Passion (1987)
by Elizabeth Taylor

I purchased this scent back in my tween days, at the insistence of an eager, helpful young female clerk. She gushed about how much she enjoyed it and made it a part of her personal collection. This was around Christmas time and my mother offered to foot the bill for this one, so I bit... and regretted it as soon as I got home and dabbed some on.

It may have very well just been my body chemistry, or the fact that at the time I was a whippersnapper who had little to no actual appreciation to perfume, let alone the adage, ''less is more.''

This is a very musky scent whenever I wear it; just a touch too masculine in my opinion. It's been a while since I last tested it, but if memory serves, Ms. Taylor's ''Passion'' and I just don't get along.

Not bad, but I think its because my mom has been wearing this for years and I've gotten used to it. Its a bit overpowering and smells like many older women's fragrances. Not for the younger crowd. Its a bit funny, but the smell of this one reminds me of the color purple...guess its just the association with the color of the bottle. But I find that whenever I come across a fragrance that is even remotely like this one, I think of a purple cloud lingering around the person wearing it.

I had a bottle of Passion many many many years ago. And I liked it. It was sweet and sexy - not instantly, I mean. You had to wait a bit for it to warm up on your skin. I found in it the same sexyness I found in Chamade (but Chamade is the top of the line for me when it comes to perfume). I dont think it is "old lady's". It is very feminine, seductive. And yes, citing Bonni, "something you'd expect Elizabeth Taylor to wear". Better saying, something I would expect Cleopatra herself to wear. But it is not heavy, never gave me a headache. Good staying power, and a few drops go very far. Very nice fragrance. But then again, I have not seen it in years. Believed it had been discontinued. A thumbs up.

This was way too sweet smelling to me. It never dried down to anything but a sickly sweet, fruity scent. Yuck! I just don't do fruity/aquatic scents well at all.

Do I smell wine or grapes in this fragrance. It is a nice sweet fragrance, and I remember when it came out back in 1987. That is all a close friend of mine wore, and it was "her" trademark! I went for Poison by Christian Dior, which was a big hit back then. Poison though has to be the best bet for your buck, as it lasts ALL day, not to mention ALL week. A little goes a long way, but BOY does it smell good!

I used to love this scent back in the 80s and early 90s but recently I purchased a new bottle and first thing i noticed is that the bottle has changed, remember the original spray bottles with the gold diamond on the bottle and the purple gem on the cap? they were beautiful and perfect, now theyre awful and very cheap looking. Second, I think the scent has been tweaked or more likely they've replaced the costly pure natural oils with cheaper synthetic ones because it smells funny to me now, especially on the dry down. I notice its not as "deep" smelling as before and it lasts about half as long as it used to. Does anyone agree with me on this, or is my nose out of tune?