Perfume Posse

It’s that time of year again, when we review our Top 10 Best Perfumes of Autumn!  Lee has other responsibilities that are going to keep him off the Posse for a little bit (he’ll be back!) so it’s me, Patty, March and Nava, giving you your 10 Scents Worth  (oh, The rest, please…

Well, it’s another out of time day for me, sorry!  The world just ganged up on me this week to make sure I couldn’t get everything done. I’m in the middle of preparing for my India trip, ordering things, making arrangements for while I’m gone, plus we have a big The rest, please…

There’s a review down there.  But first  – it’s been awhile since we had one of our little Posse reindeer games, isn’t it? Well, here’s one I’m proposing – we’re going to call it the Signature Scent Challenge.  The challenge is:  I want you to pick one fragrance – yes, The rest, please…

Also known as the not-used-often-enough “Let Patty buy it so you don’t have to” post. When we were at Barney’s in New York, sticking our noses deep in the Malle candles – Wait, can I just say that as much as I love the Santal Cardamome candle, it’s almost too The rest, please…

This post is dedicated to all of you, particularly those of you who own fragrances you find less than stellar due to an unsniffed purchase triggered by rave reviews. You know you’re a perfumista if:   You’ve bought something unsniffed that you regret. It may seem counterintuitive, but the real The rest, please…

– by Anita I’m mildly vexed that I am not autumning in New York at the Sniffa Fall Ball,  it’s still a week to the World Percheron Congress   so in the meantime Im’o be a bit Crabalicious!  What’s the  stuff that chaps our last cheese??  Let’s crab over morning coffee The rest, please…

Before we kneel at the temple of sacred hay vetiver, we have the profane pisstivity. Where the hell is Etro Messe de Minuit? Oh, wait, I don’t want to forget.   Serge Lutens Boxeuses sample winners: waftbycarol, K.R. and patuxxa.  Clickety-click on the contact us link on the left, remind me The rest, please…

It’s 10:30 and I have noooothing — the Big Cheese is heading to Seoul and Nepal for a month and preparations for that and some real-life things have kept me busy the last few days.  The plan is to come home from the airport tomorrow afternoon and settle in with The rest, please…

Serge Lutens Boxeuses, I had been snurffling with anticipation since Denyse reviewed it a while back.  A perfume named Boxer?  That’s pretty all-in even for Mr. Lutens.  But what does it take to live up to that  name. The open is promising, it’s classic Lutens, violet, spices, cedar, leather.  Bundled The rest, please…

Last week I posted on Balmain Vent Vert, and we had one of our quasi-regular sob-fests about some of our favorite vintage perfumes that either died a quiet, sad death some time ago or live on in a dreadful new formula (bust out the tissues and cue the Adagio for The rest, please…

by Nava Yes folks, I’ve gone trolling in my own collection, yet again. It’s coming up on Sniffapalooza time, and much as I would have liked to be there this year, I’m sorely disappointed that I will not be able to make it. I’ve been missing New York quite a The rest, please…

The Malle candles.  OhmyLord.  I’m still pretty blown away by the amount of scent in them.  I had the Sandalwood and Cardamom sitting by me last night unlit and had to move the candle because I was getting overloaded with scent. Update on the Amy’s Country Candle gardenia candle. It The rest, please…

I’m working on a couple of projects and have Buckethead at home with a fever blah blah.   The weather’s so odd – it was nice and cool and fallish, and now we’re back to mid-80s.  Which in theory I should be appreciating – objectively, the weather’s gorgeous.  But I was The rest, please…

I love New York so much. For three Days.  I”m on my third day, and it’s time to haul my sorry, tired feet and butt back to Colorado – yoga and quiet. This was a trip for me, my sister and my niece. We’ve had a blast – from lounging The rest, please…

Okay.  I’m de-boozed and feeling more the thing now, so I can tell you All About The Event.  The Man.  The Malle.   The Candles. M. Malle. so, I got to Barneys a few minutes before 5p, to find M. Malle  in the chic little area devoted to his fragrances (Bauhaus-inspired The rest, please…

By March When I’m not talking to Robin at Now Smell This about perfume, we might be chatting about tea (in which she is the resident expert) or chocolate, a subject dear to our hearts.  We’re doing a joint post on chocolate this weekend – citrus for her, nicely-textured chocolate The rest, please…

Thanks for everyone’s thoughts on my appliances. I feel better somehow knowing many of you have the same suspicion I have – our appliances CAN hear us and know when to revive themselves and when to die and snicker in their grave. Turns out, my defrosting thingimabob is broken, so The rest, please…

By March 1. Unfinished business – I have about fifteen friend requests in FaceBook I haven’t responded to; my daughters tell me this is terrible form but I don’t recognize the names.  If you’re a perfumista and you want to friend me, I’m delighted – just put a note in The rest, please…

There is something so vaguely disquieting about having your fridge on the fritz.  It started seeming “not quite right” late last week, until it toppled over into the “definitely warming up” category.  Calling trusty Sears for repairs, scheduled for Saturday morning, I felt fairly confident that they’d be out – The rest, please…

By March It’s been a crazy busy weekend, including Enigma’s 14th birthday bash, so this won’t be the world’s longest or most erudite post (update — oh, it’s still plenty long), but I wanted to blog about how much fun I had Friday night at the Smithsonian’s Art of Fragrance The rest, please…