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Lemon Scented Perfume From The 70's

While shopping with my sister the other day, we came across a lemon scented fragrance at Bath and Body Works "verbena lemon". The smell took us back to a fragrance we used during our teenage years, but we can not remember the name. We asked another women in the store who was approx. Our age (47 - 48) and she too remembered the smell but not the name. It was not expensive, buthad a fresh clean light lemon scent. Based on this info. Does anyone have a suggestions???
posted 07/24/05 by G. Fyfe
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Yes the fragrance was SKINNY DIP
posted 01/20/08 by pheelee

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Was it AQUA CITRA by Goya? they also made AQUAMANDA that smelt like oranges.
posted 02/27/08 by curly

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I t probably is Love's fresh lemon,they made baby soft,too.Or it could be Bold Lemon,by april showers.
posted 07/24/05 by d.c.

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I'll check into those.
Thank you
posted 07/24/05 by G. Fyfe

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It was Love's Fresh Lemon. It was my favorite and I wish I still had some.
posted 07/25/06 by Jamie

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You can get Love's Fresh Lemon at:

Www.fragrancenet.com

$4.59 per 1oz btl.

Best, Wanda
posted 07/25/06 by WANDA

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There is also another possibility that it was "Skinny Dip " Lemon Cologne, made by Leeming Division, of Pfizer, Inc., made in the "70's".

It is no longer made, but a vintage 4 oz bottle is at www.auntjudysattic.com Price = $39.00

Best, Wanda
posted 07/25/06 by WANDA

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Hi! Recently I began a search for the same lemon scented perfume from the 70's that you are looking for. I thought is was Love's Lemon, so I contacted a perfume supplier in California. Bad move!!! Love's Lemon is nothing like the natural, clean, pure lemon smell of the perfume we used in the 70s. When you open the bottle, the first smell that you notice is alcohol and then an artificial lemon smell. THIS CAN'T BE THE SAME PERFUME!! My point in writing you is to tell you not to waste your money on Love's Lemon. Hope this email is helpful.
posted 08/10/06 by Susan

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It was "Love's Fresh Lemon". I remember it well.
posted 08/13/06 by JayCee

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I think you might be talking about Jean Nate, with a light lemon fresh crisp scent. Yep, I'm child of 70s also (46).
I'm looking for "Santana" oil of Musk. Can anyone assist me?
posted 08/21/06 by Catherine Brooks

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I found several people selling it on EBay. It looks like the 70's brand but the bottles look shorter than I remember.
posted 08/21/06 by Jamie

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I believe the perfume was called "Love" and was by Yardley of London. Sound familar?
posted 09/03/07 by Pam

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It was aqua citra by goya.I used it in the mid 70s.
posted 11/16/08 by anne harper

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It was aqua citra by goya.I used it in the mid 70s.
posted 11/16/08 by anne harper

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It was Love Lemon by Yardley of London. The jingle was Donvan's tune "Where your love like heaven." I tried looking on the Yardley website but did not find it. If anyone does I'm interested as well. Oops forgot to tell you that the other scent was Love Heaven, I believe.
posted 12/09/08 by marcy

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It was called Loves lemon splash!! Loved it....
posted 12/26/08 by Allyson

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LOL!! A few weeks ago I reconnected with an old friend, yes, from the 70's! The first thing he asked me was, "do you remember that wonderful cologne you used to wear in high school, that lemon stuff?" I know there were others, but what I used was Love's Lemon Scent. It's a shame someone purchased it and discovered the formula has changed, but it was really terrific at the time. And they did make BabySoft, which I also wore, and loved. Ah, the memories!!
posted 01/12/09 by Pauline

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I am looking for a lemon perfume like the one I wore when I was a kid. It was called Loves Baby Soft Lemon. I ordered something on line called Love's Fresh Lemon. All it smells like is alcohol with a faint smell of something, but not lemon. The smell I'm looking for is just like the Kitchen Lemon hand soap at Bath & Body Works. If you haven't smelled that, you have to. I want to bathe in it.
posted 01/27/09 by m

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With all the people on here reminising about their favorite perfumes why can't someone make these perfumes and colognes like they did when we were younger. Most of the perfumes today really stink. The only one I really liked in the last twenty years was RED and they stopped selling it in the department stores. I want Loves Lemon the way it was made in the 60's
posted 03/08/09 by Shelly

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Loves Lemon Splash...was the name and I am hearing you can get it at Walgreens also Jean Nate which is one I used back in the 70's..
posted 03/09/09 by Allyson

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Thanks Allyson I will check out Walgreens and see if I can find it. What people keep saying is that it does not smell the same as it did when we were younger. I'll give it a try though.
posted 03/09/09 by Shelly

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The name of the perfume was Love's Fresh Lemon. There was also Love's Baby Soft perfume. If my memory serves me correct, these perfumes and a line of Love's cosmetics came out after the movie "Love Story." I have fun story to relate about Love's Fresh Lemon perfume. I was sitting in typing class (yes, I'm that old), and the boy that sat behind me tapped me on the shoulder and said, "Excuse me I don't mean to be forward, but your perfume is making my mouth water." Of course, I put on more the next day.
Nancy
posted 04/30/09 by Nancy

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Also Herbal Essence doesn't smell the same as back in the day. It used to smell like fresh cut grass.
posted 05/16/09 by Linda

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There's loves lemon for sale on ebay!!
posted 05/24/09 by candy

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There were two different fragrances. One was Lemon Scented Skinny Dip and the other was Love's Fresh Lemon. I hope one of these was the one you were thinking of.
posted 05/26/09 by Kim Douglas

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In my own hunt for lemon fragrances that smell like lemon, I ran across this discussion. I too, used to LOVE Love's Lemon of the late 1960s into the 70s! I also was so excited to see a "lemon" fragrance by Love resurface somewhat recently, And I was very disappointed when it did NOT bring me back to the summer of '69! Unfortunately, it was not the same clean, super tangy, truly lemony old Love's Lemon (with Donovan singing in the background). This new one seems to have musk undertones...What the heck does musk have to do with fresh lemons?! By the way, Thanks for reminding me of the Skinny Dip Lemon. It was way different, but I remember becoming very fond of it as well. OH, and does anyone out there recall the yummy lemonade flavored lipstick/gloss by Yardley during the same time?-in the distinctive pink, white and periwinkle striped tube?
posted 06/22/09 by Nancy

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After reading alot of the posts...I think the perfume is Love..and it had a lemon fragrance with a clear bottle and a bright yellow cap...with LOVE in caps...I thinik it was by Yardley. There was also a fragrance called Heaven's Scent. Not sure if it was the same company. Love's Lemon fragrance wasn't around very long. In 1971-72 it is what I wore. Couldn't find it a few years later. Maybe if a lot of us contacted Yardley, they would make it again. It is worth a try. It was my favorite perfume. I have really only liked two in my life for me and I'm 54, I now like Dune...by Christian Dior. I'm contacting Yardley's now....We can make a difference...
posted 06/20/09 by D'Arylan

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The scent was called Love's Fresh Lemon and it was a body splash. I miss it, too. Even the lemon candles that smell authentic...don't when you burn them.
posted 06/22/09 by Barbara

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I bought some Kitchen Lemon at Bath and Body Works and it does smell very much like Loves Fresh Lemon Cologne.
posted 07/25/09 by Shelly

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I have searched for a long time for the lemon scent body splash that was in a clear plastic bottle about ( 12 to 14 oz.) in size, it looked like the Jean Nate bottle but it wasn't J.N. I use to wear this fragrance in the late 60's early 70's. It was not Loves Lemon or Skinny Dip. I don't remember who made it. Can someone please help with any info.
posted 07/23/09 by Elvia

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There was also one called "Lemon velvet", I think Avon use
To make it.
posted 07/25/09 by Fran

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I too love lemon and I have found a lovely perfume in a fragrance called Eau d'Hadrien by Annick Goutal. You must buy the parfum and not the toilette water. I love this scent but it is expensive. I miss it when I run out. The fragrance very simply makes me happy. Best of luck on your citrus quest. Consider it the adult version of our childhood scent.
posted 09/07/09 by Colleen

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I bought the eau de hadrien but I guess it was the toilet water because the scent does not last. It smells great, but I could only smell the fragrance for maybe a half hour or so, then the scent just went away as if I didn't use any cologne.
posted 09/08/09 by Shelly

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If we could get there email or address we could all write them....Let's do it.
posted 11/16/09 by D'Arylan

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I believe the name was "Love's Baby Soft". They had a couple of different scents. Lemon being one of them and the other was like baby powder.
posted 10/04/09 by lisa

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Has anyone else tried that Lancome perfume O De Lancome??
posted 11/15/09 by Colleen

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It was Love's Fresh Lemon Cologne by Chattem and Love Lemon by Yardley of London.Would love to find them.
posted 11/01/09 by JoAnn

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Some of you are getting confused. The lemon scent you are referring to, called 'Love' was not by Yardley, it was by Menley and James, and was part of the cosmetics line called 'Love'. Forget the crap they have now, called 'Love's Fresh Lemon'; it is not the original, and those of you who have described it as smelling like alcohol and floor cleaner are correct. The original had a SILVER dome cap on a frosted glass bottle (and the splash products had that silver dome cap on a yellow plastic bottle). No silver dome - - no Love's Fresh Lemon. It was discontinued, long ago, as you know. There was also a scent called 'Eau De Love' - - also with the silver-domed, frosted glass bottle. Discontinued.
Just to be maddening - - the IDENTICAL scent was produced by the Philosophy company, in their bath/shower/shampoo called Old Fashioned Lemonade - - WHICH THEY HAVE NOW ***DISCONTINUED***!!!!!! (TELL ME *WHY*!!!); I know, because I bought the last case of it! But they have another lemon bath product, called You Are My Sunshine, which they tell me has the same scent (don't know how true this is; I haven't tried this product). They still have the Old Fashioned Lemonade in a hand creme, and in a Lip Shine. (There is also something called Pink Lemonade, but I suspect it has a sweeter scent.
The only product there is any point in buying on Ebay would be the discontinued Philosophy bath/shower/shampoo - - any "vintage" product will have turned; scents do not keep over time. And the saddest part of the Philosophy product, other than that the company has discontinued it, is that the scent only lasts as long as your bath; it is not designed to last beyond that. Using it as a shampoo (it's a great shampoo!), you can keep a very faint scent of it in your hair. The hand creme keeps its scent on your hands, though! (But it comes in a teeny-tiny little 2 oz. Tube - - for $15!).
So sad that the world has changed so much that it doesn't even smell the same.
As for the 'Love' commercial song, that's one thing you can still get - - 'Wear Your Love Like Heaven', by Donovan; Sarah McLachlan also does a new version of it.
E.
posted 10/25/09 by Eve

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To Eve, that info was very informative. Thanks!!
posted 10/25/09 by Shelly

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Maybe it was "Oh de London!" - I loved it and used it at about the same time- very fresh and lemony scent & not too sweet. I wish they made it now. I have found Roger & Gallet's Cedrat (Citron) (made in France) which is a very light, lovely water-based spray and they have many products that go with the line.
posted 11/16/09 by Elaine

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Idbogue, can you describe the bottle of the lemon scent body splash your referring to.
posted 11/18/09 by Elvia

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I must tell you that after reading all of your notes, nobody has think about of O De Lancome, you will all love it!! it last at least 6 hours is very refreshing and the scent of lemon is way better than Annick Goutal, there is no comparison, I have both and all I can say is go to Macys and try O De Lancome!!
posted 11/07/09 by sonia

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It is called Jean Nate.
posted 11/13/09 by Beverly

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I too used 'Love' lemon after bath body splash in the early 1970's and have searched in vain for it over the years. I checked Wikipedia and a company named Chattem from Tennessee bought the 'Love' product line originally sold by Henley and James. I wrote to Chattem asking them if they would consider taking advantage of the baby boomer nostalgia trend and bring back the 'Love' scents. We can only hope!
posted 11/12/09 by idbogue

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The name of the perfume was eau de lemmon by I believe yardley it wa so clean and fresh smelling they also had eau de love it was wounderful. I was a teen when I wore it. It wasn't cheap or sweet or teenage smelling I used to buy it at wallgreens in Daly City Ca I hope it's still around I would love some
posted 12/09/09 by deborah

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Just to say that, because of IFRA regulations, all fragrances with citrus elements have been/are being reformulated. In its wisdom, this organisation has decreed that these are carcinogenic and manufacturers have either reduced the amounts they use or found bland substitutes. This explains why so many of our old favourites no longer smell the same - nothing to do with our noses, all to do with new recipes! And I would echo the comments that O de Lancome is currently one of the best lemon perfumes you can get these days.
posted 12/10/09 by Jill

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Eve's 10/25/09 post sounds accurate to me. Sure wish we could locate it the original product (or more accurately that it would be made again). I've been "jones-ing" for it.
posted 12/06/09 by Jayne

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I was under the impression it was a Revlon product. We lived in Germany at the time and it was available at the PX. I, too, would love to have some more.
posted 12/29/09 by Theresa

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It DEFINITELY was not Revlon.
posted 12/29/09 by Shelly

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Why DEFINITELY?
posted 12/29/09 by Theresa

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Go back and read the other post's it was made by Yardley of London.
posted 12/30/09 by Shelly

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The perfume I am referring to was not made by Yardley and I don't believe was not called Love's. We did have Yardley products in my home when I still lived in Canada. Yardley is from the UK. Being a Canadian teenager in Germany made me feel home-sick and this product was available at the PX and came from the US. It made me feel connected to my homeland. However, this was 35 years ago.
posted 12/30/09 by Theresa

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This whole blog is about LOVES FRESH LEMON!!! Some people are bringing up other perfumes but the whole thing was based around LOVES FRESH LEMON.
posted 12/30/09 by Shelly

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The subject states "lemon scented perfume from the 70's" and I ended up here by googling those words. Like most posters here, I am seeking to relive the delicious aroma of a fragrance I used to have in my house.
posted 12/30/09 by Theresa

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OH, "WEAR YOUR LOVE LIKE LEMON"
posted 12/30/09 by Shelly

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The one I remember was called SKIN (not the musk one) and I think it was a Coty/Pfizer product. It came in a bottle about 4 inches tall and about that wide, but flattened so it was about an inch thick. It was not a spray. I'd love to find it, too.
posted 01/13/10 by daisy

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Revlon did make a lemon cologne in the mid-70's (and possibly into the next decade, I don't know). It came in a large frosted plastic bottle with yellow writing...had a nice, fresh lemon scent. I only know that it came as a body-splash type of cologne, but I'm sure of this because a good friend of mine had a bottle.
posted 02/21/10 by Joetta

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P.S.

....Wild Lemon by Revlon....made in the 70's. There are 2 bottles on eBay now. Maybe that's the one some of you had. Seems that my memory of the bottle it came in wasn't very accurate though.
posted 02/25/10 by Joetta

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I bought some perfume from perfumemart.com, it wasn't what I expected so I sent it back. They have yet to refund my money. If you can help it don't buy from them. Has anyone on here had a bad experience with them??
posted 02/25/10 by shelly

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Wild Lemon on ebay is $98.99 per bottle plus $12 for shipping. If it is original, the fragrance must have left the bottle a long time ago because they usually turn after 2 years.
posted 02/26/10 by Theresa

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JEAN NATE' is the lemon scented body splash from the 70's
posted 03/01/10 by karen

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Hate to spoil the party - but the Love products are made by "Dana". The same company that makes Ambush. I too used Love's Lemon, Eau de Love and Love's Baby Soft in High School (1969). The smell of Love's Lemon always made me happy. It does smell different now, but only because of new stiffer regulations on such products.
posted 03/04/10 by Cindy

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Can someone enlighten me about these "new/stiffer" regulations. I simply don't get the correlation between this and the absence of some great fragrances.
posted 03/04/10 by Theresa

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It's funny that a handful of us "lemonheads" have kept this thread alive for YEARS! I haven't joined in since last June, but the hunt for the right kind of lemon/citrus fragrance never dies, does it? Although I'd really like to have a dream bottle of Love's Lemon, vintage 1969, (and yes, Eve, in a plain frosted glass bottle with dome shaped top...seems like a yellow dome top for the Lemon and chrome-look dome top for Eau de Love?)--(and Wow, I can smell Eau de Love in my head!, which I was reminded of approx. 15 yr.s ago when Calvin Klein released his original CK) I have enjoyed a number of citrus fragrances through the years. Unfortunately, they have tended to be either pricey or almost as difficult to find as the ghost of Love's Lemon-lol
posted 03/04/10 by Nancy

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I went to Bath & Body looking for lemon fragrances and their "Fresh Lemon" is nothing like what I am looking for. It smells like cleaning fluid. [The original post mentions "verbena lemon"]. They do, however, carry Henri Bendl candles and the "Lemon Verbena" candle smells exactly like the lemon splash I used to use in the 70's. Too bad it comes in a candle only.
posted 03/07/10 by Theresa

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Love's Fresh Lemon, along with all other Love's products were originally made by Menley & James. There is no question about this.
posted 03/08/10 by Joetta

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It is ironic that you all have this posting going on... I have 2 teenage girls that usually get me upset when they douse themselves in some smell of the month and GET into MY car! I usually detest the smell and repeatedly request they don't apply it right before they come near me. But TODAY I was thrown way back in time when my youngest sat down next to me and I instantly when back too! "OMG what is that you are wearing? It smells just like this lemon perfume from when I was a kid...." For next mile I tried to remember the name etc.. I love all the previous posts and they helped me a lot...my memory was the Loves version...
Even though some may not agree w/me in case you're interested the fragrance she was wearing is 'Wild Honeysuckle' body splash by bath n body works. After closer review once I got home, the smell was heavier and a tad too sweet, but it does have that citrusy lemony overtone that triggered (at least) my memory!
posted 02/26/10 by marsha

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I can still remember the smell of fresh cut lemon/lime, my husband wore this cologne late 60s begin 70s it was in a dome shaped bottle and if I remember correct it was a green bottle with 3D motives in the glass bottle made (Like a Tequila Bottle?) Can anybody help me please???? I'm sure it was made by Revlon Max Factor and the name Russian Leather also rings a bell.
posted 03/25/10 by Thea

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If you're speaking of my favorite lemon it was Love's Fresh Lemon splash (I wore it in the 70's in Jr and Sr. High). I still can find it occasionally at the dollar store, and have definitely seen it on line at auction.
posted 03/21/10 by Donna P

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While cleaning out my home I grew up in I came across my bottle's of "Love's Fresh Lemon Body Mist" and a bottle of "Love's Fresh Lemon Skin Freshener." I wore these in High School in the 70's. Thought I'd google them to see if I could find out the value - fun to see this conversation going on about Love's Lemon. The scent still brings back memories.
posted 03/24/10 by Lee Ann

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Lee Ann, if those have been kept so that they are still intact and fresh, I would be interested in purchasing them from you, if you'd care to sell them, at a negotiable price. You can e-mail me to discuss it, if you're interested, at evedemian@verizon.net .

As for the value of what you've found, this is actually very interesting, because in the auction market you have various motivations for bidding on such things - - all of them sentimental (and of course, people put different values on sentiment, and then there are the practical restraints on what one can bid, to consider).

I, for example, have no interest in the bottles, but in what is in them, and I seek intact contents (which are difficult to find, in scents that are aged; you have to come upon that serendipitous combo of something having been kept air-tight, in the dark, and in just the right, constant temperature).

There are others who are hung up on the containers - - and *some* containers have actual value in the bottle-collecting market (though these bottles, from the Love products have no general value, that I know of).

Now let's talk about bidding on Ebay - - which I happen to consider a fantastic venue. For something like what you have, whether intact and use-able or not, the value can fluctuate, depending on sheer, random chance (which is one of the things I love about Ebay). Something like that could sell for just a few dollars. Or it could sell for hundreds, if you happen upon some maniac who's willing to pay anything for the items. There are certain items that will ALWAYS bring in a huge profit. Slicker lipsticks, by Yardley, for instance, in the "iconic" striped lipstick case, will never go for under $250. I watched an auction for a set of six *tiny*, forty-year-old, unopened (so as to retain the *scent*) "sample" Slickers go for - - are you sitting down? - - almost $800. Probably un-useable - - and the person who bought them would probably wouldn't dream of using them - - but they were in their little cardboard presentation case, and they were perfectly intact (you could see the color of them through the little plastic cases these were in) - - and apparently the sight of them (and probably the scent - - because sellers always feature mention of the scent!) was sufficiently meaningful to someone that they were willing to cough up that much to win that auction for them.

Yardley Oh! de London usually goes for a huge bid - - but, again - - being someone who spends half her time on Ebay, hunting, I have won auctions for bottles of this for very modest bids, when there just didn't happen to be much competition for them. There is one up on Ebay right now, but I will not bid on it because I can tell by the darkened color of it that the scent has turned, and is no longer good (I verified this by e-mail, with the seller). But I'm sure she will get a good price, nevertheless, even if just for the bottle - - because, again, this particular bottle is "iconic"; it just has a particular association with a time, and a style trend (Mod, from London, post-Beatles) that gives it a cachet that the Love products and, particularly, their containers, manufactured domestically, in New Jersey, never had.
However - - I have to tell you that a 2.5 ounce bottle (full and seemingly intact, according to the color of it) of *Eau de Love* sold, last week, for a shocking $407. But that is *Eau de Love* - - which has a certain cachet that the other Love products, including the original Love's Fresh Lemon cologne (and associated products) don't seem to quite have. Recently got a bottle, a quarter full, and FANTASTICALLY intact(!!!) of Love's Fresh Lemon, for $22. (*Empty* bottles of Oh! de London, and *empty* Slicker cases, have sold for hundreds of dollars).

If you list on Ebay, you can always sell at a 'Buy It Now' price, which is *not* an auction, but simply putting the item on sale at the price you set. You can also start your auction at whatever price you choose. But the thrills and chills come in when I tell you that if you set a 'Buy It Now' price, you may short yourself out of a staggering amount of money that might be offered, in an auction, for your items - - and if you don't, you may wind up with next to nothing for them, depending on chance. So starting your auction at a reasonable amount seems to be the best way to go with these.

As to what price to start them at, again, this depends on what condition they're in; if they're magically fresh and teriffic as the day they were bought, I would say that you should start each item off at over a hundred dollars. BUT - - if you start them that high, you also may never sell them. I watched a canister of Love's Fresh Lemon talc inexplicably sit there for months, at $129 starting price, and no one touched it (alas! I was on strict financial lock-down at the time, and it was taken off before I had recovered, or I would surely have bought it). I have never seen that happen with a Yardley Oh! product (except for the eye shadow that someone wants a 'Buy It Now' of $225 for - - *mind* you(!) I have seen that same product sell fro MORE than $225 in an auction that started low, and went through the roof!). But it seems that most of the "lemon-heads", wistful though they might be, aren't nearly as fanatic as the Oh! fans.

Hope this gives you some idea of assessment of the (variable) value of what you have, that you seek.
posted 03/24/10 by Eve

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I am 53, wore it all through High School, it was Love's Fresh Lemon Body Mist. It came in a frosted dome shaped bottle and guys loved it! I have been searching for it, has anyone found it?
posted 03/19/10 by L. Turnbow

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I purchased a Body Butter in "Sweet Lemon" from "The Body Shop" here in Canada [don't know if they have stores in the US]. It has an amazing lemon scent and is much like the fresh lemon scent from the 70's I am seeking but it does not come in a fragrance product. It only comes in a Body Butter and a Lip Balm [too sweet and wears off quickly].
posted 03/30/10 by Theresa

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Yes I do remember it. It was called "Love". I do not remember who the manufacturer was but you could buy it at a drugstore. I say it in a Walgreens or CVS just a couple of years ago.
posted 04/27/10 by Linda

Re: Lemon Scented Perfume From The 70's
My favorite Lemon body splash fom the 70's was Revlon's
Wild Lemon Body Splash, I used to keep it in the fridge during the summer. Still searching for a scent that compares,
And nothing close. I have been looking for years.
posted 05/05/10 by Catherine

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I love that lemon smell!! Bath and Body works has a side line called C.O. Bigelow that is really Lemon fresh!! I was so delighted when I found it, esp the Lemon and Orange Blossom
Http://www.bathandbodyworks.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3433602
posted 05/09/10 by Judy

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Actually....it was NOT Love's Lemon.....there was a cologne made by Revlon called Lemon......I should know, I wore it ALL the time and would give anything to get the same again, but alas, nothing is as pure as Revlon.
posted 05/28/10 by Vickie

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I was addicted to Yardley's Love Lemon Mist Spray....in the 70's. It was fabulous. Not really perfume, but an after shower splash that hung on you pretty well. And I can still hear the Donovan song "Wear Your love lights, Wear your love light...." Yummy. Too bad they don't make that anymore.
posted 05/15/10 by paula

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I was doing some research on natural home products and lemon was very popular. Someone recommended buying an atomizer and filling it half with water and half using a bottle of lemon juice called PLJ. It's meant to be an air freshener but it smelt very clean and lemony so I began spraying it on my clothes as well. The best thing is, you can always alter how much you dilute the juice depending on the smell you are after. It's eco friendly too.
posted 05/25/10 by Soph

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I just got a sample of Avon's Ice Sheers "Luscious" scent and it brought me back to the 70's!!! I have to get some!
posted 07/20/10 by mgsylcat

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Love's Lemon is made by "Dana" - not Yardley or any other company. It is still sold, but because of stiffer restrictions on drug / cosmetic companies, the scent is slightly different. Certain additives are no longer allowed by the FDA. In case you are interested here it is:

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posted 07/20/10 by Cindy

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Loves Fresh Lemon Body Mist..2.45 oz. 69 g just as it appears on the bottle. My high school girlfriend wore this fragrance in the early 70's and it was and still is my most favorite scent on a woman. My father worked for Yardley of London for 42 years and was always bringing home the newest products and none ever compared to Loves Fresh Lemon Body Mist. I still have flashbacks to the seventies whenever I smell anything close to it on a woman. I still have a bottle with about a half ounce of liquid in it for emergency flashbacks. On the back of the bottle it reads Love Cosmetics, Menley & James, Montreal Que. I hope this helps clear things up for any of you out there.
posted 07/31/10 by Ian B.

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Loves Fresh Lemon Body Mist..2.45 oz. 69 g just as it appears on the bottle. My high school girlfriend wore this fragrance in the early 70's and it was and still is my most favorite scent on a woman. My father worked for Yardley of London for 42 years and was always bringing home the newest products and none ever compared to Loves Fresh Lemon Body Mist. I still have flashbacks to the seventies whenever I smell anything close to it on a woman. I still have a bottle with about a half ounce of liquid in it for emergency flashbacks. On the back of the bottle it reads Love Cosmetics, Menley & James, Montreal Que. I hope this helps clear things up for any of you out there.
posted 07/31/10 by Ian B.

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I remember Love's Fresh Lemon in the '70s came in phallic shaped bottle. Its top notes were very lemony but deteriorated very quickly— within minutes, really — to a mild, flowery scent that smelled kind of cheap. That's probably why it was taken off the market. It wasn't a very good quality of perfume.
posted 07/13/10 by Angele

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Has any one heard of Lemon Drench - Used to buy it in Boots the Chemists may have been a NO7 scent, Came in large bottles which I splashed over everything probably last seen about 1975???
posted 08/09/10 by Bev

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Yes, Lemon Drench from Boots was delicious, and came in a frosty bottle. It must still have been around in 1980 because I took a bottle on our honeymoon, and my husband became addicted to it too! He still remembers it to this day, and we have never found a replacement for it, although he is very fond of Dior's Eau Sauvage. M&S has a lemon range at present. It's not the same, but is very lemony.
posted 08/09/10 by Jill

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If you are looking for alternatives the french company L'Occitane makes an Eau de Toilette and Body range called Lemon Verbana which has a lovely fragrance and Floris of London's 'Limes' (despite the name) is more lemony than lime. Unfortunately though as both these fragrances are Eau de Toiletter rather than perfume the fragrance is not long lasting.
posted 09/07/10 by H

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Fragrance was possibly 'Love's Fresh Lemon" and its companion fragrance was 'Love's baby Soft' a powdery scent
posted 09/20/10 by Mariruth

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Revlon lemon cologne, tall, cylindrical, plastic(?) bottle, REVLON written upwards. I had this 1970-71. Nothing else touches it.
posted 09/10/10 by Sue

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Loves baby soft lemon
posted 09/22/10 by nola

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Yep it is loves fresh lemon body mist and they have rain too... They smell like you would imagine heaven smells... Loved it then and love it now.
posted 09/28/10 by joyce

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Well firstly, I think by Eve's unbelievably long replies that she should get out more often!! LOL Secondly...why don't you try this wonderful lemon scented perfume by L'Etoile called Escala...I'm sure you'd love it! It is not Escada...it is Escala!
posted 10/12/10 by Ignitron

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I love the Lemon scents too. I remember my little sister and I fighting over our Jean Nate bath splash and we ended up splashing it all over the bathroom. But our bathroom did smell very fresh after that.
My favorite lemon scent is Pacifica's Malibu Lemon Blossom.
posted 10/27/10 by Holz

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IF you are looking for a great fresh citris scent try so pink at the gap lemon and grapefruit closest to loves lemon as I have found
posted 11/08/10 by Elizabeth

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I've been looking for that as well - Loves lemon fresh scent it was wonderful i remember the dome shaped bottle there is one out by house of Dana? NOT the same why can't we at least get a history of it or an old commercial "wher your love like heaven"..soemthinglike that Donovan ? i dunno i miss it. It was real and earthy went along with earth day and also the whole natural organic feeling...it should come back...for those of us that get migranes from chemical combos created perfumes simple lemon scent would be great!
posted 10/25/10 by t

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Does anyone remember a lemon-based fragrance from the 60's that came in a spray CAN, like hairspray? The can was a golden color and I think it had a swan logo on the front. The smell was heavenly,but I have forgotten the name.
posted 10/28/10 by Dawn Welden

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It's loves baby soft fresh lemon
posted 11/23/10 by KELLYSHERMAN

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A swan logo is usually associated with Gloria Vanderbilt. I also have searched for years for lemon scents and took down lots of your suggestions and look forward to trying them out. I also found the Body Works lemon products. They are wonderfully lemony, but the scent doesn't last long. One of my fav scents as a grown up is Green Tea by Elizabeth Arden. Not super lemony, but very fresh and lovely. Thanks for the trip down memory lane all! Liz
posted 12/11/10 by Liz

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Http://cgi.ebay.com/Loves-Baby-Soft-2-0oz-Womens-Eau-Cologne-/230562046412?pt=fragrance&hash=item35ae91a1cc

Here it is for sale on ebay, came across it when I was looking for Love's baby soft.....
posted 12/13/10 by Walt

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It was Loves fresh lemon FOR SURE. I bought the new lemon scent hand soap at bath and bodyworks and it smells the EXACTsame
posted 01/11/11 by KJ

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I am looking for a body spray from the 1979 that had a light lemon fragence. It came in a yellow box
posted 01/17/11 by Carolyn Beadling

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Ebay has *vintage* bottles of Loves Fresh Lemon. In a box of five for $19.99. I think Eve should get one of the bottles. So helpful! I was born in 1970, so I wore Love's Baby Soft and don't remember the lemon line. My Mom would adore me wearing it as a little girl because it would remind her of me smelling like a baby. So feminine. It says there are 10 boxes available. That's 50 bottles, enough for everyone on this thread. Hopefully it has been stored in a cool dark place and is not rancid. Oh yeah. Here's the link...good luck!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350245789802
posted 01/08/11 by Darla Dolan

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Jean N'eate I think
posted 02/06/11 by jenny

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I do think the original poster was referring to Loves Fresh Lemon which was originally by Menley & James, a couple of more companies after that, and finally Dana. From the web: "Eau de Love was first introduced in 1969 by Menley & James who developed an entire line of Love's fragrances. Later it was distributed by Chattem, then later still by MEM. When Dana acquired the MEM line of Loves's fragrances, Eau de Love was discontinued. Eau de Love by Menley & James is now distributed by Evyan."

When I was in college I wore both the Love's Fresh Lemon and also Revlon's version. I can't remember their product name but it was nice, too.
posted 02/08/11 by Carol

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Where can I get this?
posted 02/23/11 by bee

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Has anyone here tried C.O. Bigelow's fragrance called "Lemon No. 1999"? I really love this one (available at Bath and Body Works) and wondered if anyone else has tried it....shame that the new version of Love's Fresh Lemon is such a pale imitation of the original.
posted 11/24/11 by Phyl

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OMG!!! In high school my two favorite fragrances were Love's Frsh Lemon Scent and Love's Baby Soft. I do remember Skinney Dip as well. AND what was better than Yardley's Lemonade lipstick. I loved the striped tube it came in! I also remember Yardley had the pots of fragrance and I loved the 'Lotus'. If I could find that again......
posted 03/04/11 by renee

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Love's Lemon Scent is made by Dana Classic Fragrance. The formula has been changed and it is being made in China do not let them fool you. All of the products they make are put together in China. They may get the oil here, they modify the formula all the time they just want to sell it to mass merchants and do not care about quality at all. The products they make made me break out in a a horrible rash
posted 03/31/11 by lucinda

Re: Lemon Scented Perfume From The 70's
Moschino- happy fizz. Its so nice!! its a combination of lemon/citrus/floral or something but on the skin its so unique. And i'm fussy
posted 04/14/11 by Catherine Calpit

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I remember a lemon one that I just loved in the early 70's.. It was NOT love's lemon! It was always on the shelf near the Loves though. I'm not positive but it seems like it might have had a slight musk undertone. I know I got many compliments every time I wore it. It was so much better than the loves lemon to me, sure wish I could remember the name of it.
posted 04/17/11 by Julie

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Julie,

You're not referring to Jean Nate, are you? Or Faberge's Kiku (neither were exactly lemon scents, but were interpreted as "lemon"-based, and sold in bright yellow packaging, and did have a "musky" undertone, on the skin).

I'm trying to remember what other major lemon scents were out, at the time to which you refer, and I can't really recall any other than the one by Menley & James; they essentially had the market cornered on lemon scent, at the time. What was the package/bottle like? Maybe you'll jog my memory if you describe something other than the scent.

You're not talking about the German cologne, 4711 are you? That was very lemony.
posted 04/17/11 by Eve

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Darla,

Thanks for the tip, but it's a bust. Tried those (there are a couple of incarnations of the concept, by different companies) a long time ago and was very disgusted by them; not the same at all; horrible, astringent, alcohol smell; more like floor cleaner than the divine scent of Love's Fresh Lemon - - which really did smell just like a sweet, fresh Meyer lemon! I've gotten a few bottles of the original, on Ebay, and find that this scent stands up to time very well, comparatively (guess it's a matter of how complex the substance is, to begin with; I'm thinking this was a very simple one).

The bottom line is another relic from the 60s: the phrase, "There's nothin' like the real thing, baby!"
posted 04/14/11 by Eve

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Thanks Eve..... I looked at the packaging and bottle on aunt Judy's closet and I'm thinking it might have been skinny dip. I'm not absolutely certain but the bottle does seem a little familiar.I just know it was way way better to me than Love's, maybe it was just how my body chemistry reacted with it but everyone always told me I smelled wonderful lol.

I found Evyan's Most Precious a few years later and it became my signature fragrance. I was devastated when that one was discontinued. I've tried some decanted ones that supposedly were the same formula but none were even close.

I sure would like to have both of them back again .
posted 04/17/11 by Julie

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The one I remember was by Yardley and was called Lemon Up. They also had the shampoo/conditioner for oily hair .. The shampoo/conditioner is still sold at The Vermont Country Store however I have not been able to find the perfume any longer. It was the best fresh scent.
posted 04/21/11 by Grimby

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Thanks to Youtube, here are two links to early 1970's commercials; the first is for Love's Fresh Lemon:

Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYdHa5XWxVc&feature=related


The second is a commercial for Eau de Love:

Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=100kJbCE-bc


If the links above are not active (hyperlink?), you can just do a cut and paste onto your search engine window or onto the "search" feature on the Youtube.com home page.

Hope this helps bring back some happy memories.....
posted 05/23/11 by Phyl

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The best Lemon fragrances came out of the 70's. My faves were Love's Fresh Lemon & Revlon's Wild Lemon. The onlly thing that comes close (for me )is somrething I found ayt T.J.Maxx a few years ago,& have not seen since. It's called Ceder & Lemon by Antica Farmacista. You can buy it online',but it may not smell like the original.
posted 06/09/11 by Fragrance Lover

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I LOVED Love's fresh lemon...in fact I belive one of the tag lines was that "it was so fresh you could taste it"...long gone...HOWEVER, if lemon is what you love try;
Malibi Lemon Blossom by Pacifica....AWESOME
posted 07/18/11 by Jill

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Hello! I just read your posting - and I still have the bottle of my favorite cologne from the 70's. It is Love's Musky Lemon made by Love Cosmetics, Menley & James Laboratories,LTD,Philadelphia, PA 19101. I have searched the company, which was purshased by another com.,which no longer makes this fragrance. I really would like to have this exact fragrance again!!!!
posted 07/30/11 by Julie

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I have some Loves Fresh Lemon from the 1970's if you are interested please let me know. BRosin9098@aol.com
posted 09/21/11 by Barbara

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It is Love's baby soft lemon. I wore it in the late 60's and early 70's. I used to buy it at Walgreen's but it was only available during the christmas season, at least in my area.
It came in a package of 4, with 3 other scents. I always gave
Those away and kept the lemon one. The last couple of years
I have looked for it but have been unable to find it. I loved the fresh lemon scent and I would love to wear it again. I did look on ebay and there is some there but I am hesitant to order it since someone has said they purchased it and it was not the same.
posted 09/29/11 by Sharyn

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Omg i have looked everywhere for love's fresh lemon to no avail. I used to spend all my allowance on it at thrifty drugstore in los angeles back in the early 70's. I can remember what it smelled like and no other scent i have ever used makes me as happy as that one. Nice to see there are other lemon heads out there!
posted 09/15/11 by raxin

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I can't believe I found this site - since the very thing that prompted me to search it was the same as the original posted question. I too remember that I loved the lemon scent from the 70's, and I couldnt remember the name. (agree the bottle was frosted and had a domed lid.) Anyway, the scent that I recently bought that reminded me EXACTLY of Love's is White Citrus, by La Senza/Victoria's Secret. I don't think it smells fake or of alcohol but judge it yourself. :-)
posted 10/06/11 by dk

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Could it have been 4711?
posted 10/13/11 by Karen

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I am still wondering if anyone out there remembers a perfume from the late 60's to early 70's that was lemon scented but came in a spray can. It was NOT Loves Lemon Fresh, although a lot of people wore that fragrance. The can was yellow-gold in color and I think it had a swan logo on the front. I don't think it was made by Gloria Vanderbilt though. Thanks for any info and help on this!
posted 10/14/11 by dawn welden

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I loved the lemon fragrance by MOR "lemoncello", unfortunately they stopped making it, does anyone know where I could get some. I also remember wearing "heaven scent' scent as a teenager I thought it was just wonderful
posted 11/15/11 by Pamela

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This is too funny, the way this thread just keeps going on and on. I am currently dating a man that I dated in high school. He kept commenting that he expected me to smell like I did "back then" when he got close to me - but I didn't. (not that he minds it's just that memory trigger in our brains) I wore the Loves Lemon. I found some at Walgreens and put it on when I saw him last. But he didn't even notice it until I said something to him. It doesn't smell the same at all. Has that alcohol scent that people have talked about. Too bad that things have to change. Miss that old scent.
posted 11/24/11 by Lori

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You might want to check out lemon Loves baby soft
posted 01/23/12 by CHRISTIE

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I was just talking about it and then I googled the name "lemon up from Avon" to see if if was still available. That is what I used. I loved it and use the entire line of it. LEMON UP!
posted 02/04/12 by Cher

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Oh is'nt it great to have a site like this to reminiecse over the good ol '70's or earlier!! I just have to add my two 'SCENTS' worth!! :) I too always love a good fresh and sweet lemony fragrance..as I recall,there WAS an AVON product that came in a lime-green? bottle that was a lemony sweet fragrance,so cross check old Avon colognes of this..I also think I liked the Hawaiian White Ginger?? been so long...another Avon fav..REGENCE,which I finally found plenty of on Ebay,,still smells like I remember in the 70's,,and remember RAPTURE in the blue-green bottle with a crown like top?? Don't know if that was Avon or not...Anyway...back to the LEMON scenet..There is a fragrance supplier to the soap and candle crafters,called SWEETCAKES which I have bought from time and again and just LOVE,only sometimes they discontinue some really awesome fragrances like STRINGBEAN and LEMON MERENGUE which indeed WAS a very intense and right on copy of some of these citrus scents we love,,but they have another substitute I believe..you'll have to drop in and see...I would love to hear from anyone that finds more or also uses Sweetcakes fragrance oils...will have to try out those lemon scented that are mentioned in this thread..happy hunting!.Mindi :))
posted 02/04/12 by mindi

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Try White Citrus by Bath and Bodyworks, it is great! Brought me back to the 70's when I used it for the first time!
posted 01/19/12 by Pam C

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Maybe the one some of you may be thinking of is Heaven Scent? I don't remember exactly which one smelled like B&B White Citrus but it is one of them!
posted 01/19/12 by Pam C

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