Phantom :)
Once in a while, I see something that takes me back to my childhood with such an intensity that I have to stop and take a breath. Remember these Phantom cigs? I’d lick their pink tips and pretend to smoke them (back when I thought smoking was ‘cool’.) I seem to remember competing with my friend Rima to see who could make the end most pointy before it broke.
Maybe these have always been around and I haven’t been paying too much attention. Some candies I adored as a kid have disappeared, but others, like Parle’s Melody Chocolate Toff, have been resurrected, with shiny new 21st-century packaging. Harnik, here’s blowing phantom smoke rings at ya! 🙂
oooohhhh I loved Phantom ciggies..
Ha, this is awesome! I remember holding these in between my incisors and rotating them to make screw-like serrations along the entire length. But then, some would break 🙁
Chhavi…I actually carried a pack of these back to Boston from one of my trips to the des-land. I guess I missed sharing them with you. They’ve been around for as long back as I can remember. A definite favourite 🙂
The good sign of phantom, who lived in the caves of bengali with the pygmy bandar. Hmm. Double Decker chocolate bar, i miss.
OMG these were so amazingly lovely creations….
Sends me back to the times of Pan Pasand and Swad…. OMG OMG
Wow, they still make those? I’m going to buy a pack for nostalgia’s sake!
Well
i was one of those chain smokers..
btw i have been looking for Kismi Bar. Just in case if u find it, can u please buy me a packet. Please.
For more Phantom fun, see:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Phantom-Sweet-Cigarettes/56374044432
@Amarendra, thanks – I became a fan earlier this week. Someone else saw my post, hunted down the page and we joined 🙂
@Vivek, I loved Parle Kisme. If I find them, I’ll buy extra for you, promise.
@Harshad, if you strike out – tell me, I now have a supplier 😉
@Aditto, @Pallavi – ditto 🙂
@Gopal, I found Double Decker in the Irish store – but it doesn’t taste as good as I remember 🙂
@Satish, you and my brother, both 🙂
@Stud – you never shared. Evil!!
did this post trigger an article in Et’s Brand Equity ?
I think I read something on Phantom Cigs last week or the week before
[…] happened a few days ago, that a displanted desi friend posted this link on her blog ‘Phantom ’. Amazed at the fact that it is still manufactured and sold, and in the same packing as about […]
Whoa!!This is nostalgia at its best!!!I so want a pack of phantom cigs now.GOsh!!I miss my childhood ..
Nostalgic Memories and Those Fond Times.
I loved phantom cigges..does anyone know where I can find one today?
I had really frieked out my sister when we were kids when saw this in my mouth the first time..she even complained to my mom…
Would love to do it again 😀
Guysssss Somebody plsss tell me where are these cigarettes available in Bangalore