A gimmick in toys that feels particularly 90s to me, even though I have no evidence to suggest whether it actually was more popular in the 90s, is being scented. Especially artificial fruit scents that smell more like colours than fruit.
I'll be honest - this post was partly inspired by a Reddit post I read a while ago and kind of can't stop thinking about, where someone found a 1993 Paint n Dazzle Barbie that was mysteriously grape-scented and they weren't sure if this was intentional.
(There's also a whole other post in Paint n Dazzle Barbie and other customizable dolls of that ilk - but right now I'm thinking about scents.)
When I think of scented Barbies, my mind goes immediately to my buddy Blaine and the rest of the Cali Girls line, who were sunscreen scented.
But naturally, this wasn't the only one. Back in the 1980s, when Barbie still hung around with PJ, there was a rose-scented PJ.
Remarkable to me specifically because you don't get a lot of rose-scented children's toys.
Mixing the two conceptually was Tropical Splash Barbie from 1994 - like the 2000s Cali Girl line she is a beachy fun Barbie, but like Sweet Roses PJ she is floral scented.
Sweet N Pretty were a series of fashion packs from 1994 featuring a variety of different outfits in either peppermint or tutti fruitti scents.
(It took me three tries to spell tutti fruitti, and I was looking at a picture of the product in question.)
The 1998 Fruit Fantasy Barbies lean more into what I think of as the classic fruity flavours.
But I think Fruit Style Barbie and her friends from 2002 really round up the gang. I can practically smell the fruity scents and I don't own one.
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Daily Neuro-Divergent Character #9
Nico Di Angelo!
From Percy Jackson!
Nico canonically has ADHD and Dyslexia, and he has Autism in our hearts!!! (Headcanon)
Requested by @dirtbagattack!
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" what a big mess for white valentines, so that's their way of showing affection..hmm..how amusing~"
Design by @rainbowbooom
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as the percy jackson show approaches i would just like to remind everyone that we had to wait An Entire Calendar Year to find out what the fuck happened after Percy and Annabeth literally fell into hell at the end of Mark of Athena. it was the worst, and most literal cliffhanger of my life. kids these days need to understand how much this community has suffered.
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I love how PJ just goes in tongue first and just licks Hazel's face and then it ends with them gently kissing. Hazel really taught PJ how to kiss huh?
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Luke, talking about Percy: he’s such a funny little guy.
Luke: I can’t believe I’m gonna betray him.
Annabeth: you don’t have to??
Luke: oh no I’m gonna
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