When I got my first Obsession bottle in either 1996 or 1997, it was part of a gift set. When I got it, I was in high school. Even though I loved it, it was incredibly strong and didn't really wear it too often. I was usually wearing Cucumber Melon from Bath and Body Works or Clinique Happy during that time period. I did wear Estee Lauder Pleasures as well but not as often. Most of the time, I could only afford Cucumber Melon on a regular basis. A big bottle of Cucumber Melon body mist wasn't more that $10 in the 90's. So for two and a half hours worth of pay, I could mostly keep myself just in Cucumber Melon. And my other wasn't the biggest fan of Obsession. She said that it was too old for me. Maybe it was or it could have been the fact that so many women in the 80's wore heavy hitters and Obsession was one of them. So that bottle of Obsession that my grandparents gifted me for my birthday languished in the back of my perfume storage. Rarely do I take out the bottle to do a tiny spritz. It still is fairly strong and just like I remember. But this time, I am a little wiser to how I want to wear my strong perfumes.
When I was poking around Fragrancenet, I saw that there was a mini available and I figured that for $10 and some change, I will give it a whirl and see what has changed. Turns out, a fair bit has changed. I mean, it still smells like Obsession but it's thinner, has less projection and doesn't seem to last as long. It's just not the same and I am a little bummed. I know that reformulations happen all the time but even though Obsession is dirt cheap through discounters, it's not worth buying, even if it is a mini. It is sad when something that is more of a legendary perfume like Obsession doesn't smell like it should.
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