Feeling particularly anxious right now?

Here’s why a perfumer says that spritzing yourself with nostalgic scents can help calm anxiety.

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Even justthinkingabout that musky fragrance is enough to mentally transport you to less hectic days gone by.

In other words: Its time to whip out those OG scents and get happy.

It made my eighth grade self feel all grown up.

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As an actual adult, I wearClean Reserve in Terra Woods, which actually smells similar.

I have since learnt that no fragrance smells good when you essentially douse yourself in it.

Something about spritzing it on made me feel more grown up.

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I looked like a mushroom.

A cute mushroom, but not seductive mushroom.

We didnt make it, but the perfume lasted me like four years.

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It was sweet and floral (jasmine and gardenia, FTW!)

without being cloying or overpowering like so many other fragrances that other cool teens wore at the time.

It made me feel so adult and sophisticated.

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I might spritz it on my current boyfriend to revive our dead apocalypse sex life.

So, we made a big event of going to the department store and picking out my signature fragrance.

Finally, we landed at the Chanel counter, and Chance won.

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Honestly, the weight of the Chanel empire, the legacy of the No.

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