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In the late 60s possibly early 70s there was a range of toiletries made I think by Goya, It had a distinct Orangy smell and for a while was very popular ...a big seller in the chemist I worked for.

For the life of me I cant remember the name and it's doing me ed in :-S

Lolly

Was it Aqua Manda?

Showing my age now lol

Lizx

Just found this:


Aqua Manda is the perfume most associated with the early 70s. It has a orange blossom scent.

Aqua Manda was introduced by suave, sophisticated man about town, Christopher Collins. He took over perfume manufacturer, Goya, from his father in the late sixties and personally developed Aqua Manda. Christopher Collins was a successful amateur horse rider as well as a businessman. He finished third in the Grand National in 1965 and also tried his hand at Three Day Eventing.

Aqua Manda was a new perfume for a new age. It was a lighter fragrance compared to other Goya products, such as Black Rose, Gardenia and Great Expectations, all introduced by Collins' father. Aqua Manda was a fresh, herbal based scent, which reminded people of being outdoors.

Aqua Manda was timed perfectly to capture the spirit of the early 70s. Its packaging suggesting oranges and flowers and the stylish Art Nouveau lid chimed in perfectly with the end of the sixties and the beginning of the seventies.


Aqua Manda is remembered by many as a perfume associated with parties from the early 70s. It was the definitive scent of the flower power generation and as much a part of the backdrop to that early 70s era as the music and the fashion.


Aqua Manda is not available to buy new, but there is a regular supply of it on eBay. Look out for full bottles and undamaged packaging. You will need to pay from £30 to £80 for a full bottle in good condition.

Aqua Manda on eBay
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This is the one I used.

Yardley Sea Jade
Many of our readers also rememember Yardley Sea Jade, another classic perfume from the 70s.

This is another favourite of mine from my younger days:

Imprevu was launched in 1965 as an intense female perfume that ideally balances the chypre, wood and leather aromas. Absolutely "mature" and opulent, it opens with aldehydes and citruses like bergamot and bitter orange. The heart is composed of leather with traces of clove and floral notes, placed on a wooden base with oak moss.

It is available as perfume extract and EDP.

Yes Liz

You have it ..Aqua Manda.

I wonder if those on eBay have retained their perfume after all this time?

I love the smell of Oranges and remember a suncream that had Bergamot which smelt divine. I will look out for Imprevu it sounds very much like what I am looking for.

Thanks for stopping me pulling my hair out :-D

Lolly

Do you like the smell of lemons as well? Lauder for Men smells like a lemon grove apparently.

I used to use it as a perfume when I worked in the factory. Likewise Tuscany which I absolutely love.I stopped using it when a distinctly funny woman at college started to talk to me about it and pheromones in the same conversation.

Aqua Manda and other discontinued perfumes are available from Feathergills.co.uk.It's £33 for 50ml bottle

you can sometimes buy it on ebay

i like norman hartnells *in love* and often buy that there to :-D

Ive got a half container of Brut aftershave........unused but seems to have evaporated,,,,,,,,,
and something else in a glass thingy that looks like a ships'wheel....

that would be Old Spice

Hartnells In Love was one I used , the other was Primitif from Yardley, wish they still did it.

Caz

I remember & used Aqua Manda. It came in a brown bottle and the label was orange/brown and swirly (very Art Deco). It was a lovely orange/musky smell.

Now use Coco or No. 5. Used to use Miss Dior, but it no longer smells so nice on me.

It's odd how when you age that certain perfumes no longer smell the same on you.

I remember I once tried Poison (Estee Lauder?) wore it to work and someone said it smelt like Wintergreen on me. Never wore it again.

Mum always loved Youth Dew, but that is one powerful perfume. Can be sensed at 1,000. yards!!!!! LOL



:-)

Youth Dew smells like Antimate that you use on your dog,and it works as well!

Bob.. glad to hear your Brut evaporated. Remember Enry "slapping it all over" Horrible..! lol :-D

Hartnells In Love was popular too Joy but never smelt the same on me PPs right I think the chemicals in your body do change the scent of the perfumes. I couldn't bear being near anyone wearing Poison or Opium far too overpowering.

I do like any that smell of citrus fruits so will ask at the counter for a sample of the Lauder for men "being attractive to anyone might be a bonus these days" ;-)

There was another perfume that filled the lavvys in the dance halls in the 60s again I've forgotten the name but it was Blue something.

On men I don't think any compare to Aramis original that always gets me :-D

Elizbeth Arden Blue Grass, I liked that too

One perfume I used for a while and which got many compliments, was Chantilly by Houbigant.

Lizx

Barynia by Helena Rubinstein was may all time favourite but I know it wasn't to everyones taste/aroma x

That's it Blue Grass
A bottle of that your lippy and a mascara was all you needed when going up the Palais.

Oh and a tube of Panstick applied thickly :-D

I don't know that one Lesley, at the moment I quite like Givenchy's Amarige
but its too heavy for daytime and to be honest I'm finding it gives me a headache. Am looking for something much lighter

Definitely remember Aquamanda,anyone remember Kiku?

In the sixties I wore Apple Blossom a lot,then in the seventies I loved Musk for evening ...wonder why ;-) or Anaïs Anaïs by Cacheral for daytime.
Then Opium (agree perfume changes on your skin when older) and it doesn't 'like me now' lol but have always hated smell of Poison perfume urgh....but now it's Chanel....must be me age ;-) :-D

Mau

Panstick!...memories eh Lolly <3

Body shop used to do a nice reasonable priced White Musk and X dil wore Anais Anais which again I liked but doesn't suit me now.

Kiku is ringing some bells but not sure if I know of it.

EDIT
Mau...My bil used to call Panstick face filler and boy did it do that :-D