Alysha Ashley Musk, Jovan, Pagan, Yardley Sea Jade, Goya Black Rose, Revlon Intimate, Chantilly, Aqua Manda, Charles of the Ritz, Evening in Paris, Je Reviens, Avon Occur were just some of the perfumes I remember from our house in the 60`s. I was a 14/15 year old teenager, my sis was in her early 20`s and my Mum was middle aged. I used the Aqua Manda, Sea Jade and Alysha Ashley musk, my sis and Mum used the others. Of course we weren`t rich enough to own all of them at once, no way, perfume was bought one bottle at a time, used sparingly and wasn`t replaced until empty, usually for Christmas or birthdays.
I remember the first bottle of perfume my late hubby bought me in 1971, he must have saved hard to buy it and it was Chanel No 19 and I HATED it but never said so. Consequently every Christmas a new bottle of Chanel No 19 would be wrapped and under the tree and until the day he died in 2005, it was always the same. My 3 sons always bought me perfume too but they`d visit a local Boots or local pharmacy around 3.30pm on Christmas Eve afternoon and depending how much money they had in their pockets they`d pool it and buy me whatever was left on the shelves. It was pot luck. Some were massive failures, some were huge successes but all of them were gratefully received.