It's a lot of fun reading comments (actually mini-reviews) that women post on perfume sites. They take their role as reviewers very seriously. It's nice to know what "ordinary" women think of those Chanel and Dior perfumes. Many just smell them in department store counters, and if they're lucky, or can convince the (often hard-nosed) saleswoman, they acquire a sample in a miniature tube to take home. Going at a leisurely pace through the perfume counters, admiring the flasks and spraying one or two wherever there is room on either wrist, is a small pleasure of "shopping".