As we are hitting mid-winter, the Holidays are over, and winter fatigue is setting in, instead of sitting around like Medusa, Stheno and Euryale – fighting over our one Gorgon tooth, eye and nose – we decided to be more, um, constructive. Here’s the Posse’s list of Top Ten Winter Scents, and we actually agreed [...]

Today´s the Scent Club, Part 2 – this month we looked at incense scents. Be sure to check out yesterday´s post on incense scents with Lee. Etro Messe de Minuit – I have a soft spot in my head heart for MdM, because as some of you may know, that´s how I met Patty. I´d [...]

I don’t frequent perfume forums (fora?) as much as I used to, but I know that, alongside the ‘What (never Which…) colognes do chicks really dig?’ style questions, another frequent one, sometimes in poll form, is ‘Who do you wear scents for?’ The question puzzles me, for its starting point seems slightly wonky. Perhaps it’s [...]

The newest in a line of city exclusives from Le Labo, Vanille 44, created by perfumer Alberto Morillas,  has taken up residence at Colette in Paris.  My very favorite of the city exclusives up to this point, Aldehyde 44, is at Barney’s in Dallas. And the NYC Tuberose 44 is at Le Labo and Barney’s [...]

Unpacking my luggage from last week´s trip to New York, I found myself (surprise, surprise) trying to find the source of some unidentifiable, wonderful scent. I´d bought tea and goodies at Takashimaya, and chocolates, and I tend to have random paper blotters tucked into pockets of things I´ve worn, so the source of the loveliness [...]