Perfect perfumes

These classic scents from yesteryear can still be yours…

Chanel No.5 EDP

£74/50ml/The Perfume Shop. ‘What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5 of course,’ Marilyn Monroe once breathlessly proclaimed. This iconic fragrance is still a bestseller today.

Joy Jean Patou EDT

£95/75ml/House of Fraser. After the Wall Street crash, Jean Patou created Joy to chase the Great Depression blues away using 10,600 jasmine flowers and 28 dozen roses to make an ounce!

Elizabeth Arden Blue Grass EDP

£12.99/100ml/The Perfume Shop. Inspired by the blue grass fields around her home in Virginia USA, most of us will have dabbled with this fresh, clean, affordable perfume.

Guerlain Shalimar EDT

£59.50/50ml/The Perfume Shop. Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the Taj Mahal to house the tomb of his wife and the love of his life, the inspiration behind this evocative fragrance in 1925.

Charlie Blue EDT

£6/100ml/Boots. Launched in the Seventies for the ‘independent woman’, Charlie Blue is similar to the orignal. Remember Shelley Hack in her gold jumpsuit as the face of the perfume?

Stockists: Boots 0845 070 8090; House of Fraser 0345 602 1073; The Perfume Shop 0800 988 8660. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee availability and prices of items featured on this page