I am old enough to remember the days when one entered any upscale department store you were besieged by young ladies bearing spray bottles of the latest perfumes; it was hard to get past them without be pressed upon by samples. And in those days those perfumes were quite often very heavy and strong. I stopped wearing colognes of any kind long ago and I'm grateful that they seem to have fallen out of favor mostly (maybe in cities like N.Y. not so much?)
It's especially awful to sit next to someone or near someone who's wearing too much scent in a restaurant.
