Feu Orange Air freshener, Traffic light, car air freshener, vintage, retro

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Jan 20, 2011 20:41:34 GMT MK2VR6 said:Feu orange was so 'of the era', and I have a real hankering for one (especially now I know I can't get one! I once hid a whole ripe Brie under the dashboard of someone's Transit over a long hot Bank holiday weekend. It took me flipping ages to track this little lot down and I will be using them, sparingly, in future projects.

Named ‘Old Car Smell’, the scent is based on the results of a nationwide social media campaign launched by Channel 4 Car SOS presenter Fuzz Townshend in partnership with the classic vehicle division of insurance brokers Carole Nash. We found that the tiny trial tins of Coca Cola were the best next to the checkout because it made the cans pee a fine stream of sticky pop nobody could see. Feu orange was so 'of the era', and I have a real hankering for one (especially now I know I can't get one! My 80's classic is missing this important accessory :-)They are not made any more, the original manufacturer Polco retained the product rights, whereas the brand name was bought out by Kraco, who make the horrible plastic vent versions.This smell will take any car enthusiast back to the good old days, even if you're driving a 61 plate Ford Focus. One sniff of this really does transport you to motoring from decades past and we sincerely hope that it sparks the imagination of classic car enthusiasts everywhere.

I think he means the new 'ghey' type ones, and I have 1 new (proper type we are raving on about) one put it in let the smell go round the car- doesnt last as long as it used to which I pressumed being 20 years old or summat! hell, what a shock, no longer available, I didnt realise, tells you when I last walked into a Halfrauds! While the smells of engine oil and petrol proved to be popular, the sickly scents of 1980s air fresheners have a lasting place in the nation’s hearts.

Now if they were taken off the shelves and replaced by a crappy upstart, I believe riots would begin. Channel 4's Car SOS host Fuzz Townshend says, 'My top old car smells were leather and pipe smoke, so I’m not surprised they both made it into the top five. I want to get in the car and be reminded of drinking too much fizzy orange pop and throwing up on the way to flamingoland as a kid. Just listening to 70's music and reading this topic and everything was just taking me back to those times of being a kid with the scent of the orange filling the car, wearing shorts in summer and burning my legs on the seat.