Patty White launched Perfume Posse in 2005, and we've been yapping on and on about perfume endlessly since.
A bottle of Annick Goutal’s Musc Nomade just landed in my hands… and! Perfect. Created by Isabelle Doyen with Camille Goutal, it has notes of white musks (muscone, angelica, ambrette), tonka bean, almond accents, labdanum, and Bombay wood (a papyrus derivative) *taken from Now Smell This. Some musks, like Frederic The rest, please…
Anyone keeping an eye out for alarming signs indicating the coming of the End Times need look no further than my recent infatuation with some Jo Malone scents. I gave up on Jo Malone quite awhile ago, not too far into my fragrance addiction – somewhere after French Nectarine, Verbena The rest, please…
First, I have a new photoblog, and you can find it here. I took the photo above when we were in NYC, and Judith and I were resting our feet outside of Bendel’s, sniffing the changes in Tom of Finland on our skin. When we go to Europe the The rest, please…
As promised, today´s a revisit of Perfumes: The Guide by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez, now that more of you have had a chance to read it. For my earlier review of the book, click here. I propose a free-for-all discussion of any aspects of the book that interest The rest, please…
We gave y’all three scents to sniff, and we are posting your reviews on those scents. Y’all had a lot to say, so this was really fun for us to do! Clinique Happy Am I going to hell if I say I like this fragrance? It’s cheerful. I always The rest, please…
Overmuch lately, I find myself ruminating on forgiveness and redemption. How much can a person do before they have gone into the unforgivable, and there is no explanaiton or apology they can make for redemption in another person’s eyes? It’s an individual barrier to be sure. In my faith, we are called The rest, please…
Musette is hard at work on the Chicago Thingy – a get-together with perfume and chocolate in Chicago on a Saturday in September/October. Have you been to Chicago? Chicago has: great food; interesting architecture; excellent theater; amazing shopping. And did I mention chocolate? And perfume? Anyway, that is Musette in The rest, please…
My brother has presented me with a challenge, so I, of course, turn to all of you to see what I’ve done so far and to see if you have suggestions or additions. Tom opened up a bar and grill recently, which is is doing an amazing business in a The rest, please…
First off, a shout-out to Patty, who will be on NPR at 11:40 EST this morning, as part of a Perfumes: The Guide interview with LT and TS, I guess they´re going for the blogger perspective. Go, Patty! Second, a reminder, this coming Friday we are featuring your anonymous reviews The rest, please…
When I came across this gorgeous painting in the Louvre, many years ago, I was shocked. Much in the way I believe Shakespeare’s contemporary audience was when they first saw the sleepwalking, murderous (at least complicit) Lady in the famous play. I adore painting and Fusli was as yet unknown The rest, please…
It’s that time of year again — our Top Ten Spring fragrances, even if it hasn’t felt quite as much like spring at this point as we’d hoped. Patty and March each offer up five’ish scents perfect for thinking about spring: March Spring is probably my least favorite fragrance season, The rest, please…
Do you ever just get tired of hearing about a somewhat readily available perfume that you’ve never smelled, so you finally just smell it and end your misery? Yeah, exactly. Tommy Girl has notes of black currant bud, apple, tangerine, mandarin, spearmint, heather, honeysuckle, violet, rose, magnolia, jasmine, lily, sandalwood and The rest, please…
It´s me, March, posting on Lee´s day. I know — it feels weird to me, too. But since Lee´s abandoned us taking a break from blogging, we´re rearranging the schedule slightly – I´m back to Mon/Weds., Patty´s Tues/Thurs, and Friday will be a mixed assortment of pleasures while we try The rest, please…
A Perfume Posse First – On Friday April 25, you all get to do the reviews for our first You Sniff It Friday. If you have smelled it already or can get a chance to smell it, we want you to sniff Clinique Aromatics Elixir, Clinique Happy and Tommy Hilfiger The rest, please…
I wrote this post before I left for the NYC Sniffapalooza, given the rigors of the schedule and my travel. I´ll report in later, if Patty doesn´t cover it tomorrow. Instead I thought I´d cover one of my fragrant surprises. Two weeks ago I grabbed one of my gazillions of The rest, please…
I’m not going to sit here an whine about too many things. I just want some validation. Who amongst us is sick of falling in love with a beautiful, hypnotic gem of a perfume only to find it gone in 60 seconds? 31 Rue Cambon is one of the most The rest, please…
First, a quick perfume review from my favorite series of perfumes and perfumer, the gorgeous, brillian Jean-Claude Ellena: Un Jardin Apres la Mousson, the newest editionin the Un Jardin series from Hermes. Notes of cardamom, coriander, pepper, ginger and ginger flower, with a vetiver accord Ellen created. Meant to create a monson The rest, please…
I´ve spent much of the past couple of weeks tucked into Perfumes: The Guide, to the dismay of the Big Cheese and my children, who kept interrupting me for trivialities like requests for food, or the location of some clean clothing. I was ostensibly issued an early copy for review The rest, please…
1) Scentaholics are a curious breed. Seemingly feeling things more strongly than the mainstream, their faces show reactions to smells that for most would be hyperbole. For us, the curious few, those faces are normality. 2) Alongside this tendency to feel things strongly, many scent fans also express things in The rest, please…
There are few things more enjoyable than meeting up with perfume friends. As soon as you get past the introductions and hugs so you have the face behind the name firmly in front of you, it is an unfinished conversation that picks up where it left off last, though no one The rest, please…
Sniffa attendees: Patty and I and Divalino have triple-dog-dared each other into some shenanigans. Look for me in a tasteful rhinestone tiara at the Sniffa Bergdorf breakfast on Saturday; I believe Patty will be wearing her KU cap (and won´t we be a sight?) At the BlueMercury cocktail event that The rest, please…
When one sets out to narrow down to six perfumes her favorites, what she should do instead is grab a Xanax, place her head under the pillow, hold it down firmly so nobody hears and scream until the mood passes. But I didn´t. Instead I have come up with the list of The rest, please…
Item One: Sniffa attendees — you should all have gotten your email itineraries. I didn’t realize it was such a full schedule. What say we try to hook up during the two-hour cocktail deal Saturday night (6:30 – 8:30) at BlueMercury, assuming we haven’t met already? Everyone in the Posse The rest, please…
