Topic: Middle Aged Memories

Sep 16, 2021 04:18PM MinusTwo wrote:

And playing cards clipped to the spokes of our bikes with clothes pins.

Sep 19, 2021 05:43PM MinusTwo wrote:

No I never tried balloons. What a kick!!!

Just got my fall Vermont Country Store catalog. I had a wonderful time looking through all the old favorites. Did anyone else have a Lanz nightgown? I begged for some time in elementary school before I got one because they were expensive (in the day).

Sep 20, 2021 05:45AM M0mmyof3 wrote:

I love looking at my Vermont Country Store catalog too.

Mom makingus either a sweater or a new nightgown for Christmas.

Sep 21, 2021 07:53AM M0mmyof3 wrote:

I’m a Wind Song and Chantilly gal. My paternal grandmother wore those and I have always loved the smell. I have both perfumes.

Sep 21, 2021 10:41PM - edited Sep 21, 2021 10:44PM by elimar

I had to look up what a Lanz was. I had never heard of it before.

But as far as old colognes go (which I know we posted about on this thread probably 50 pages ago,) it is a tricky proposition whether to buy one of those fragrances nowadays. I took a chance on Oh! de London about 10 years ago. That cologne was discontinued, but supposedly some company bought the proprietary formula from Yardley and was claiming it was the real deal. I bought a tiny 1/2 ounce bottle. Well...what a disappointment! It smelled nothing like it. Did my nose change for the worse? Maybe. Or, they just could not make it smell good like it used to back in its mod heyday. Scent memory is very primal. I think I would just weep if I ever smelled this authentic scent again because of the memories I have of it.

I smelled some Emeraude recently a few years ago and that smelled just as I had remembered. My aunt always gave me Chantilly at Xmas. Was not a fan, but now I am kind of nostalgic for it. My mom Wore White Shoulders and Chanel No. 9. A neighbor's dad gave me some Nina Ricci L'Air du Temps cologne that "fell off a truck." Some colognes I wore in my youth were Jungle Gardenia, Muguet de Bois, Coty's Sweet Earth scents, and those essential oils that you could buy at "head shops." Remember that Avon cologne, Hawaiian White Ginger? Not a big fan, but I must have felt sorry for those Avon pushers at least once because I did have a bottle of it. (Side note: Who didn't love those tiny Avon sample lipsticks as a kid?) Charlie cologne had that popular ad campaign, but p.u., my nose never cared for it at all. In the 80's, I was all about Obsession and Opium, and I can still detect someone wearing those scents a city block away.

Check out the ad below. Recognize Olivia Hussey? What young girl wouldn't want to wear the scent that the 60's "Juliet" was advertising? I wish you could read the fine print ad copy. Your young girl self would be totally sold on it!

I still have a very good nose. It's a blessing and a curse.

As a public service announcement , I have to write this to all you women of my age: A certain percentage of you have lost your sense of smell and have no idea how much scent your cologne is giving off, so go real easy on it. Thank you.

Sep 22, 2021 11:46AM M0mmyof3 wrote:

I loved Avon’s Hawaiian White Ginger. I have a small bottle of it when they brought it back in the late 90s or early 2000s. I use it sparingly. The one perfume I cannot stand and I have a bottle of it is Charlie. I love Jean Nate too. My paternal grandmother wore that, I have a bottle of the After Bath Mist.

Oct 18, 2021 06:59PM MinusTwo wrote:

Hi Eil - Great to see you. Hope you are doing OK.

I don't remember Trixie Belden, but wasn't there a nurse series like Nancy Drew?

23 hours ago MinusTwo wrote:

Yup - Cherry Ames is the series my nurse BFF read as a kid. The boys series my brother read was The Hardy Boys, although we had some older books too since that series started in 1927.

I was surprised to note that Nancy Drew first appeared in 1930. I have 3 Nancy Drew books on my shelves from 1934 - 1949. One has an inscription to me for my birthday in 1954 so I can tell when I was reading them.

16 hours ago jhl wrote:

Did anyone have the Boxcar Children? I read them as a child and was fascinated by the concept of orphaned children on their own. Add to that they lived in an abandoned box car and I was transported. They are aimed at children grades 2-6 so I'm looking forward to gifting them to my grandchildren.