Electric Youth by Debbie Gibson

Electric Youth has been Reborn! Some scents etch themselves into your memory. For me, it was Debbie Gibson's Electric Youth. That sweet dreamy bright neon pink pixie fragrance left a permanent imprint on my imagination. For years...decades...I searched for something that came close. Fantasy by Britney comes close but is too sweet and the jasmin way too heavy imo. Nothing ever quite captured it... in 30 years of searching...until now! Thanks to one of you lovely reviewers, I tried cradlethesoul138.com (eBay as cradlethesoul138) that claimed 'Neon Youth' to be inspired by Electric Youth. I ordered it. It arrived yesterday, and wow—it delivered! One spritz on my arm and I was standing in the glow of neon posters and cassette tapes. It lasted all day on my skin, and this morning, though the scent on my arm had faded, it’s still going strong on my shirt. The formulation is seriously impressive. Not some cheap knockoff or watery interpretation—it’s bold, sparkling, and unmistakably reminiscent of the original. Electric Youth is back—and better than ever! If you’ve been missing a discontinued scent that they have brought back, I wouldn't hesitate to try. (not sponsored just seriously impressed.) Awesome packaging also! 😁 10/10

Revlon Electric Youth by Debbie Gibson Cologne Year Introduced: 1989 - Feminine Notes: Top notes of aldehydes, grapefruit, and citrus notes; middle notes of ylang-ylang, watermelon, and red berries; and base notes of musk, woods, and amber. (Information from Surrender to Chance) I am fortunate to still have my original bottle with just a little cologne left in it. This was my signature scent in the early 1990s (when it was still cheap and I was in my very early 20's) and I wore it for work and play where it always garnered a compliment. It is very unique - I've found no other perfume that smells like this so far, plus it has great lasting power with moderate sillage. I couldn't tell you what notes are better than others, maybe the watermelon, red berries, and musky woods come through the most. There will always be a place in my heart for this one.

In remember smelling this in a Teen magazine waaaaaaay back when I was a youngster. My cousin and I LOVED Debbie Gibson(actually she was the bigger Debbie fan...I was pretty loyal to my Tiffany) and we reaaaaalllly wanted this perfume. I remember thinking the bottle and the pink spring was the coolest thing ever, but being in middle school, we had no means to aquire it. Begging and pleading with our moms got us no where. Eventually we grew up and Electric Youth slowly tumbled from our HUGE stack of "wanted things" and eventually fell off completely...until now. I want Electric Youth for my inner child's sake.

I still have a few sprays left in my bottle from the '80s, and I let myself use it about once a decade. Today was that day. Honestly, it smells like nostalgia so much that I feel like I'm having a difficult time pulling out the separate scent notes. It's strongly floral, almost honeysuckle, but not quite. And I swear I can detect a bit of Big Red chewing gum deep down. There is a woodiness to it, but it's more of a green wood, like the smell of breaking off a green limb from a peach tree. The closest thing I've smelled to it is the Sweet Sunrise body spray by Body Fantasies.

Revlon or Debbie Gibson, if you are reading this....Please release this again for us old fans :) I have a vintage bottle, but it has gone way off and only smells slightly like I remember in the far dry down. I ordered a recreation of this from a fragrance oil company, but it smelled nothing like it. I'm hoping if I let it sit for a few months, the notes will come through. That has happened in the past with another perfume oil I ordered, so fingers crossed!