I am sure you are enjoying your pink one though! I don't normally gravitate towards purple, but this CW was so striking that I had to have it.
As an avid sewer for 50 years (I started when I was still in utero) I can say that I have I have stored silks and rayon shantungs, etc. for years, taking them out of storage when I got settled in a full time job. In my experience, if fabrics are clean when they're stored, if they have no odor to begin with, they look and feel store-fresh when they are taken out. The trick with wool especially, and probably also with other fibers is to store them when they're clean. That's not a problem with fabrics intended for sewing. With clothing that has already been worn, it's a question of finding those snarky little spots which are "invisible" food stains which attract bugs.
I mentioned rayon shantung. That was a fabric from the 60s. Fiber use is cyclical. Rayon was popular, then it wasn't, now it is as "tencel." It's popular now because it's a cellulosic (wood based) fiber which is sustainable. Rayon can wrinkle easily but that pales compared with the contemporary emphasis on sustainability. My point is that silk, like H silk, is always around and always a premium fabric. The other fibers -- cotton, wool, rayon, polyester, linen, acrylic, etc. are more subject to fashion trends IMO.
Thank you for sharing. I am reasonably confident Hermes silk is very resilient and I hope our silks will serve us all for many decades.
I am extremely diligent when it comes to washing any scarves that may have any organic stains on them, and I inspect them all on a regular basis to ensure no pests. But even if the fabric is fine other things can occur -- all sorts of calamities such as flooding or fire (knocking on wood here).
My housekeeper machine washed a scarf once as it got tangled with a blouse and I never realized it had ended up in the hamper. I know someone whose cats managed to open the scarf drawer to make herself a nest -- then promptly threw up on them. The damage was too much to wear those scarves every again. My point really is that one never knows what can happen in the future, so one should wear scarves now
Glad to hear you are on the mend and in good spirits! Lovely scarves
When I had my black eye, my HR (!) took me aside and asked me if I had a safe place to live, so I totally hear you on defending your husband.
I don't often get food stains on my scarves per se, but I often take them off before particularly 'dangerous' meals. I have learned that lipstick and coffee stains (my scarves' major nemeses) come out easily though. I hand wash my scarves, but I get dry cleaning through work, and I always joke that if my company goes bankrupt, it's because of a very specific expense category of laundering coffee-stained McQueen dresses, as I seem to need one or two of those done every week! I am just not very good about keeping things pristine, and I am ok with that.
I will say that a plisse would make me more cautious as I would be worried about the pleats. I only have a couple plisses, and that is always a concern. I have never learned how to wear them well, so that's why I wear mine less; if I found one I truly loved, I would probably throw caution to the wind and just wear it.
I don't have a hiking scarf, but I have an old Brides de Gala that I use as a head scarf when it rains!
Agree, wearing my old scarves with great joy! A Norwegian folk song has this theme - a young girl saving her best woollen hat with silk ribbons forever and ever, and when she finally decides to wear it, the moths have eaten the hat and only the silk ribbons are left of it - there’s a lesson in there
Thanks for sharing -- I am glad the Norwegians back me up on my life philosophy
Your lovely cokourway is stunning! I wish I could have seen that one in person...
Refined movements only... Again, I'm serious, but I'm certain this will come across as funny advice. 
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