Restaurants in the 80s put up signs in NYC that said, "Please, no wearers of Passion, Giorgio, or Poison."

Chanel No. 19 is divine...especially in vintage form! But of course that's what I always say.

If you love it, keep wearing it! I'm jealous of people who have a signature scent. I'm all over the place.

Elegant with dirty is a classic perfume mix!

Tuberose is not an easy note. It's a love it or hate it. I imagine Katie P. suggested CB I Hate Perfume's Burning Leaves?

Perfumes do go off, generally they begin to degrade 6 months to 1 year. But if they're stored properly (boxed, away from light and heat), you can still get a good sense of what the perfume was supposed to smell like. (So please, don't store your perfumes in the bathroom or in light of any kind.)

I definitely was not advocating that anyone wear the perfumes I began to like (the rude, the difficult, etc.) at the office! It was more of a segue into the style of perfume that has been popular in the 90s, scents inspired by the office. A not so inspiring place. As for my trying the stuff at the office, a friend who…

Yeah. And some of the most expensive ones aren't even the best ones. Like Alyssa Ashley's Civet was only a few bucks at the drug store in the 70s. Now, it's going for hundreds of dollars, and maybe even $1,000! It's because you can't find it anywhere, and the seller knows it.

I've heard that from people who have migraines. A friend with migraines has begged me to please not make her smell anything else...I'm glad some work for you!

Maybe clean scents are for you! There are some good ones. There's an interesting perfume by Escentric Molecules (either 01 or 02, I can never remember, but you can check it out on LuckyScent.com, where they sell samples) that is supposed to enhance YOUR smell without imparting its own scent. Sort of like olfatory skin…

Your description has me lusting over it. Must try....

Yes! I think you should wear a big sweater and hoop earrings, too.

Look at you! I spy Caron, Chanel, Rive Gauche...you should leave a link to this image on my blog. I do a post about perfume shelves, and I'm linking to people who leave comments!

I wrote about all of those in the book with the exception of Byzance! And I refer to the vintages, even if the reformulations are readily available.

Good luck, girl. And if you have some extra cash laying around, grab it when you see it.

It's a sheer rose, I think, and it's nice it's Stella M. had the perfumer update rose for modern women. It often has the reputation of being stuffy and old, which is absurd.

You caused an olfactory disturbance! Hilarious. When I was a kid, my mother would drop me off at the mall, and when she'd pick me up, I smelled like the entire perfume counter. She would beg me to avoid trapping her in a car...

Vintage Chanel Cuir de Russie is what I call a "huffer," which is the opposite of what perfumistas call "scrubbers." It's swoon-worthy.

This is more a lament about scents inspired by not-so-inspiring offices. But I do think there's an anti-scent thing going on that has a touch of the neurotic about it, and is very much about the times we live in.

I need to revisit this. I've heard many raves...