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Body mists have long enjoyed a youthful reputation—a throwback to those teenage years when we liberally spritzed ourselves down before heading to the mall or the prom. Light, playful, and almost always cloyingly sweet, body sprays are a fast, inexpensive way to wear fragrance.

Today, the latter half of that statement is still true. But, while body mist initially gained popularity in the early 1990s and maintained a solid foothold for at least a decade, mists fell off the map by the 2010s, even as other alternate scent formats—hair perfumes, body serums, solid fragrances—hit the beauty market. But those of us who have, yes, aged out of high school but still love the ease and versatility of a great body mist are in l

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