It’s The Weekend in 1988 and You’re Going “Out”

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SlippyMcGee87@reddit

My college roommate and I went by a rule that Drakkar was only meant to be worn at night, because it was a stronger cologne. Daytime, my go-to was Halston Z-14.

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geodebug@reddit

The hottest girl in high school says she liked it so that’s what I wore.

Sadly, we remained only friends, lol. What a cool chick.

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Ok-Ear9289@reddit

Like a strait dumass I once (in HS) drowned myself in it! Love tha smell but stank fiercely! Lesson learned. 🤦🏿‍♂️ nobody taught me how to administer 🤣

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geodebug@reddit

Yeah, wasn’t like you could run to the internet and learn.

I’m sure most of us teens overdid it at first.

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agentmkultra666@reddit

The internet exists now, and yet I’ll still encounter men in public spaces who have drowned themselves in Axe😂

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LAgator77@reddit

And women. On a hiking trail. Dripping in stank perfume.

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agentmkultra666@reddit

I don’t go hiking, so luckily I’ve not encountered this

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Humble-Membership-28@reddit

It was either Drakkar Noir or RP Polo. That’s what all the cool boys were wearing back then.

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I had a crush on the “hottest girl in school”. She was dating a senior when we were freshmen. When they broke up a couple years later I talked her in to going on a date with me, but couldn’t close the deal. A few years later when we were out of high school she drunk-called me needing a ride at 2am. I picked her up and she wanted to go to my place. We ended up fucking, but it sucked. I chalked it up to being drunk, took her out the next week, fucked again with the same results. Not sure why, but we just didn’t click.

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Immediate_Video_7870@reddit

Same exact experience, but my hottest girl in my high school liked Lagerfeld.

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FadingOptimist-25@reddit

I bought it for my high school boyfriend to wear!

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Typical_Version_7487@reddit

💯

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bikardi01@reddit

I still own and use a Drakar Noire duffel bag I got free with a purchase many years ago.

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t53deletion@reddit

Legendary

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bikardi01@reddit

* Using it while camping this weekend

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bikardi01@reddit

From the tent

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Ok-Ear9289@reddit

F Awesome 😎

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Azerafael@reddit

Hahaha yes, Drakkar. But i did switch to Ralph Lauren in my mid 20s, after a girl i was going out with asked me to cos, "you smell like every other guy here !"

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Ok-Ear9289@reddit

😂😂

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JW860@reddit

First name that came to mind

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Environmental-Gap380@reddit

Pretty much this or Polo Green

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CitizenChatt@reddit

This is the shiz. The noir is for nights on South Beach!

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Ok-Huckleberry-6326@reddit

Judge Dredd's favorite cologne

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attaboy_stampy@reddit

Man, even back then we knew that was gross.

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Afraid_Locksmith8642@reddit

What was your after school job cab driver.

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Afraid_Locksmith8642@reddit

Gross

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Skulls_of_Ink@reddit

I still wear this.

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Alternative-Law4626@reddit

This was me, but I never used a lot of it. I went the understated route.

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sarcasticorange@reddit

I know it was out back then, but i swear I don't remember hearing much about it until the 90s when it was everywhere. Maybe it just took a while to get to my state.

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Weary-Ad-1039@reddit

Depending on what part of 1988 were talking about, I was only 10 or 11. So I wouldn't be going out on the weekend. But I am still a part of Generation X.

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shortybirdy@reddit

Pants are pegged, that’s for sure!

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Merkilan@reddit

Where I lived there were under 21 clubs where kids 16-20 could go to dance and drink pretend alcohol. Lots of fun!

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PNW_Stargazur@reddit

Eternity for Men. Worked quicker than liquor.

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

Oh yeeaah, goood stuff!

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arpt1965@reddit

J’adior

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Tuckerguy77@reddit

I was only 10, but I would have rocked some grey flannel.

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rabbplays@reddit

Oh it had to be that dark green and gold Polo bottle, baby!

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

Lord, the boys I hung around with wore nothing else. But I still like it in smaller doses. I guess it’s considered “vintage” now.

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West_Consequence8145@reddit

Still wearing it to this day. But yes, in smaller doses.

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budcub@reddit

According to young people (20's and early 30's) popular fragrances from the 90's are considered "vintage". Its hard for me to imagine sometimes.

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Robviously-duh@reddit

1988... Polo always smells like a frat house that blew up.. lol..

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rabbplays@reddit

Yeah, the funny thing is I don't even remember buying it I am pretty positive my parents just got it for me. I was 14 in 88'.

The cologne game back then was pretty funny, I don't think I have worn any since I was in my 20s lol.

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FelinusFanaticus@reddit

Of all the Polo scents, that one is still my favorite.

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Andovars_Ghost@reddit

I switched to Polo Sport as soon as it came out. Not nearly as overwhelming but still good.

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Consistent-Cobbler90@reddit

Yeup. Instant move to Polo Sport.

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Afraid_Locksmith8642@reddit

Paul sebastian smells awesome

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SolomonGrumpy@reddit

Prep school starter kit

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Dreammagic2025@reddit

Hahahaha. Church camp. Could smell his polo a block away. Some green food color broke him of that. hahaha.

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seanieuk@reddit

I stole a test bottle of that from a department store. Lasted ages.

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Particular_Tie7430@reddit

By Ralph Lauren!

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OwnRabbit6826@reddit

🥵

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tlk2mch@reddit

Calvin Klein Eternity! I still keep a bottle at home and stop and take a smell every once in a while. Gives me a warm feeling

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exhaustedbut@reddit

Chanel Coco.

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External_Poet_6519@reddit

One by Calvin Klein.. I thought I was so cool.

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Spreadeaglebeagle44@reddit

No cologne as we would be playing Dungeons and Dragons in friends basement. This may come as a shocker to many but the lack of cologne was due to the fact that if a girl had mistakenly wandered in we would have died from a collective heart attack.

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mystery_biscotti@reddit

I didn't officially play until 1990, but wore Xia Xiang on those days. Helped make my parental units' smoking habits less noticeable to my friends. My mom bought it for me for Christmas of 1987. I was not a girly girl but found perfume practical in social situations.

Funny enough, I (one of three girls in our friend group of 8 kids) was the one to suggest we play D&D! Man, I miss The Group but I'm never gonna wanna move back to the Midwest.

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Spreadeaglebeagle44@reddit

Oh wow...a true unicorn. A female RPG'er!

Oddly enough there seems to be much less of a stigma these days and it seems female RPG'ers are much more common. In the late 80's and 90's admitting you played D&D was only nearly tantamount to admitting NAMBLA membership.

I actually credit my involvement with RPGs from a very young age with an advanced reading level, research skills and adeptness with functional mathematics. Thankfully the Satanism inherent in D&D never took hold.

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OldDude1391@reddit

I work with a 30 year old women who is big into D&D. I told her I had first edition TSR books and she was excited. Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master guide, etc. Bought them in the early 80s in middle school. I didn’t realize people were still playing.

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Moongdss74@reddit

Have you not heard of Critical Role? This group of D&D players who have made a pretty nice career playing on Twitch and YouTube. They even have an animated series about their 1st campaign. They've spawned a while new generation of players

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OldDude1391@reddit

No I have not heard of it. All I know about Twitch is my teenage grandson told me it’s where people go to watch other people play video games. Lots more to life than staring at a screen.

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mystery_biscotti@reddit

I know a group that still uses AD&D rules. They have for the last 40-ish years.

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Moongdss74@reddit

Masochists. THAC0 was the bane of my existence

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mystery_biscotti@reddit

Ah, a fellow former second edition player! Nice!

This particular group I'm thinking of is still 1st edition all the way.

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CKA3KAZOO@reddit

Thankfully the Satanism inherent in D&D never took hold.

Sadly, I can't tell if you're being facetious.

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Spreadeaglebeagle44@reddit

The Satanist panic in the late 80's was real. They were apparently everywhere and D&D was thought to be a vehicle for it.

I was self aware enough even as a twelve year old to realize it was total bullshit. So yes I am being facetious.

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CKA3KAZOO@reddit

Oh, yes! I remember it viscerally, being a D&D player from East Texas. I learned how to play the game in 1979, when I was in the 7th grade.

That was when I learned that an idea can be complete bullshit and still affect people deeply.

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Jolly_Acanthisitta32@reddit

Exclamation!

Electric Youth

Cover Girl Navy

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fadedtimes@reddit

I was 10 for most of 1988 so I wasn’t going out

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middleagedouchebag@reddit

Patchouli

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boneswithink@reddit

I was thirteen, it would have been the movies, or going to the quarry to have a bonfire.

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Maleficent-Bonus8200@reddit

Got a ride on my BMX down to the local quarry doing some jumps and shit. Then like go watch whatever movie comes out - Young Guns

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bendingoutward@reddit

A colorful tee with a dinosaur or something ironed onto it, neon shorts of some sort, black roller skates with red wheels.

Being on the extremely young end of the spectrum was weird.

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Miserable_Drop_5398@reddit

Ysatsis by YSL or Tuxedo from Ralph Lauren

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_Roxxs_@reddit

1988… that would be Shalimar

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Mean_Meet576@reddit

Poison

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pyrrhicchaos@reddit

I didn’t find a perfume that doesn’t give me a headache until my mid-twenties. 😭

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Toobefaaaaaiirrr@reddit

I wore Poisen as well, my hippy boyfriend said it smelled like RAID while he confidently bathed in Pochuli, yeah it didn't last

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MLUTEHEA@reddit

Colors by Benetton

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Odd-Edge-2093@reddit

If it’s 1988, I’m 14 and it’s the mall. Orange Julius and looking at girls.

If it’s 1990. I’m 16 with wheels. Let’s put in $5 in gas at 83 cents/gallon and go find a party.

Eternity.

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CaptainQueen1701@reddit

Pub first and then nightclub.

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Sufficient_Laugh@reddit

In '88 I wouldn't have been able to afford cologne.

Body spray on the other hand...

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tragedyann1214@reddit

Get off work, get ready (add structural support to my mall bangs), marinate myself in Chloe and head to TJ by about 10pm.
Now if I'm not in my jammies by 9, something is terribly wrong. The go-to phrase when someone has the audacity to suggest a weeknight activity is "sorry, I need to be f***ed and tucked by 9".

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Dede0821@reddit

I was drinking every weekend in 1988 😂

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ailyara@reddit

Nope I stayed home and played NES

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Ill_Zookeepergame232@reddit

my dad's old spice i didn't know any better

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maxthunder5@reddit

I never wore any cologne. It made me sneeze 😂

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MonicaBWQ@reddit

I think I was wearing Giorgio a lot in 1988. I also remember wearing Lauren sometimes too.

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Sierra17181928@reddit

Oh God, Brut 33 back then was the go.

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Affectionate_Song_36@reddit

In 88 I was wearing either Calyx or Fendi (sample size that lasted me all of high school)

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Ill-Use-982@reddit

Omg Fendi! That was my first, I feel grown up, perfume

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urbancowgirlkitty@reddit

Calyx!!!!!!

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Times-New-WHOA_man@reddit

Poison, Sung, Oscar de la Renta, or Giorgio. My four favourites to this day! (I still have some, that I kept in a dark cool place and they still smell terrific, but I don’t wear them often because of scent sensitivity and allergies which can cause terrible harm to others. I can enjoy them at home just for myself.)

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_Elderflowers_@reddit

Dior Poison.

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Ill-Use-982@reddit

This was the one I owned.

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LadyFeckington@reddit

Ugh! I was devastated when they discontinued the Tendre Poison (the green bottle). It was magic in a bottle.

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leocohenq@reddit

Uffff that smell still turns me on something fierce

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Dolly-Pardon_Me@reddit

I recently bought a vintage, new, unopened box of Poison.

Opening it was like going in a time machine, it was wild.

(They still sell it, but it is reformulated and doesn't "hit" the same. There is something in the original formula, that is like honey- it doesn't ever go bad. Most vintage perfume turns and gets gross. This doesn't. The immediate smell/ memory thing kicked in, big time.)

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

The reformulating ruined a lot of scents.

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seanieuk@reddit

I remember girls wearing that, very strong perfume. Good memories.

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SnooCupcakes7992@reddit

Loved Poison!

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Late_Football_2517@reddit

Out, mom. I'm going out. Just... Out. God, you're ruining my life.

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

🤣🤣My mom drove me crazy with that. We had to tell her something…so, we lied🤣

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Ill-Use-982@reddit

Same. Lying was survival.

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Ill-Use-982@reddit

I swear we all had the same mom. Granted, there were two types. The cool mom that cared and your conversation wasn't rgem findinf a new way to criticize you..and the rest who were abusive, intrusive, and had zero boundaries or impulse control. I had the latter.

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lorelie53@reddit

Exclamation!

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Teammx112@reddit

Obsession was huge in the late 80's.

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Ill-Use-982@reddit

I was just going to put this. I still like that smell

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MoreCanadianThanYou@reddit

This was my go to perfume!

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No_Goose_7390@reddit

Excuse me- Obsession was MY signature fragrance. You all were copying ME, lol

I got a sample a few years ago, thinking I might go back to it, but it's to heavy now.

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GirlNamedTex@reddit

Oh man, Obsession! Came looking for Poison and Opium, but forgot about this one! What I wouldn't give to get my hands on these 3 today...

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NotARobotDefACyborg@reddit

A girl in my class wore Opium or Cinnabar. She was a real trendsetter, since most of the rest of us were Love’s Baby Soft gals.

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PickleFandango@reddit

Love’s was my very first perfume when I was 12. I can still smell it if I think about it.

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Knukkyknuks@reddit

I loved both those fragrances back then . Would be much too heavy for me now

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MehX73@reddit

A guy I worked with wore that. I always had to stand next to him. He loved the attention!

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discussatron@reddit

Obsession for Men was my jam.

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phlpw@reddit

yep, and girlfriends would steal it as well as whatever black concert t shirts you had

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xXAcidBathVampireXx@reddit

Either Fahrenheit or Drakkar

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Square_Ocelot_3364@reddit

I am 12. I’m not allowed to go out just yet. I use my grandmother’s White Shoulders every Sunday for church.

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Kan169@reddit

Grey Flannel by Geoffrey Beene

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Few-Pineapple-5632@reddit

“Lauren” during the preppy period in high school “Obsession” in college

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redditwinchester@reddit

Swiping some of Mom's Joy, probably.

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HotOrganization3983@reddit

drakkar noir for sure

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DangerKitty555@reddit

OMG, I can still smell it swoooooon

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HotOrganization3983@reddit

Put some of that on. Head to the club. Do some kamakazi shots! Lol

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DangerKitty555@reddit

Oh I don’t have any but let me tell you what if I hug on a motherfucker and catch a whiff of that I’m instantly teleported back to my angsty teen alt grrl self.

Almost as good as Old Spice Deodorant, better than pheromones for me..

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rpbm@reddit

Oh no. My dad wore old spice. My ex husband did when we met and I told him he had to change if he wanted sex because he smelled like my dad and that’s NOT sexy 😂😂

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

My men’s swoon cologne is a light touch of Fahrenheit. The notes shouldn’t work and it takes a certain type of man but DAY-UM.

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Comedian70@reddit

I switched from Drakkar to Fahrenheit in 1989, and I’ve never used anything else since.

I have just a little bit of “damn dirty hippie” buried under all the ‘retired’ goth/heavy metal/stoner rock exterior so over the years I worked out a scent which is altogether “me”. There’s a specific scented oil a friend makes which I’ll dot myself with after a shower and a quick spray of Fahrenheit. I use a heavily woodsy-floral-spicy herbal conditioner, and post shower I add a drop of Majmua oil to the leave-in conditioner before I rub that in my hair.

That’s been the basic formula for 30 years or so. My wife loves how I smell (and so do I), but before we started dating I lost a lot of hoodies and shirts over the years to dates and short term relationships.

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DangerKitty555@reddit

That sounds amazing! Bless y’all that let us take your clothes (within reason of course). I’m not too proud to admit I’ve done because it makes me feel safe and protected if I wear my lovers clothes. Like they’re close to me even if they can’t be there physically..

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DangerKitty555@reddit

Definitely agree it involves a certain type of man but also the smell is such a strong, sensual thing for moi. I can be minded my own business and if He walks by and I catch a whiff it’s like a insta-tingle between my legs. So powerful!

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rpbm@reddit

I was definitely wearing Charlie. It was my absolute fave and I wore nothing else until I couldn’t find it anymore.

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RdtRanger6969@reddit

Cool Water

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KaligirlinDe@reddit

Diva from Ungaro

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NearlyBird809@reddit

Liz Claiborne perfume, it was in cool triangle shaped bottles. Wow haven't thought about that in a long time! Plans were drive around, cruise Hopkins, maybe some Burger King, more driving. Then end up in someone's basement listening to music etc. And way too much booze

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KikiBatt@reddit

Me too! I still pick perfumes with the same floral notes as this perfume. I loved it!

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

Oh yeah, we called the driving around “cruising” til a gay friend explained what they meant by that

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Afraid_Locksmith8642@reddit

Huh

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

Yeah you were out “cruising” for the flavor of the moment 😉

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1amn0t0kwiththis@reddit

My first love wore that. My heart still stops when I think about it.

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PistachioGal99@reddit

I remember that Liz Claiborne perfume! Similar to Exclamation and Happy by Clinique. Those were my jam until I switched over to Juniper Breeze body splash by Bath & Body Works!

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Disengaged815@reddit

I'm wearing Happy by Clinique right now. A very summery scent.

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PistachioGal99@reddit

Yes, it is definitely a light and summery scent!

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Fezzick51@reddit

Hopkins? You from CT?

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NearlyBird809@reddit

Lol when I posted, i thought I was in a MN sub. Damn guess I AM getting old!

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Mylastnerve6@reddit

It’s ok I saw Hopkins and asked myself MN?

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bully_bawl@reddit

White Diamonds

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USMCSapper@reddit

I spent most of 88 in Marine Corp bootcamp with broken legs so by going out you ment going to the chapel for a hour of service just to get away from the DI's for a bit then it was that Blue smell good I was forced to have.

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RadioNervous6189@reddit

Giorgio Beverly Hills! My Mom had that. I would've been spritzing on either Loves Baby Soft, Electric Youth, or the ever popular Exclamation! 1988 was 8th grade for me

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Obrowbeat@reddit

My Dads Aramis… probably went to the movies… maybe bought some basketball cards and drank a fanta. looked at boobies

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funsized43@reddit

Put on a black mini, black tights, an oversized Cure T-shirt. I wore my hair in a platinum blond bob. For perfume I liked Colors by Benneton. I'm heading to the record store first.

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Exit5150@reddit

Colors was like heaven. Girl i knew wore it and drove me crazy!

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dynamine@reddit

So many of us Cure folks wore Colors, which is hilarious, cos none of us were prepsters.

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funsized43@reddit

My best friend's older sister worked there so we went in the store a lot to bug her.

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Ok-Huckleberry-6326@reddit

HOT

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Afraid_Locksmith8642@reddit

Dont forgot the clove cigarettes

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agentmkultra666@reddit

I’m pretty much still wearing that outfit in 2025. A goth classic!

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Fezzick51@reddit

Big fan.

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Xx_SwordWords_xX@reddit

Tribe

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Humble-Membership-28@reddit

I loved Polo. I had a male friend who kept some in his locker, and he would treat me to a whiff before 8th period. So good.

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myamazonboxisbigger@reddit

Mmmm whit diamonds

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Dizzman1@reddit

Me... I was a Calvin Klein Obsession man.

Summer of '86 (when the men's version was released) a VERY cute salesgirl convinced me that I was a perfect match for that cologne.

And to be honest... It's been a tremendously effective wingman.

I wear other colognes and I RARELY get random women asking me what I'm wearing and commenting that it smells way better on me than their "other half/ex"

I still wear it at times. 😂😂

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gardengrown@reddit

Sunflowers or Anais Anais

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LaLa762@reddit

Anais Anais smelled SO GOOD on orher girls. That’s one of those that changed for the worse on me.

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Zombiiesque@reddit

Had that with Happy. Hated it on me. My first experience with that, definitely not the last!

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chefybpoodling@reddit

I forgot about sunflowers

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ellamom@reddit

My sister wanted a Christmas list from me one year and I put Anais Anais on it. When she went to get it she showed the guy working the name on the paper. He looked at another co-worker and said, "do we have anus anus?"

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starkravingsane4@reddit

Anais Anais was always one of my favs. 👍

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Accomplished2424@reddit

Me too... it was my signature scent.

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AnotherDenverRealtor@reddit

100%

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Human-Country-5846@reddit

Friday in the Nags head, pool, jukebox, sort out some hash for the week. Safeway Saturday morning. Off to pub in Highbury then at 2.45 onto the north Bank to watch the mighty Arsenal thrash Man U. More pub. Maccy d's. Home to crash out watching Match of the Day. Sunday was casual football game in Holland Park and on to the Churchill for some Fullers and Pad Thai. Off to Ladbroke Grove to smoke some chillums
Home for some loving.

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DesignNormal9257@reddit

Happy by Clinique or Pleasures by Estée Lauder.

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dk4ua@reddit

HS Senior in ‘88 and the first cologne I purchased for myself was Fahrenheit and I still have a bottle I occasionally wear today. It is the only one I’ve worn that’s ever gotten compliments, then and now. I’d say it’s held up well.

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

Because it’s amazing. Catnip for this Gen X chick.

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Greedy_Increase_4724@reddit

Same. Omg. I am a woman who leans toward women, but if I smelled a dude who wore it now I would die.

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MeasurementStill5997@reddit

Cool water cologne. Loved that smell

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Gks34@reddit

Dior Fahrenheit.

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Greedy_Increase_4724@reddit

I had to scroll too far to find this. I had a crush that wore it, I'd die if I smelled it now. In a good way lol.

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SeattleUberDad@reddit

1988 I was rockin' some combat boots with my BDU in basic training.

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Bug_Calm@reddit

Lauren

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Jzak73@reddit

I wore Lauren and I can’t remember if I switched to Obsessi by 88. If not, it was pretty close.

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Sufficient_Judge_820@reddit

I spritzed on a little Benetton colors and hopped out the door to meet my best gal pal at her house to sneak cigarettes in the back porch and contemplate our upcoming senior year.

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ConsistentHoliday797@reddit

I'm still in high school. I wasn't going anywhere.

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TheSwedishEagle@reddit

Drakkar Noir

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this_kitty68@reddit

Calvin Klein for men. The guys loved it! lol

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Parking_War979@reddit

Green Polo for me as well.

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broken-soul1@reddit

I wore Lady Stetson or Charlie. Lmao! Some sort of button down shirt. Pin striped blue jeans. Reeboks of some sort. Just to go out and grab a Whataburger with other gals in southern Texas. My clothing choices were always a hot mess.

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onedemtwodem@reddit

Yep.. spraying on Poison, Putting tons of mousse in my hair with a perm. Mini skirt and pumps. Shenanigans were about to be had.

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EdAddict@reddit

I had the knock of poison body spray and hair spray. A cloud of it would waft in the room before me.

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CleverClaire@reddit

I was wearing Guess jeans, Keds and Passion by Elizabeth Taylor. I still love that fragrance.

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XxThrowaway987xX@reddit

In 88 & 89 I wore Beautiful by Estee Lauder.

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ConsistentPair2@reddit

It didn't matter, because I was constantly enveloped in a cloud of smoke from ciggies, cloves, or tiparillos depending on my mood.

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bunnyohare@reddit

Calyx (the original by Prescriptives, not the Clinique knock off)

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SweetnSassy2666@reddit

I wore Magie Noir or poison. I loved the drakkar on men. Going out to clubs and that all you smelled, besides all the hair spray, in the ladies' room .Spent so much time getting ready to watch a band or dance clubs. A lot of drunken escapades! I would be on my man hunt 🤪

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kalitarios@reddit

CK Obsession, followed by CK One later on

For a while in the 90s it was Curve. I can't stand it now... the green and orange bottle

The blue polo one

Tommy Hilfiger once that came out

CK Escape still has some major nostalgia for me

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Lower_Shower_6308@reddit

YSL Paris. My boyfriend wore CK Obsession.

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exscapegoat@reddit

Sand and sable

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LeadingImpression717@reddit

Cool Water

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Strong-Library2763@reddit

Liz Claiborne edp

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Strong-Library2763@reddit

Eternity or Poison

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housevil@reddit

I'm 11 so Dad is probably taking me on a motorcycle ride in the afternoon, followed by grilling outside for dinner. Good, quality, family time.

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She_Wolf_0915@reddit

Definitely Giorgio BH

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Decisions_70@reddit

Ciara that year.

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Original_Study3415@reddit

Obsession was my go to fragrance, and I still wear it at least once or twice a month

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yurtfarmer@reddit

Why do you want to know, gonna tell my mom ?

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russellhamel@reddit

1988 for me would have been the movie theater or roller rink. Cologne would have been Lagerfeld or Drakkar Noir.

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HerNameIsVesper@reddit

I was probably swimming in Opium.

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fridaycat@reddit

The only perfume I ever wore.

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fai-mea-valea@reddit

Same here

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janisemarie@reddit

Same. It’s overwhelmingly spicy to me now

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HerNameIsVesper@reddit

I spent the last 20-odd years working in a scent-free office environment. When I smell anyone's perfume or cologne today, it just reeks. Knowing how pungent Opium was, I must have absolutely stunk, but no one said anything. I guess we all smelled back then, lol.

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Affectionate_Cost_88@reddit

Design by Paul Sebastian. I loved that stuff in the 80s and into the 90s, but then I couldn't find it for a while so I found others I liked. When Design reemerged years later, it was a lot cheaper and it smelled completely different. So disappointing!

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Caninetrainer@reddit

White Linen by Estee Lauder

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LadyFeckington@reddit

I bought a bottle of White Linen last year for nostalgia. Whatever they did to it, it just falls flat now.

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strum-and-dang@reddit

I wore that until I started dating my husband, who told me his mom wore it!

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coraltrek@reddit

Roller rink

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Ok-Entertainment5045@reddit

I was 10 so probably sleeping over at a friends house.

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FuzzyWillson@reddit

Jazz

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

Bold choice👍

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FuzzyWillson@reddit

Nice

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FlizzyFluff@reddit

Sadly I would’ve been working

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jffiore@reddit

Davidoff Cool Water

It stood out from the masses wearing Polo and Drakar Noir.

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Parking_Ad_5175@reddit

Exclamation ALLLLLL the time!!!

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GridDown55@reddit

This is it!

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sovtherngothicvvitch@reddit

Hell yeah!!

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Noisy_Pip@reddit

I forgot about this one!! I never had it but my friends wore it OUT.

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

I loved this one too

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SabrinaFaire@reddit

I was 11/12, so at most I was picking out a movie from Lion Video and ordering pizza at my friend's house.

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dynamine@reddit

1988? Tea rose or Colors de Benetton.

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BonezOz@reddit

Ain't going out anywhere, my parents were arseholes. 😜

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chefybpoodling@reddit

Coco by Chanel

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theugliesttwin@reddit

Wut? Never used cologne, although I did buy a bottle off a sales girl working the TA truckstop in Ontario, CA Christmas '99 because she was gorgeous. Pitched that bottle in the trash as soon as I got back in the truck though haha.

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Pekseirr@reddit

Putting on Drakkar while rocking our to Dokken

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bigjc001@reddit

Paul Sebastion, because that's what my one girlfriend I had 4 years before liked.

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strega_luna@reddit

Colors de Benetton.. meet you at Orange Juluis. Those were the days.

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pchandler45@reddit

Giorgio Red was my scent and I was probably playing milli vanilli getting ready to go to the club

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AbrevaMcEntire@reddit

Watching Golden Girls, putting on my Ralph Lauren Polo cologne (the green one).

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Caledonia_68@reddit

1988 was probably Loulou by Cacharel, it was recently out and very popular for a while. Moved on to Obsession by Calvin Klein in the next couple of years. I still quite like Obsession but I can't stand the smell of Loulou now !

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Motor_Total_5176@reddit

Love love love Lou Lou! I still have an unopened bottle in the box. I remember getting a gift set with a scarf and lotion and body powder. I still love the scent but mostly don't wear any now.

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bavindicator@reddit

Depends on the part of the year 1988. Jan-Jun work, school, girlfriend, Jun-November Parris Island, School of Infantry, Begin my career. December Christmas block leave

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northshorehermit@reddit

1988? Well, that would have to be obsession.

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Choosepeace@reddit

Estée Lauder White Linen…. it feels like making out to a Cure song!

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drumbo10@reddit

Brute!

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CubScoutOut@reddit

I'd put on Guess perfume in the twisted triangle bottle or Tresor and then we'd fill up Big Gulp cups with the 2L bottles of Californian Cooler that our friend's mom bought us and go out cruising. Then we'd end up peeing in people's yards. Sigh...

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Gloppydrop_@reddit

Electric Youth by Debbie Gibson (I was 9)

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Large-Welder304@reddit

If I'm going out in 1988, and its not work, I'm headed for the tavern.

Likely A&C or Our Place or possibly The Eastside Tavern.

If you live in the same place I do, you recognize those names, although The Eastside has been The Manette Saloon for a long time now (now under new ownership!)

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blondeheartedgoddess@reddit

Giorgio Red and one called Exclamation!

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purple_pine_cone@reddit

LuLu. Or was it LouLou? Weird sold blue bottle trimmed in red.

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iEatpaint22@reddit

I was probably working at a record store in the mall. My boyfriend also had a mall job. So we'd meet in the food court if we had break together. I'd get a slice of white pizza. He'd get Chick-fil-A. He used to wear Obsession cologne. I wore Chloe perfume.

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Slim_Chiply@reddit

In 1988 I probably would have gone to the library, a movie, a concert or possibly the bar. Only specific bars though. Just the quiet ones.

Perfume/cologne make me nauseous and give me migraines, so I wouldn't have sported anything like that.

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hidinginplainsite13@reddit

Y’all fancy af with your designer scents

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Argyleskin@reddit

Going out means heading to Coventry in Cleveland where the cool kids kick it at. So when I was getting ready it was always Dune, Obsession for men (even though I’m a lady I love woodsy scents) or Santa Fe (it was delicious and a male scent too).

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Level-Coast8642@reddit

I'm 16 years old, mom let's me take the car. I'm wearing Claiborne cologne, I pick up friends and head to the mall. We know someone who works in every shop there. We get free food and movies all night, including free pop and popcorn at the movies.

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deignguy1989@reddit

Fahrenheit

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Heat_H@reddit

I wore Tunisian Sandalwood oil that I bought from a Rasta man at a flea market. My boyfriend at the time wore a patchouli and vanilla blend. No, we did not follow the Dead.

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Significant-Owl7980@reddit

Cool Water 💦

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RealSignificance8877@reddit

Cruises’

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fatkidclutch@reddit

I'm 14 and in the 10th grade so I'm probably doing summer theater or getting ready for band camp. I didn't have much of a life lol

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Slight_Succotash9495@reddit

Omg I miss marching band so much!!

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fatkidclutch@reddit

I kinda do, but my knees and hips do not lol

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JanaT2@reddit

I wore Elizabeth Taylor’s passion. It smelled so good on me always got compliments

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mudads@reddit

What an ad to get while perusing this post.

Thanks Reddit. We all know we are old. Don’t push it.

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NickyRaZz@reddit

I was 10 so only going to the movies with mom and dad or playing Nintendo

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FleetAdmiralCrunch@reddit

My grandpa was a sharp dressed, good smelling dude. He gave me a bottle of Acqua di Parma, and it is still one of my favorites.

But several girls I dated liked Polo, so on date nights I usually wore that.

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some_marc_guy@reddit

cruising the strip in Seaside, Metallica blasting on the stereo.

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Hes_anarc2005@reddit

A spray of Mum’s ‘Rive Gauche’ usually.

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crasstyfartman@reddit

Charlie

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Gold_and_Lead@reddit

Working at Pizza Hut. Trying to squeeze the last out of my tiny bottle of Joop!

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Centris-650@reddit

I basically bathed in it

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0hheyitsme@reddit

Halston or my mom's opium.

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PickleFandango@reddit

I wore Halston as well. I remember it had a clean and warm scent.

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0hheyitsme@reddit

I've read that the Halston they sell now is very different from what we had back then.

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PickleFandango@reddit

I’ve read that as well, and it seems to happen with others. I posted elsewhere that my main scent was Lauren. My husband bought me a new bottle about 15 years ago and it smelled completely differently.

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EdithsCheckerspot@reddit

Working at the record store. Opium, Halston, Poison or Obsession.

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No-Instance9648@reddit

Liz Claiborne

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attaboy_stampy@reddit

yeah, I had Polo too. lol

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bippy404@reddit

Poison or obsession or Liz Claiborne

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Sea-Membership-9643@reddit

That was my senior year in high-school and freshman year in college, so either going to a friend's house, party, or cruising around town and consuming substances, or going to a house party, dorm room party, or a one-off frat party (I hated them, but went occasionally first semester) and consuming substances. Not that there wasn't sometimes a movie or concert/show or other entertainment activities, but at 17/18, there were almost always activity enhancers involved.

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Willing-Grapefruit-9@reddit

Love's Baby Soft. I was 15.

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Fwumpy@reddit

I usually smelled like pot and cigarettes.

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Special_Luck7537@reddit

Black leather.

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Covid_45@reddit

Not me but, Exclamation!

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AfraidEnvironment711@reddit

Obsession

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MoreCommunication940@reddit

Kouros

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LDawnBurges@reddit

I was wearing Poison and getting ready to hit the Club, with my long hair and short skirt! Those were the days!

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justjulesagain@reddit

Gap’s fragrance called simply “Grass”

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Civil-Reflection-400@reddit

Or Heaven…or was that later?

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justjulesagain@reddit

I think that was part of the same series. Was Citrus one also?

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Civil-Reflection-400@reddit

Or Heaven…or was that later?

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olivefreak@reddit

Whatever my mom had sitting on her dresser. At that time I think it was Charlie. After Charlie she upgraded to White Linen by Estée Lauder.

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Wise-Novel-1595@reddit

I’m 10, so I’m probably watching Voltron.

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Civil-Reflection-400@reddit

I was 11 lol

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Strong_Molasses_6679@reddit

I'll be wearing "Sweaty Skate Shirt: For dudes." Each fragrance is unique!

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JJQuantum@reddit

Can we please stop with these daily posts?

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YoureSooMoneyy@reddit

I’m just curious… why do they bother you? They seem to be fun for a lot of us.

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mothraegg@reddit

1988 was the worst year of my life.

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YoureSooMoneyy@reddit

Wearing a tight mini shirt, one of 30+ I had.

Obsession perfume; also using the Obsession shampoo with the gold flakes in it.

Depending on the time of the year I was either in MI, cruising gratiot, meeting my future ex-husband. House parties. Boat parties. Much more innocent. Or I was in Florida, cruising the Ft Lauderdale strip (way too young), bonfire parties out just before the swamps started, sitting on the beach late at night with friends, underage dance clubs, house parties… and a bunch of other things I was way too young to be doing that none of my friends in MI had any clue about.

I’m going to see if I can find that shampoo…

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RCA2CE@reddit

In 1988 it was drakkar - but really I much preferred polo. Polo had worn out it’s fabulousness by 1988 and everyone was looking for the next polo - that’s what drakkar was

But it wasn’t as good as polo and nothing ever will be

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Tonubba-nabubba@reddit

Lauren by Ralph Lauren. I loved seeing that blood red cube sitting on my dresser. It made me feel so grown up and edgy.

I also liked White Shoulders. My Gram bought me a bottle every Christmas.

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Fairycharmd@reddit

I guess electric youth didn’t come out until 89 so I wasn’t wearing that.

Probably loves baby soft

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Beneficial_Earth_20@reddit

Rocky Horror Picture Show, midnight at the Rialto in Raleigh. I was a freshman in high school but some nice older people let me come along.

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RexCelestis@reddit

I was at U of I in 1988 and in a steady relationship. I would have put on some version of a button down with jeans, spritz myself with a little Polo, then we would likely have gone to Illini Inn for a couple of mugs of beer and a few hands of euchre, before heading to Mabel's for live music.

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gtrmike5150@reddit

Heading to the football game doused in my dad's Old Spice. Yes, I was a virgin until after high school, sadly, well after!

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JesusJudgesYou@reddit

Paco Rabanne

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Jolly_Grocery329@reddit

My band is playing at the rock-n-bowl at the local bowling alley.

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MoRiSALA@reddit

I was 8 so it was Debbie Gibson's Electric Youth. 37 years later, my parents still talk about how awful that perfume smelled!

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Mrs2ndChoice@reddit

Going out? I would have wished! Just hoped I didn’t smell like baby vomit 😬

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Bulky-Hamster7373@reddit

One of the Victoria's secret perfumes. I don't remember which one

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Tdot-77@reddit

Exclamation, Love’s Babysoft or Electric Youth. Going to get some Archie comics, go to the arcade, a $5 meal at McDonalds and then heading to see Die Hard.

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Ipickthingup@reddit

I'm 11. I'll be playing games on my Commodore 64

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SolomonGrumpy@reddit

Just got paid.

It's Friday night.

Party huntin', feelin' right!

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dafuqizzis@reddit

Summer of 88… I hadn’t had my big “glow up“ yet so I was probably either playing DND with friends or hanging with the “cool kids“ from work in the hopes that some of it might rub off on me

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redfoxblueflower@reddit

100% Giorgio user here and my boyfriends tended to wear Polo (for some reason I thought it was a nice gift).

In the fall, volleyball games were Friday night. If not a game, then friends and I would hit the mall or a movie, then to our favorite McDonalds or local diner and maybe even drive by where our crushes lived. Saturday morning was the football game (marching band), and then pretty much chill the rest of the weekend.

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Grouchy-Shoe2798@reddit

Posh boyfriend wore frames 1988

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Grouchy-Shoe2798@reddit

My 1st boyfriend wore brut 55. 1987

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MachineProof5438@reddit

Polo, Halston z 14, drakkar

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JeanBean84@reddit

Lady Stetson

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Grouchy-Shoe2798@reddit

Chanel no 5

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Jason_boulder@reddit

Joop!

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CommitteeThink7683@reddit

Halston or Samsara

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spidermans_mom@reddit

Poison

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1amn0t0kwiththis@reddit

Man. If it's summer, i just got my license. I would just be driving around my tiny town just because I could.

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kristenevol@reddit

liz claiborne, in the red triangle bottle. I once overhead a guy saying "some girl is wearing liz claiborne" in a wistful sort of way. It was me wearing it, and it instantly became my favorite.

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TemperatureTop246@reddit

Black miniskirt, black flats, heavy metal concert shirt - that year I think it was Poison.. ? And half a can of aquanet, applied at a friend's house...

No perfume, because my mom was "sensitive to smells". Maybe she was, idk. Not going to speculate, but as a result, we were not allowed to use anything scented. (Funny because as she got older and needed skilled nursing, they used all kinds of scented products on her and she never said a word.. did she lose her sense of smell? I don't think so, because she always smelled any kind of food that was in the room.

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Katzenbean@reddit

Mini skirt, fake Giorgio, punk rock show

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Eldar_Atog@reddit

I really liked Santa Fe around this time or maybe a year or 2 later.

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NoTomorrowNo@reddit

Drakar Noir for young men, Eau Jeune for young women. (In France)

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QuttiDeBachi@reddit

Football game then cruisin all night till we find the keg…

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PissedOffChef@reddit

Issey Miyake, undoubtedly.

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rotervogel1231@reddit

Poison or Timeless.

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beachmonkeysmom@reddit

Perry Ellis for Men. I'm not a man, but they sure did love how that smelled on me, lol.

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Shoddy_Tour_7307@reddit

God, I loved the girls at the skating rink that wore Poison!

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noodlepole@reddit

Drakkar Noir, and would get the mullet looking good before heading to a house or field party. Trying to get drunk and laid.

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CyndiIsOnReddit@reddit

Gloria Vanderbilt was MY scent from 1983 until whenever I finally ran out some time in the 90s.

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Bornwestofthemtns@reddit

I’m allergic to most perfume so I would wear The Body Shop’s mango oil.

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RevolutionaryNet7483@reddit

Cool Water.

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DangerKitty555@reddit

CK One or Gap Dream…memories!

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OrzotheGreat@reddit

I thought CK One came out in the nineties. Airways liked that smell.

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DangerKitty555@reddit

Probably lol

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Mondschatten78@reddit

CK One! Thanks for jogging my memory, as that's what I usually wore lol

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DangerKitty555@reddit

You’re welcome..

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Fe1is-Domesticus@reddit

I wore White Linen when I was a kid or borrowed my mom's Poison.

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mybloodyballentine@reddit

88 was my Kelly Bundy phase. Mini skirt, crop top, fishnets, converse, and out to see a band or go dancing. Maybe I’d spray on some loves baby soft.

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Never_Dave_1@reddit

Going to the roller rink, the arcade at the mall, or just "The Trails" behind my neighborhood. If I was really lucky, I'd be going to a concert, but I was 15, so I had to find someone with a license and access to a car.

Only ever wore cologne once, when my gf bought me some Drakkar Noir for Valentines Day. We both ended up hating it, so it only happened the once, and that was in 1990.

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superguysteve@reddit

I had a bottle of Lagerfeld Photo that I used so sparingly that it prob took me 2 years to use up a 1 oz bottle.

Then I would go stand around in a parking lot and drink with my friends.

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WholeCelebration2221@reddit

Exclamation

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Apart_Culture_3564@reddit

No mall or football for me. Live music for a night out and cafes or the indie movie house for hanging were my thing. My docs and a squirt of Lauren and I was good to go

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PickleFandango@reddit

Lauren, by Ralph Lauren. I’ve finally found a Tom Ford perfume that’s the grown-up version, but it’s not as affordable.

Anyway, that, mingled with Aussie Scrunch Spray.

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genx_horsegirl@reddit

Channel No. 5 or Giorgio.

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CeilingUnlimited@reddit

Going with my newlywed wife to see the movie Willow and then Putt Putt afterwards. Also, watching the Lakers beat the Pistons in seven games to win the NBA finals.

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Iko87iko@reddit

Grab some patchouli, a 10 strip, box of tapes, boom box and a case of beer. Meet up with the gang, trip balls, jam tunes, dance, laugh, hike, more tunes, beer, laugh until you cry, then as the sun sets, you start going deep, ponder the grand questions, laugh, cry, drink, drift into sleep, having figured it out, only to awake to find the answer has slipped away while dreaming.

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PrairieGrrl5263@reddit

Same as now, White Shoulders.

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jazzbot247@reddit

I was 12 in 88 so definitely the mall, maybe the movies. Possibly a slumber party in the evening where we would watch scary movies and call boys and play Ouija board and "light as a feather, stiff as a board" and pig out on soda and junk food.

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Loud_Refrigerator909@reddit

Heaven Scent

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-Viscosity-@reddit

No I'm not 😂

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SchwillyMaysHere@reddit

Having a sleepover. Playing NES all night long while putting down a case of Coke.

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whutsup-yo@reddit

Aspen because it covered the weed smell.

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Cooperman411@reddit

There was a no-alcohol “teen dance club” in the small town I grew up in. I probably had a little Fahrenheit cologne on. Afterwards a sleep over at my best friend’s house playing whatever video games his dad’s computer could handle.

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fqdupmess@reddit

I wasn't going out I was 10

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evilkitty1974@reddit

I was wearing Poison, any boy I was interested in was wearing Drakkar Noir fsfs.

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glennis_pnkrck@reddit

I used to either steal my dad’s Old Spice or the CVS classic Raw Vanilla by Coty. I would also wear straight cinnamon essential oil until it started leaving red welts. (Perfume oils with pink pepper do the same thing, which is sad because I love it.)

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vergina_luntz@reddit

Opium. It's really the only one I've ever worn, but not since they changed the formula: I really don't like it at all.

There is a pretty good knock off that smells like the old formula (Perfect Scents), but it only comes in the spray form.

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Justin_Sideme@reddit

1988, I'm 14 so........ this was, and now sometimes, my signature scent

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Ryder814@reddit

I was thinking Aspen too, but I don't think it came out until 1989. And then I switched to Preferred Stock in 1990.

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Justin_Sideme@reddit

Lol

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Extra-Argument2001@reddit

This is all my husband has used for some years now.

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Justin_Sideme@reddit

I know, it's good right....

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quaglandx3@reddit

I was 13, so probably tagging or other assorted vandalism

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DatchikOvaDere@reddit

Ysatis, L’Air Du Temps or Exclamation.

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LoanSudden1686@reddit

I took my very young self to the mall movie theater via city bus to see Land Before Time 🤣

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jennibear310@reddit

Poison or Exclamation ❗️

My husband loved the Exclamation. For our 30th anniversary, I did a throwback date. Made a mix tape of all our songs, did my 80’s hairdo, wore a white mini shirt and off the shoulder top, and found some Exclamation on Amazon. He LOVED every bit of it!!!

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bowl3008@reddit

That is so cool. Congrats on 30!

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jennibear310@reddit

Thank you. We’re at 40 now and going stronger than ever!

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Cinnamon_bear01@reddit

Poison was my favorite perfume! Also loved Red door

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Tess_Durb@reddit

Lancôme Tresor while driving around with friends.

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Unhappy-Load-6811@reddit

I loved Halston for women. Wore it for years. I never liked the popular perfumes because everyone else wore them.

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EggSpecial5748@reddit

I was 14 so definitely to the roller rink

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NinjaPilotX@reddit

Cool Water

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southernmamallama@reddit

Love’s Baby Soft for me.

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MindFluffy5906@reddit

Obsession, Samsara and Eternity. ❤️

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litterboxhero@reddit

In 1988, it was probably English Leather.

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Different_Funny_8237@reddit

Gray Flannel.

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ru_k1nd@reddit

I used Polo, then switched to VSOP. I was 18 and living in Louisiana where the drinking age was still 18 so we were going out to some bars and clubs. Good times.

Wound up going to college out of state so it was a culture shock to find out I couldn’t go to a bar to legally buy drinks.

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Knukkyknuks@reddit

Joop! And sometimes I stole my mom’s Loulou

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Amethyst-M2025@reddit

I was 13 in 1988, so probably would have been a movie theater, and no perfume since a. am allergic and b. my allowance barely paid for the occasional cassette tape.

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Knukkyknuks@reddit

Belinda. . I’ve tried looking it up, but haven’t found anything referring to this perfume . I believe it came in a yellow box, but I may be wrong

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leomaddox@reddit

Happy Hour!

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dangerfielder@reddit

Whatever my current girlfriend bought for me. Otherwise, I’d go without.

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boiseshan@reddit

Imagine a car with Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue, Obsession for Men, Poison, White Shoulders, and Polo. How do I not have lung cancer???

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Glittering-Eye2856@reddit

I’m only 20, so…probably something not exactly legal back in the day. 😏

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BoozyMcSuds@reddit

At first I thought you meant you were only 20 now and was wondering why you were a top 1% commenter on this sub. I need coffee.

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Consistent-Cobbler90@reddit

I was right there with you.

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Glittering-Eye2856@reddit

I could use an adult beverage right about now. 😂

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

Hahaha!!

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flickern@reddit

Baby Soft!

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SPacific@reddit

I was 12, so... Probably to a sleepover or church lock-in

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60sStratLover@reddit

Drakar Noir

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Critical-Wolverine29@reddit

Liz Claiborne in the red triangle bottle, Giorgio, Jessica McClintock, all ready to go to the skating rink, mall, movies, bowling alley, or cruise around with my “big sister” Jean who was just an older friend in high school while I was still in middle school.

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lifes_nether_regions@reddit

I threw on the rayon shirt and the pants I got at MerryGoRound, spiked my hair, put on some Drakkar Noir and headed to the under 21 dance club. Gave a few girls my pager number.

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Consistent-Cobbler90@reddit

Man. Pager was high-brow. Good for you.

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

You just encapsulated 1980’s young adults 🤣

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leocohenq@reddit

I also got my clothes at DJ's Store For Men

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lifes_nether_regions@reddit

DJs and Silvermans

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lifes_nether_regions@reddit

I was 16/17 in 1988. It was a glorious time.

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Standard_Poetry_4728@reddit

Brilliant!

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chickauvin@reddit

Armani’s

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LaLa762@reddit

Either Pavlova, Liz, Lauren, or Cinnabar.

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DidAnyoneFeedTheDog@reddit

I wore Lauren until a few years ago and can't find it anymore. All the back stock is gone. It was my absolute favorite.

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LaLa762@reddit

No way! I had no idea it was all gone. I’m not even sure if I knew they stopped making it. I wonder if they’ll bring it back.

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DidAnyoneFeedTheDog@reddit

They discontinued it years ago but until 2 years ago there was still a supply out there. Now it's gone.

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Finding_Wigtwizzle@reddit

All I know is that there will be mousse AND hair gel involved. The curling iron will get a good work out. There will be mascara and waterline eye liner as well as lip liner. Also too much rouge applied mostly in the wrong places because I have no clue what I'm doing. My clothing will be Esprit and Guess jeans, or a tulip skirt with nylons in a primary colour. I think I still had a Swatch. I will have a tiny little purse with me, but this will be the closest I will ever come to fitting everything I need into it because I have no phone, I don't have a credit card yet, I only have one piece of ID and a bus pass and I don't have car keys because I don't have a car yet.

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MehX73@reddit

Beneton Colors. I would still wear that if they still made it. Also, Georgio. They stopped making that one as well recently. I'm going to cry when I'm done with my current bottle. I think the drug store still sells the knock off though.

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Ahjumawi@reddit

Cool Water by Davidoff

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marshallkrich@reddit

I was a 11, so I'd sneak some of my brothers Brut on! Otherwise, I'd have my finest Right Guard deodorant spray on!

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seanieuk@reddit

I still love the smell of Brut.

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GingirlNorCal3345@reddit

Opium\~ because yeah, it's that sexy.

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chickenella@reddit

Chanel n•5, Giorgio, Obsession, Anis-Anis or some street patchouli, Coconut or sandalwood oil.

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OldDude1391@reddit

Drive the “strip” in our little town. Start at the little strip mall with Subway then down to BK and back North to Pizza Hut and Mickey Ds. Find out who has having a party and then end up at someone’s house or a field party. Forgot, at some point pick up friend who is 21, drive to the county line, buy what we had money for, Busch, handle of Bacardi, maybe some wine coolers for the ladies.

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seanieuk@reddit

Aramis or Paco Rabanne

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mooncr142@reddit

British Sterling

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cindy6507@reddit

Aramis

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pdm2002@reddit

Eternity

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rumblefish73@reddit

Drakkar

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la_pan_ther_rose@reddit

Patchouli

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m149@reddit

I was grounded for much of 1988.

But I was going out with the GF when I wasn't, and going to a movie, then parking the car somewhere dark for some fun.
Then I'd get home late and get grounded again.

I think Brut was my aftershave in those days.

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Tasty_Marsupial8057@reddit

Opium for me, Obsession for my best friend, and Polo for my boyfriend.

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Disengaged815@reddit

Xclamation, loves baby soft

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webelos8@reddit

Giorgio! Can't stand it now lol Also Colors by Benetton..I still have a bottle but I'm kinda scared to open it

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STGItsMe@reddit

If it’s the weekend in 1988, I’m definitely not going out.

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Duran518@reddit

I was wearing Beautiful, Poison, Lauren, Giorgio or Samsara.

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frumperbell@reddit

I would have swiped one of my mom's If You Like (whatever) You'll Love (Tangentially Related Name To The Perfume We're Shamelessly Copying). I think the brand was called Designer Imposters.

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

As a broke teen, I wore several of these

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Mondschatten78@reddit

CK One usually, or whatever Avon perfume mom had that I liked - she had a few

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blunttrauma99@reddit

Polo or Drakkar Noir.

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Necessary-Peace9672@reddit

Opium!

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HoneyWyne@reddit

Charlie White. It was my first husband's favorite.

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-carolinagirl69-@reddit

I don’t even remember. lol. Probably something vanilla scented.

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Tothinkoutofthenut@reddit

Drakkar noir or obsession for men going to whoever was having a party for the weekend and jamming out with some zeppelin , it was when I was 15, I was dating the girl of my dreams. I really need to touch base with some old friends from back then. We really had some good times.

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Doridar@reddit

I'm still Punk, soon to be Psychedelic, I'm still in university in Brussels, no worries, no strings attachef. Hell yeah, I'm going out, getting drunk or get laid

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Fearless_Ad_1256@reddit

Probably Obsession, if anything. In grad school, probably hanging out at someone's place drinking and smoking or at a local bar playing pool.

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AshDenver@reddit

At this point in 1988, I had graduated high school a month earlier. I’d spend the day at the pool. Maybe a house party in the evening with a spritz of Ysatis.

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Queasy-Extension6465@reddit

As an older Gen X and with my soon to be wife (all ready dating for 6 years), probably "Old Spice ".

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Jim_40@reddit

Polo

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Chaos_Mom@reddit

I was 15, we would hang out on the corner of town in front of a pizza place. I remember when Estee Lauder came out with the perfume Beautiful, my friend's sister had it. I asked for it for Christmas and I got it!

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JTMissileTits@reddit

Skating rink.

At 12, probably Baby Soft. LOL

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WendyinVT@reddit

Debbie Gibson Electric Youth

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YoSettleDownMan@reddit

My mom said she had to open all the windows in the car when she drove us to go rollerskating because everyone wore so much cologne.

The Cologne Wars had begun.

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face_eater_5000@reddit

Let me see. 1988. I was 13. That means I was playing two on two touch football, or wiffle ball, or I was at the South Shore Plaza.

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Sa7aSa7a@reddit

Drakkar Noir or CK One.

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ThatGuyHadNone@reddit

Canoe

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VirusOrganic4456@reddit

Eternity or Jessica McClintock.

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No_Entertainment1931@reddit

Polo green, headed to the galleria to find some girls wearing poison. Maybe hit up the hot dog on a stick to see if they were making lemonaid

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PassorFail13@reddit

https://i.redd.it/p7ww60tqf45f1.gif

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shitty_advice_BDD@reddit

If I remember right, it depended on the venue, but I had the holy trinity of CK1, Obsession and Drakkar Noir.

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Independent_Button61@reddit

“!” Mixed with Aquanet. My hair had to reach space.

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Individual-Army811@reddit

This brings back so many memories. ♥️

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Individual-Army811@reddit

Exclamation!

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gravitynuts88@reddit

Lapidus

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Goliardojojo@reddit

Irish Spring.

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MoosePenny@reddit

All the guys in college wore Polo, and I loved it! I wore Liz Claiborne’s perfume-can’t remember the name but it came in a triangle bottle, bordered by red.

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Iloveallbugs@reddit

White Shoulders

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Fezzick51@reddit

Since no one mentioned it: Safari by Polo - or Benneton Colors. Had drakkar and polo (green) and would put a drop of drakker on sometimes, but never really loved it. Both those scents were just too in the air everywhere already to enjoy.

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bonelope@reddit

I tell my mom I'm sleeping over at Nickie's, she tells hers she's sleeping at mine. We go to Kevin's who's parents are out of town and is having a massive party. We drink creme de menthe and I smoke cigarettes for the first time.

I am wearing white musk from the body shop.

I'm only 13. 😳

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West_Shirt5503@reddit

In 1988 I was 18 so I was heading to the Club and wearing CK Obsession for men

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majesticalexis@reddit

I was 10 in 1988. Ha!

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happycj@reddit

Playing a gig (rock/funk/metal bass player) or going to a show. Other than the Pantene in my long curly hair or the deodorant, my primary scent would be the leather jacket that I wore, which had that amazing heavy metal scent: leather, smoke, sweat, life.

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plantyjen@reddit

I was 23 in 1988 (very early GenXer here), and I sang in a top-40 band in those days, so I would have been entertaining you, if you were over 21. My bleached blonde hair was teased to its highest point, I was wearing cool, wild clothes from Contempo Casuals or 5-7-9, and I spritzed myself with Fendi. I liked it because it was more woody and spicy than sweet and flowery.

These days I can’t stand perfumes and scented sprays. They all smell fake and chemical to me.

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SantaRosaJazz@reddit

Grey Flannel.

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geddylee1@reddit

Sleeping over at a friends or having a friend sleepover and renting some video games and picking up some pizzas. Staying up late playing the games and watching music videos.

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PowerfulMind4273@reddit

Drakkar Noir or Xeryus

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Tony_Tanna78@reddit

Drakkar Noir or Obsession.

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funkanthropic@reddit

Paul Sebastian

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Status-Effort-9380@reddit

Vanilla rollerball

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fake-august@reddit

Lauren in the red bottle or Clarins Eau Dynamisante.

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Cominghome74@reddit

Drakkar or Obsession

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MsGozlyn@reddit

I wore Niki de Saint Phalle, every day from the summer of 1985 when I discovered it until I ran out after it was discontinued in 1994

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SaebraK@reddit

I'm 10...

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Aardvarkinthepark@reddit

Yes Poison!

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lilbearpie@reddit

I had a little bottle of Halston z 14, lasted for 25 years, I used it sparingly

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Kitchen-Apricot-4987@reddit

Sizzler or a hofbräu for dinner, Tower Records to browse and then the bowling alley for a few games. I probably had on Poison, Chloe or White Diamonds.

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usposeso@reddit

Polo. Duh

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captaingrey@reddit

Sorry, working again like I do every weekend.

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wkrp2024@reddit

Oh god. Poison made me nauseous. Migraine inducing.

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Nofanta@reddit

Drakkar Noir for the guys, Liz Claiborne for the girls.

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Mike6PackIPA@reddit

Paco Rabanne

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Parmick@reddit

Ode de Ozium (if I had my shit together)

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manic-pixie-attorney@reddit

I was 12, so none of

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

I’m probably the sole one here to mention this but I really loved Fahrenheit for men on guys but ONLY a light touch which, let’s face it, wasn’t usually the case. Literally my catnip

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Trick-Mechanic8986@reddit

I smelled like weed most of the 80's. Kinda still do.

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BreadfruitOk6160@reddit

JHL

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TipsySkinnyGirl@reddit

Sweet Honesty by Avon, or Love’s Jasmine.

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CynfullyDelicious@reddit

21 in 1988, generally wore Paloma Picasso.

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

That was my sister’s signature. She was 23 in 1988

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hemidak@reddit

Colors

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Gibbet_GrislyWard@reddit

Sand and Sable

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

That was my very first perfume my dad bought me when I was about 11. I loved it so much!

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Dillenger69@reddit

In 1988 I was underwater in the north Atlantic.

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newcutat59@reddit

Royal Copenhagen. Dad always had it and I used it for a long time. It just smelled “Professional” and clean.

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304libco@reddit

1988? Jovan Wild Honeysuckle, Chanel No 5, or Avon Tempo.

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Otherwise-Knee-6461@reddit

Oscar, or obsession depending on where I was going

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daftbutdandy@reddit

Aspen for Women

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LocoDarkWrath@reddit

I was 15ish so probably playing football and hanging out with my girlfriend.

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HumpaDaBear@reddit

Mall time! I think the perfume I had was called Camp Beverly Hills. Neck and wrists.

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NairBearMI@reddit

Grey Flannel (I could identify that scent across a room still). Probably putting some guyliner on, a homemade spray painted black T-shirt, karate shoes, and going to cabaret Voltaire night at Neo

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starkravingsane4@reddit

Liz Claiborne, Anais Anais, and Giorgio Red were my top 3

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decaffei1@reddit

Dune by Christian Dior

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BoldBoimlerIsMyHero@reddit

Patchouli oil and no I didn’t smoke pot. I just loved that scent. I’d use a single drop on one wrist and then rub my wrists together. When I was stressed, I’d smell my wrist and feel better. My dad hated it though so I couldn’t wear it if I was going to be in the car with him.

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kubrick5150@reddit

Canoe or Polo, with my British Knights high tops and OP T Shirts.

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Prestigious_Stay7162@reddit

Patchouli

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Nitzelplick@reddit

Old Spice or English Leather

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Noisy_Pip@reddit

Obsession! I'd go to the perfume counter at Nordstrom's or The Bon Marche and get the little sample vials they used to hand out and make that shit last as long as I could. Rinse, repeat.

I also had a weird affection for Liz Taylor's Passion. My Mom had a bottle and I'd wear it every now and again in my younger years, smelling like an old lady at 16.

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Serious_Bee2860@reddit

Gloria Vanderbilt

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budcub@reddit

I'd probably still be rocking my OG Polo green.

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pigeyejackson66@reddit

Same, but Grey Flannel in fall and winter.

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

Oh I loved that one too!

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YesHaveSome77@reddit

My grandmother would get me and my 7 male cousins a bottle of Stetson every year for Christmas. She loved how it smelled and thought we would too. We had so much of it just piled up, but never had the heart to tell her.

One year, we were doing family Christmas and all 8 of us had a gift from her in the exact shape and size of a Stetson package, so as a joke, we all waited to open those until the end, then made a big show of trading with each other and then acting surprised that we all got Stetson. 🤣🤣

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MaximumJones@reddit

Jeans and a polo shirt. Those were my unfortunate frat boy days.

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bigredroyaloak@reddit

I was 14 and hung out with some upper classmen that regularly got me into the punk bar called Blondies. I remember a few times going to the suburbs to explore an abandoned hospital that had underground tunnels.

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leocohenq@reddit

M54 I would use either Montana, Davidoff Cool Water, or Givenchy Man. Then I found Essencia de Loewe, used it all through college in the 90s.

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CawlinAlcarz@reddit

Either Polo (dark green bottle) or Drakkar Noir for men.

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PistachioGal99@reddit

Headed to a midnight showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Wouldn’t find out for another decade that my step-dad would buy a ticket and sit in the back row to keep an eye on us after “dropping us off!”

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Flat_6_Theory@reddit

Pretty sure the official cologne of my high school was Polo in the green bottle. So much of that stuff floating around we’d have cologne wars in the locker room.

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Dogzillas_Mom@reddit

KL by Lagerfeld (the lady version of Lagerfeld).

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spacefaceclosetomine@reddit

Liz Claiborne, my first department store fragrance, 8th grade.

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RTVGP@reddit

Liz Claiborne in the triangle bottle!

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cricket_bacon@reddit

If you were a cologne/perfume user, what did you spray on before you left?

Polo... green bottle.

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TherapyWorks2779@reddit

Chloe, Anais Anais

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Cercy_Leigh@reddit

Eternity, my best friend and lied to her parents that I had a driver’s license and they give us their Z28 to “go to the skating rink” and we’d ride around all night going from parking lot to parking lot. Skating rink, movies, bowling alley.

We got caught with the driving around part when my friend accidentally left the money her mom gave us to go to the movies on top of her dresser.

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JuJu_Wirehead@reddit

Going to go see Willow in the movie theater and then hit up TCBY.

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Objective_Plan_8266@reddit

Drakkar Noir or BOSS

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crypto_phantom@reddit

White Oxford shirt, acid wash jeans, Nike Cortez sneakers , going out to the arcade, record store and book store before it was a thing

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GIGGLES708@reddit

Fendi! I use to love it n they stopped making it years ago

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feelingbutter@reddit

Gotta cruise the main drag.

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Full_Mission7183@reddit

I would say Eternity for Men, but feel like that was more 1990-1992 time frame if I am recalling correctly.

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jd4752@reddit

My mom sold Avon, so Wild Country!

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No_Amoeba_9272@reddit

Drakaar noir

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Breklin76@reddit

I was 12 and being sent to my dad’s.

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CatMom8787@reddit

Cruising down Fort Lauderdale strip with the music blasting.

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newgalactic@reddit

Small town Dairy Queen was a popular place to run into friends.

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BrownDogEmoji@reddit

Obsession or Poeme.

I was fancy like that.

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WhatTheHellPod@reddit

Polo, neck, pecks, belly and balls.

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Big-Feeling-1285@reddit

My house was the hub

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

So was mine. Got crazy. I had five brothers and sisters.

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squirrelsrcool9@reddit

I used to love wearing Poison! Or that red spray bottle from the Giorgio line.

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ChitownAnarchist@reddit

I was in the Army, stationed on the E-W German border.

So, it was acid washed 501s, some sort of band or Hoorah t-shirt, and Vans. Heading to one of the local German bars. Until the last one closed at 3:30 AM.

Then, taxi/walk back to the barracks and put on our PTs for 0530 PT formation.

If we were in garrison, this was the SOP, 7-Days a week.

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PaduWanKenobi@reddit

Chanel No. 19

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Such-Comparison5636@reddit

Rockin the Stetson.

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No_Signature3073@reddit

Polo in HS. Used to go to pool before I went skating when younger because I thought it made my hair look better fresh out of the pool so then it was chlorine.

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thirtyone-charlie@reddit

Downtown Vicenza, Italy

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Raynet11@reddit

7th grade so movies or arcade somebodies mom to drop us off and pick us up..

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FelinusFanaticus@reddit

My mom would either drop me and a friend at the mall, or the skating rink. Some weekends both. I was in middle school and just learning to primp, preen and not to smell of stinky outside kid. I had a treasured bottle of Loves Baby Soft I wore everywhere. Made me feel so grown up.

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archedhighbrow@reddit

I used my mom's Emeraud.

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Any-Perception3198@reddit (OP)

Oh I forgot about that one!