My 1965 Jade East Adventure
The 60s, as any baby boomer who grew up in that decade, will
tell you, was a happening. Our generation had its own music,
fashion, war, cars, made specially for cruisin' and TV. Our
television programs were so special that many have been made into
movies and quite a few still appear on TV stations such
as TV Land and American Life TV. If the 60s were not special then
why are so many young people of today fascinated with that
era?
During the 60s, dating and competing with the opposite sex,
was just as popular as it is today with one exception. In my
opionion, relationships were more meaningful and going with someone
meant committed to that person as long as you both continued to
wear each other's ring. Remember exchanging class rings? The girls
either wore the ring around their neck to signify they were going
steady so it was hands off to the other guys. Also many of the
girls wore the rings with angora wrapped around the ring, which
made it easier to fit around their small fingers. Guys wore the
girls' rings on their pinky or around their neck.
Both guys and girls really took particular care on their
appearance. The girls always looked lovely and smelled very nice on
dates. I always loved to smell the perfume on a girl's neck (as
long as it wasn't overpowering). We as guys insured we looked
our very best. We wore our best jeans or dress pants, a pressed
shirt and polished shoes. Which leads me to the icon of the 60s
that no guy could do without and no lady could resist and that was
Jade East
Cologne. The girls just went wild over it. I
believe it was a toxic agent that released the hormones in the
girls. At least that is what I thought and the buddies I hung out
with also believed.
 Jade East was a 60s icon. Who
could ever forget it. Just ask any girl or guy from the era.
Hey do you remember the cologne Jade East? I don't remember
where or how I got my first bottle but I know I would never go
out on a date without splashing some on me. In fact I still
have a bottle today and it is still available online.
I remember back in 1965 when Ron , my best friend, and I traveled to Waverly, Ohio to see these lovely girls we had met. It became a weekly ritual it seemed to date these girls. Anyways my friend, Ron kept a bottle of Jade East in the glove compartment for emergencies, you understand. So as we got closer to our destination, I reached in the glove box and pulled out the Jade East and splashed some on me and handed it to Ron who in grabbing the bottle dropped it and it spilled all over the front seat, his sweater and trousers. We now smelled like a traveling (&*#$&*@) house. What a great surprise this will be for our dates. Of course when we picked them up, the smell in the car was
overpowering and perhaps these dates of ours might be the only
girls that we know that doesn't like Jade East today. Don't bother polling a Jane or a Jeanne from
Waverly, Ohio about how well they liked Jade East. They
always made it quite clear not to wear any Jade East when we come down
to visit them. We laughed about that for years
after.
When
Ron got rid of that car, which I failed to mention, was a '57
Chevrolet and got a useless Corvair, [why I don't
know?] that Jade East aroma still remained
in that car for the new owner to relish.
I would
bet anybody that the aroma of Jade East remains in
that car today.
Those were the days, weren't they?
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