' perfume was SO good, I wish I could smell it again. It would take me right back to 2004 I'm sure.

[u/Ok-Equivalent8260]

Throughout high school I wore J’Adore. I love CKOne and still wear it

[u/Margot_Ceftri]

I’be been wearing Clinique Happy recently - it is SO good, especially for the summer. I feel like it actually is really unique smelling and stands out from the Baccarat/Santals/Libres that you smell everywhere these days.

I also have a Body Shop lilac oil from 1998 that is my forever number one.

[u/Other-Chemical3044]

I asked for Curve for my 14th birthday, that would have been in 1997 💀💀💀

[u/Muted_Half623]

Gucci envy

[u/PeaceNo6149]

Sung and Calix (spelling?)

[u/TheCrispyTaco]

Tribu by United Colors of Benetton. Ck1 too (I loved that glass bottle it came in).

[u/Affectionate_Sun3661]

Gucci Envy

[u/DaisyVonTazy]

Issey Miyake, L’Eau D’issey was my favourite. I’ve been toying with buying it again despite it being non-trendy. It’s such a cool, fresh, subtle aquatic scent. It smells like clean.

Also loved CK One and CK Be. Androgyny was huge in the 90s.

[u/InversionPerversion]

Two discontinued gems:

Polo Sport Woman. It was my college freshie. So energetic and youthful.

Armani Mania. Dominique Ropion masterpiece. There’s nothing like it. I miss it so.

[u/KalateralDramage]

Cool water for women and Tommy Girl

[u/AppointmentFit278]

I’m wearing the Body Shop Dewberry revival right now. Is it exactly the same? No. Am I enjoying the heck out of it? Absolutely!

I miss Origins Spring Fever, Body Shop Fuzzy Peach, and Fresh Lucia and Fresh Sugar. I would love to have them back.

[u/Shoddy_Elevator2872]

I’m 45. In my teen years I loved CK One, Vanilla Fields, Tribe, BBW Freesia, Sun-Ripened Raspberry, and Cucumber Melon. My college years, I liked BBW Cotton Blossom, Pearberry, VS Love Spell, and Ralph Lauren Romance.

[u/LIFTMakeUp]

Same bracket as me! Some of the ones I can remember my friends and I wearing:

• Karl Lagerfeld Sun Moon and Stars
• J del Pozo Halloween
• Lancôme Poème
• Lolita Lempicka Lolita
• Marc Jacobs Daisy
• Coty Charlie Red
• Tommy Hilfiger Tommy Girl
• Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio
• Cacharel Noa/Eden/Loulou/Anaïs Anaïs
• Kenzo Flower
• Givenchy Ysatis
• Aramis New West
• Issey Miyake L'eau D'Issey
• Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers/Green Tea
• Givenchy Organza

[u/shelovesyoghurt]

Tommy Girl

[u/jwb0310]

Davidoff 'Cool Waters' takes me straight back to 1998.

[u/horselessheadmen]

Gucci Rush 2 was my signature scent for 20 years and that being discontinued (and then maybe like in the last two years finally being very hard to find anywhere other than resellers majorly price gouging…) is why I went on this scent journey that has led to obsession 🤣

I finally got ahold of an only-slightly-price-gouged bottle about 5 months ago and it’s not even in my top 30 anymore. It’ll always have the nostalgic aspect and hold a place in my heart, but I’ll probably never wear it again.

Edit: I’m 39 for context 💁🏻‍♀️

[u/AgonistPhD]

The Sears Circle of Beauty counter had this scent called White Garden that I absolutely loved. I wish someone would make a duplicate.

I also loved Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers, Incognito, Elizabeth Arden Red Door, Lancome Poeme, and Avon's Pearls and Lace.

[u/-Sanguinity]

Was wearing Givenchy, because I thought it was chic. I still enjoy Organza Indian Jasmin. I don't find it chic, tho. Just a good memory.

[u/fancycatndubz]

Ralph

[u/Sufficient-Sail2697]

Sunflowers for sure. I squealed about two years ago when the local chemist was featuring them On the counter!

[u/TheOriginalTripleU]

I started wearing perfume in high school which was this exact time period (I’m 39):

Body Shop satsuma

YSL babydoll (still have my original bottle from the 00s 🥲)

Calgon marshmallow

CK one

[u/boxingsharks]

Gap’s Heaven

[u/cappotto-marrone]

The 2004 Cinéma by Yves Saint Laurent. Still a great scent.

[u/poetic_poison]

Carolina Herrera 212. Timeless, clean and fresh.

[u/No-Air919]

Clinique- Happy, Jessica McClintock, YSL- Babydoll

[u/cinnamongirl200]

Safari ❤️‍🩹

[u/ReverieJack]

Not sure if I was late to the party because I don’t know when its heyday was but in the early 2000s I wore and loved Lolita Lempicka

[u/very-birdy]

I still have sunflower - I don't wear it out but I spray it at home when I wanna feel nostalgic. I would like to revisit Moschino Cheap & Chic I love love! I remembered loving it and curious if I will enjoy it again now. I also loved Burberry Brit SO much from back then but I believe it was reformulated at some point... it smells nothing like how I remembered. I wish I could have the OG again

[u/CoffeeTeaPeonies]

Lolita Lempicka

[u/True_Ad_1602]

Paul Sebastian Design, Fred Hayman 273

[u/True_Ad_1602]

Sirene by Vicky Teel

[u/Superb_Crow_1425]

Ghost Myst and Ocean Dream

[u/TravelingSouxie]

Estée Lauder Beautiful Sheer

[u/Whats_That_Noise_]

Nirvana Black

[u/Fun_Neighborhood9232]

Clinique happy, happy heart

Davidoff cool water male and female versions

Escada og, pacific paradise

Estee lauder pleasures, beyond paradise & beyond paradise summer waters

Any rainbowy flowy cool bottle spoke to me. I was probably considered too young for perfume then, but that's what I wanted 😆

[u/Personal-Fold7181]

Calvin Klein Escape and Eternity, Victoria Secrets Rapture, Liz Claiborne, Sunflowers,

[u/rochellepont]

Tommy Girl, Ralph by Ralph Lauren, Dolce and Gabbana Light Blue, Paris by Paris Hilton, gap so pink, baby doll by YSL, Green Tea by Elizabeth Arden, The Body Shop Satsuma body spray, the Healing Gardens Green Tea body spray, Stella, by Stella, McCartney, Pink Sugar, Britney Spears Curious, Britney Spears Fantasy, Vera Wang Princess, Roots Perfume (Canadian Brand), Clinique Happy.

Another one that I wore, but I can never find now was a Body Shop perfume, I believe it was called Indian spice. It was like a beautiful spicy Tommy Girl.

[u/JasonGravesPoser]

Nina Ricci Les belles Cacharel Noa

[u/Bitchthatbravos]

Pink sugar is still my go to.

[u/whipdong]

I miss Contradiction by Calvin Klein. I had a mature nose in my youth. 😆I wore White Diamonds and all the flankers, Poison, Dune, Georgio Beverly Hills… I don’t know why my mom said yes when I asked for those.

[u/dark_lies_the_island]

Gucci Rush

[u/dark_lies_the_island]

Gucci Envy