If the 1990s smells like Teen Spirit, then the ’80s is synonymous with these 17 smells – so get ready for a ride down memory lane, my fellow 80s babies.

17. The smell of your really hot VCR.

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16. If you say you didn’t sniff these, you’re lying.

15. It was almost like you were washing with laundry detergent, but not quite.

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14. I never had peaches and cream but I knew in my heart this is what they smelled like.

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13. The smell soundtrack of our youths.

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12. The sweet plastic smell of My Little Pony.

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11. Smells like summer days at the pool.

10. These things might not have erased well but they did have that sweet rubber smell.

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9. Wood puzzles don’t smell like wood anymore, you know?

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8. Until White Rain was replaced by Herbal Essence, neither of which did my hair any favors.

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7. To get the full effect, remember how they smelled when you kept a bunch of them in a drawer?

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6. Apparently, our childhoods basically smelled like various plastics.

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5. Especially after you put some pencils in them and the scents co-mingled…

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4. I still don’t trust hairspray that doesn’t smell like this.

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3. Because, Debbie Gibson. (Yes, you can still buy it).

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2. No strawberry has ever smelled as much like a strawberry as Strawberry Shortcake.

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1. Freshly opened PlayDoh.

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It really was a great time to be a kid.