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tntcvp – :
I was poking around the bathroom cupboard at my mum’s house while visiting and the can of impulse Alive caught my eye. It was a favourite of mine, and has been sitting in the cupboard forgotten for at least 20 years. It’s still smells the same and so full of high school memories. I used to spray myself all over and I had a few people tell me they recognized me from the scent trail. I can hardly believe this ancient half full can still smells so amazing. Perfect solution to the scorching hot Australia summer.
enedayNuapy – :
The girls used to spray this after lunch when they had been running around playing sport, I dint like the smell of this, it’s too warm sweat ish, especially when mixed with actual hot body heat.
poltinic – :
My Lynx nostalgia trip today got me thinking about this scent, which was sold in New Zealand as Impulse Alive. It’s a shame it’s been discontinued, as I remember it being a very crisp, light freshie at a bargain price.
I first smelled Alive on a girlfriend, and I remember thinking I could probably pull it off, too. In retrospect, it was a subtly radical thought for a straight teenage boy. But perhaps the rebellion of the idea was what appealed. I must have tentatively tried a sneaky few sprays at first, before plunging for a spray can of my own. It was easy to wear – not surprising, given its freshness. It was sweet, too, but not cloyingly so, and its lightness was appealing.
My best friends knew I wore a “girl’s scent” and didn’t care, but I remember being more careful around others. I definitely wouldn’t take its distinctive tall, green can out of my schoolbag among strangers, especially the bullies. And it was always a little awkward when girls on the bus were wearing the same scent.
The experience was good, though. Now I gender-bend scents all the time – and a handful of women’s scents are among my favourites. I partly have Impulse to thank for that.
I wish I could try this fragrance again. It probably smells cheap, synthetic and generic now – but nostalgia doesn’t care about such things. It’s all about memories.
vazir86 – :
That was my first Impulse body mist since 11, it was refreshing, in Australia it is known as “Alive” with this citrusy and fruity scent.
brka – :
Missed this smell sooo much……. 🙁
soymnamaphy – :
There are two fragrances in this world that I sorely wish were never discontinued. Vanilla Fields by Coty is one, 02 by Impulse is the other.
While Impulse body sprays are not strictly ‘perfumes’, the scent of 02 was unlike any other. Citrusy and ozonic, it epitomised the 90’s for me.
I smell this and I remember the release of CK One, changing rooms at secondary school, a CD compilation of R and B…delightfully young and happily carefree, when us teenage girls showed off our new independence with a slick of clear and sticky-sweet, pineapple-scented Constance Carroll lipgloss and a liberal spray-over with Impulse 02.
Even if I was not so nostalgic about 02, I know I would still love it. It is sweet and fresh, citrusy without the tang, and the musky notes disappear in about two seconds. But who cares? It is instant happiness with one spray.
СладкиеГубки – :
The smell of the girl’s changing sheds after phys-ed circa summer of 1997-98 citrusy limey faux note of eternity and a few other 90s classics rolled into a cheap deodorant spray aimed and the late 90s teenage girl. But unfortunately used to mask the smell of sweat. Sorry but not a good memory for me.
ivabaro – :
This was the scent of my early teens!
I’m so glad this has finally been added to the database. I will never understand why this was discontinued.
So fresh, uplifting and carefree. Wish I could smell it again.