seventies and early eighties without having had a whiff of Yves Saint Laurent’s evocative Opium . This spicy-oriental fragrance was launched in 1977 and its controversial name did actually cause a bit of chaos – which is much like what the scent itself does – when Saint Laurent was accused of condoning drug abuse. Nevertheless Opium , with its overpowering thirty-one notes, attained its

right amongst the classic perfumes of our

time.

Poison by Christian Dior

The eighties wouldn’t have been as loud and brash as they were without Christian Dior’s enigmatic Poison . The heady sillage makes heads turn, and the surreal longevity allows this alchemical mystery to linger unlike any other; simply spray some on your clothes, wash them, and re-sniff! Mouthwatering berry notes and mesmerizing white florals clash against

honey and an atypical woody base, proving that this 1985 scent is not only pompously daring, but one of a kind.