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A little harder to say goodbye

Posted by Robin on 1 May 2014 8 Comments

A couple vintage (1980s) ads for Coty L'Aimant.

 

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Tagged With: coty, video

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  1. Omega says:
    1 May 2014 at 5:19 pm

    Liked the first one:). The second one, it seemed like she was applying body spray or hairspray during a few squirts..gotta love that hair though!

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    • Robin says:
      1 May 2014 at 8:28 pm

      The hair is amazing.

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  2. mals86 says:
    1 May 2014 at 8:00 pm

    Should get my vintage (60s) L’Aimant out… it’s really nice stuff.

    I’m with Omega – first one was nice, second was rather silly.

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    • Robin says:
      1 May 2014 at 8:28 pm

      I think Angie’s going to review it next week.

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  3. Carolyn says:
    2 May 2014 at 9:45 am

    Oh my goodness, another reminder of my late teens! I remember a small plastic bottle with an applicator – & being complimented on how nice I smelled by a nurse who was treating me for an arm injury – mind you, she worked in the Accident & Emergency department so I’m sure she would have seen many less fragrant people on any given shift!

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    • Robin says:
      3 May 2014 at 4:50 pm

      Really, a plastic bottle? That’s funny…at one time it was such a high end fragrance.

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      • Carolyn says:
        4 May 2014 at 8:59 am

        Robin, I think here in the UK Coty were seen in much the same way as Yardley, ‘respectable’ rather than ‘high end’, something your mother, grandmother or great aunt would use! I just liked the smell of L’Aimant & it was affordable
        for me at the time, & different to the fragrances my friends were using which were the trendy ones aimed at the younger market (aside from my Tabu wearing friend I mentioned recently in another article!). It was a small black plastic bottle with a fancy gold cap to which the applicator was attached.

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        • Robin says:
          4 May 2014 at 11:18 am

          Oh, I think they were the same here by the 80s! Just meant it does seem funny…if Guerlain Shalimar was now sold in a plastic bottle, for instance.

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