Help me find scents to fit an era or different decades: 1800's,1900's, 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's and so on...

[occurs]

So i love scents in which evoke a certain nostalgia.

 

Is there any scents to you that give you a feeling of a certain era, decade, time, moment in history?

 

Whether it reminds you of a perfume they may have worn in a certain era, or if it's a feeling like..."i imagine this is what the dust bowl may have smelled like..."

 

It sounds silly, but since the sense of smell is the most carnal instinct, the first thing a lot of people generally do is assimilate it with memory, whether it is a memory that existed or just something you have imagined before...

 

What BPAL scents scream a memory or an idea of the past to you?

[thelovelybones]

great topic!I am interested in what others write.Silver Phoenix definitely smells like an expensive perfume an elegant lady in the Art Deco era would wear.

[likie]

Swank is strongly 60's/70's to me. Although I feel a little Sinatra with it.. maybe it's the 40's? I am useless.

[Lorelai1945]

Most of the lab's rose blends make me think of the Victorian era. Especially Hope and Victorianagoth. Belle Epoque was designed to be late 19th century, and I think it does work for that period.

[cheshirecat]

Thoos reminds me of the 70s, it's almost pretty much straight white musk on me

[raisin]

Stardust is totally late 70's, early 80's.

 

And Ophelia simultaneously makes me think of 80's fantasy (it's totally what I would have loved as a little girl) and the Pre-Raphaelites of the late 1800's.

[Little Bird]

I agree with Stardust for an 80s scent. When I read "dust bowl," I thought of Scarecrow. And my mom always complains that Depraved reminds her of the 60s whenever I wear it, lol.

[Cestlavenus]

Ouija, Lucy's Kiss, and Marie are my go-to Victorian scents. And Goblin and Bengal are kind of Woodstock-era on me. Maenad also has sort of a 60s - 70s craziness to it, but in more of a mod way than in a hippie way. Belle Epoque, Bien Loin d'Ici, and Paris are great for the Art Deco era. Let's see, what else... Mata-Hari always makes me think of a sophisticated Flapper chick. Penny Dreadful does a good job, at least to me, of evoking a 30s noir heroine. Le Serpent Qui Danse, Nocture, and Black Dahlia on the other hand, would be great for a silent film star vamp. Oh, and 51 and Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat are kind of 80s to me, since they're both a little eccentric and "out there." 51 makes me think of all the sci-fi movies and cartoons I loved in the 90s, and TTLB sort of reminds me of the crazy fashions.

 

One more thing - Ephemera is great for evoking a bygone era, but I can't place exactly which... I suppose Victorian would be closest, but really, to me it seems more like a scent of wistful memories in general. I think it could evoke a lot of different eras to different people.

 

I agree, this is a great topic!