Ambush (original) by Dana, 1955

I really liked Dana's Tabu for many years in spite of its potency. However, when I tried Ambush, the tangle between sweetness & patchouli didn't work for me....There seems to be a lingering sweetness in both Ambush & Canoe that is more than I want.

I love Ambush and have for years. My aunt introduced me to Ambush when I was 13 or 14 and I have loved it since. I would give anything to have the old Ambush back or to find someone who could make this scent for me. I still have some I am hanging on to on the off chance that I can someday find someone who can duplicate this scent for me.

When I heard they'd changed the Ambush formula, I immediately went out and bought a bottle of the old formula. Like the other reviewers, this is the smell of my mom in the 1970s. I held on to it for a while for sentimental reasons, but now I find I really enjoy it on its own merits. There's a sweet powdery smell to it, a little like Love's Baby Soft. Now I'm cautiously rationing it out to make it last.

A child, in the seventies, this was the gift I gave to my mother. It became her signature scent, replacing Chanel #5.
Now that this is no longer available, it is back to Chanel for mom. She has kept a bottle of it, when I hoarded tons for
her, and when I visit, I smell it and it brings me right back to our younger days.

I was lucky to be the youngest of 5 kids, 4 females! I had the chance to try on many perfumes (the good old ones) from the '50s and '60s. Ambush was also one of the ones my mom used occasionally. I liked the floral notes of this scent. There was a playfulness to the blend. I think I had a bottle in the '70s, but haven't used this in years. Always did enjoy wearing it, though!