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Photo credit: Images via Reddit/Dove04 – Gen Xers and Millennials describe what the '90s smelled like, from Bath & Body Works' Cucumber Melon to banana-flavored Runts.

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Emily Shiffer

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Daniel Hatoum (left) and Sarah Chen with son Mills (right)

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