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Robinredbreast said:
Oh I remember that, horse chestnut in it ? or is that another product ? That has brought back memories for the 1970's when I used Anne French cleansing milk/cream, it had a lovely scent :)
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Oh RRB I order Anne French Cleansing Milk from Ebay as I love it still! Also used to love the Lemon Delph cleansing milk and toner but sadly no longer available. I might start a thread about 'things we used to get but no longer can"!
 
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I just goggled it and I remember having this perfume. Back in the 1970's I started my first proper 9 to 5 job,and I wore his perfume and its making a comeback ? oh this thread has brought back so many wonderful memories :)

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I like to wear the lighter fragrances in the summer:

Bobbi Brown Beach
Bobbi Brown Barely There
Bobbi Brown Bath

Somehow the smell of the beach and bathcubes have been captured in these fragrances.

Wintertime favourties are Estee Lauder Youth Dew and YSL Rive Gauche (showing my age!)

And not forgetting Mr T, I find him irresistible in Chritsian Dior Eau Savage.
 
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Lesleywo said:
Oh RRB I order Anne French Cleansing Milk from Ebay as I love it still! Also used to love the Lemon Delph cleansing milk and toner but sadly no longer available. I might start a thread about 'things we used to get but no longer can"!
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Oh yes, I would love you too start a thread :) Does the Anne French still have that gorgeous soft subtle scent ?
 
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Robinredbreast said:
I just goggled it and I remember having this perfume. Back in the 1970's I started my first proper 9 to 5 job,and I wore his perfume and its making a comeback ? oh this thread has brought back so many wonderful memories :)

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I will always remember the birthday present my sister gave me when I was about 12. Starting to grow up ... she gave me 2 pairs of Marks and Spencer knickers one pair in different shades of pale blue and mauve, the other shade of lemon and apricot, with a bar of Aqua Manda soap inside. That is when my love affair started with Aqua Manda. I got a bottle of the fragrance of Ebay once but of course it was old and I only really used the talc, soap and bath oil in my youth. Those were the days :-(
 
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Anybody remember Charlie? This was my first bottle bought by my parents when I was 13. Then l'air du temps, Paloma picasso, Oscar de la Renta, Beautiful, CK1 and for the last 10 years Evelyn Rose by Crabtree and Evelyn or crabby and evil as Mr Scandi likes to call it!:facepalm::rolleyes:
 
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Scandichic said:
Anybody remember Charlie? This was my first bottle bought by my parents when I was 13. Then l'air du temps, Paloma picasso, Oscar de la Renta, Beautiful, CK1 and for the last 10 years Evelyn Rose by Crabtree and Evelyn or crabby and evil as Mr Scandi likes to call it!:facepalm::rolleyes:
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Oh yes I remember Charlie, in the pale blue box! You can still get it, though I wouldn't wear it now :)

Love L'air Du Temps, haven't had any for yonks. I did buy myself some Coty L'Aimant talc and cream perfume from ebay recently, it reminds me of my Mum. Remember Revlon Moondrops? I remember working at a hotel in Bournemouth when I was about 16 and someone gave me a $5 tip. So excited, I rushed over to Debbenhams and bought a massive bottle for a fiver and promptly dropped the glass bottle and smashed it :-(
 
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Robinredbreast said:
Oh yes, I would love you too start a thread :) Does the Anne French still have that gorgeous soft subtle scent ?
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Yes it's exactly the same. I also love Ponds Cold Cream and the Lemon Cold Cream which I have been sourcing through ebay in Thailand but it only comes in a small jar but it's pretty cheap and I just love it!
 
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Lesleywo said:
Oh yes I remember Charlie, in the pale blue box! You can still get it, though I wouldn't wear it now :)

Love L'air Du Temps, haven't had any for yonks. I did buy myself some Coty L'Aimant talc and cream perfume from ebay recently, it reminds me of my Mum. Remember Revlon Moondrops? I remember working at a hotel in Bournemouth when I was about 16 and someone gave me a $5 tip. So excited, I rushed over to Debbenhams and bought a massive bottle for a fiver and promptly dropped the glass bottle and smashed it :-(
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I hadn't thrown my bottle. For some reason it moved house and ended up in the toiletries box. My kids wee rooting through the box and left it on floor. Mr Scandi picked it up, put it on the glass shelf above the sink, reached for his razor, knocked it off the shelf and it landed in the sink, smashing a hole in it! :arghh::arghh::arghh:
Needless to say the bottle was completely in tact! :mad::mad::mad: Unlike the sink! :confused::eek::eek::rolleyes:
 
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Scandichic said:
I hadn't thrown my bottle. For some reason it moved house and ended up in the toiletries box. My kids wee rooting through the box and left it on floor. Mr Scandi picked it up, put it on the glass shelf above the sink, reached for his razor, knocked it off the shelf and it landed in the sink, smashing a hole in it! :arghh::arghh::arghh:
Needless to say the bottle was completely in tact! :mad::mad::mad: Unlike the sink! :confused::eek::eek::rolleyes:
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Haha I did that in our last house .. had a lovely old fashioned pedestal sink/stand and opened the bathroom cupboard, something fell out and smashed a hole in the sink. Expensive!
 
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The fair ladies have taken over the thread ..... long may it live ...... :)

I still remember asking the odd stranger what they wore in terms of perfume .... and everyone of them melted. Nothing like a compliment if you meant it. And I did.

How else would I know about gingham and tweed?
 
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Mike D said:
The fair ladies have taken over the thread ..... long may it live ...... :)

I still remember asking the odd stranger what they wore in terms of perfume .... and everyone of them melted. Nothing like a compliment if you meant it. And I did.

How else would I know about gingham and tweed?
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Gingham and Tweed? You're showing your age, Mike ;)
 
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Lesleywo said:
I've heard that perfume is supposed to smell like the old Goya Aqua Manda? Oh how I still dream of that beautiful oatmeal soap and bathoil! I know they've released it in England but heard it's not the same.
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Yes! :) I believe it was Aqua Manda that inspired Karma , patchouli oil, orange oil and spices of the exotic orient :D

I didn't know they had re released Aqua Manda ? I must check that out and let you know ! ( online, of course, there's ****** all shops anywhere near here that stock stuff that isn't farm related . There's a whole aisle of Equine beauty stuff , but sod all for humans :( )

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Yes! :) I believe it was Aqua Manda that inspired Karma , patchouli oil, orange oil and spices of the exotic orient :D

I didn't know they had re released Aqua Manda ? I must check that out and let you know ! ( online, of course, there's ****** all shops anywhere near here that stock stuff that isn't farm related . There's a whole aisle of Equine beauty stuff , but sod all for humans :( )

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Oh you mean Eau de Cow Hoof, l'Piggs Ears, Oil of Bulls Pizzle Bubble Bath and Aqua Horse ****. know them well
 
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love that picture of the Aqua Manda products I can smell that lovely orangey spicy smell now. Anyone remember Hyponotique by Max Factor? My best friend and I had a crush on our English teacher when we were 15 years old and before his lessons we would spray on aforesaid perfume. The innocence of youth a? The smell must have been over powering :oops::joyful:
 
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Heathenlass said:
Yes! :) I believe it was Aqua Manda that inspired Karma , patchouli oil, orange oil and spices of the exotic orient :D

I didn't know they had re released Aqua Manda ? I must check that out and let you know ! ( online, of course, there's ****** all shops anywhere near here that stock stuff that isn't farm related . There's a whole aisle of Equine beauty stuff , but sod all for humans :( )

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Oh dear that's no good! I tried to source some Karma from Dusk over here but they'd never heard of it! I think Debenhams stock Aqua Manda, otherwise you can get it here http://www.aquamandaperfume.com/.
I've not tried it .. I want some of the soap and talc but the postage is so high to Oz that it works out expensive .. normally I'd not mind but I've heard it's not like the old Aqua Manda. Maybe someone on here could go to Debenhams and sample it and let us all know!
 
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Lesleywo said:
Oh dear that's no good! I tried to source some Karma from Dusk over here but they'd never heard of it! I think Debenhams stock Aqua Manda, otherwise you can get it here http://www.aquamandaperfume.com/.
I've not tried it .. I want some of the soap and talc but the postage is so high to Oz that it works out expensive .. normally I'd not mind but I've heard it's not like the old Aqua Manda. Maybe someone on here could go to Debenhams and sample it and let us all know!
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Oh, thanks for that ! I'm going to check it out and will report back with my findings . All in the interests of altruistic research, you understand ! ;)

When did they stop making Delph ? :eek: I used use that, but stRted earning more so went an a posh experimental splurge . When I tried to find it again, years later, it had disappeared :(.

I did discover along the experimental journey that simpler and cheaper things were better for me, and most of the high end stuff didn't deliver what it claimed, and often brought me out in a ( very expensive! ) rash :eek:

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