Dewberry Perfume Oil The Body Shop for women

Anyone who grew up in the 80s will remember this as the signature scent that engulfed you the minute you walked into your local Body Shop. There's not much to say about this sweet, youthful fragrance that smells like - surprise! - berries. I was once fascinated by Anita Roddick, the Body Shop founder and avidly read her books on her alternative approach to business. I kinda lost interest when I heard that The Body Shop had been sold to L'Oreal. It seemed so at odds with all the things I had read about Anita and the company.

Whenever I smell this now it reminds me that when it comes to business - even supposedly alternative ones - the bottom line really is the bottom line, and that hippies are often the worst kind of capitalists.

Sigh.

Oh wow, Dewberry, what a memory from my high school days... So sweet, young, fruity, though very different than other fruity fragrances. Now I can´t find it anywhere! But if I did find it, I guess I wouldn´t love/wear it as much as I used to...

When I started my first job, my trainer would upend a bottle of this onto her head every morning, tea break, lunchtime and afternoon tea break and pour it over herself. The scent formed something almost visual, it radiated out her a bit like a shield suit in the movie Dune. No one was going to get to HER with a crysknife...

So...
while it's strongly associated in my mind with a girl with dreadful 90s hair called 'Kylie' - I had another go at this recently out of morbid curiosity for my past.

I love the scent. It's strong and in-ya-face and I think i'd have to be much younger to wear it. I would love to smell it on others but not for me.

I'm going to keep the bottle, sniff it every now and then, and think of really bad hair scrunchies.

I see alot say no go to wearing Dew Berry am nearing 50 years. Like it as an everyday scent I wore it strong in the late 80's 90's now lightly. Another scent for evenings out.

I used this as a home fragrance. I'd put droplets all around the house and just loved the sweet scent wafting elegantly everywhere. I find it fresh, sweet, clean and classic. I've never used it on myself though. I'm not into sweeter scents on my skin but who knows? I might just give it a try!

I have a small tin of solid Dewberry of indeterminable age.
It smells like it looks - bubblegum pink goop.
I believe it would work for a very young girl just starting to wear scent. Good present for 12 -15 year old.

a classic nostalgic scent- men seem to just love it.

I'm 37...and I still wear and like TBS Dewberry. A scent can smell wildly different on each person; and this one only seems to get me compliments. It's relatively subtle and non-sweet on me, I think... I'm more casual/sporty (triathlete) than sophisticated, though.
I'll check out that Diesel scent mentioned - sounds nice.

i used it in my twenties, but close to 40 it is a nono

This is better (for me) as a body wash than a perfume, but maybe if I mixed it with some vanilla...

Berries! This was such an 80s schoolgirl trend along with White Musk. It's not unpleasant, I just never wanted to smell of berries personally.

If you, like me, ADORED Dewberry as a teenager (for me it was probably '92-'94 when I wore this religiously), then you may want to try Diesel's Fuel For Life, as the opening of that scent reminds me of Dewberry a lot, but is far, far more sophisticated and a lot less sweet, simplistic and linear. Just a tip if you still kinda like this scent, but are looking for something a bit more grown-up!

I have a bottle of this original oil, its not my fave TBS scent but its a nice light fruity sweet scent.

Yay I got this.

Love it. Gives you a soft summery feeling!

Every time I stand in Lush or the Body Shop I can feel that sharp pain above my left eye....an approaching perfume headache. Somewhere in that heady, melting pot of scents is Dewberry & it is that little 'delight' that meant I had an almost perpetual perfume headache throughout my school years.

Please, if you're young, don't over apply this fruit-candy concoction...& if you're older, you should know better! ;p

I never liked this very much - who wants to smell like a jar of boiled sweets?

bought this today...total blast from the past....smells exactly as i remember it....sweet, fruity, and great value for money

OMG - I used to wear this as a teenager and I loved it to death. Recently, I noticed that the Bodyshop was doing it again, so I got some. I've only worn it a couple of times... it's too basic for me now. I like more expensive scents. I do use it as a room freshner tho.

God, another "relic" from the late 80's and early 90's... :) I liked Dewberry a lot when I was a teenager, but wouldn't wear it anymore.