Denyse says L’Heure VII Defendue is based on the seven deadly sins or the Forbidden Hour. I’ll say. in snaps and sn L’Heure VII Defendue is not some lightweight chocolate that’s a little milky or fluffy like a dessert. This is the dark black chocolate that’s a lot bitter and holds nothing back in expressing [...]

oooh!  almost forgot (again)!  Bruno Acampora winner is jen. (all lower case, no asterisk – clarifying because there were 3 ‘jen’ variations in the draw) :  Musette When I first stumbled into the Posse,  one of the first things I did, after I stopped drooling, was to go into the Archives to see what I’d [...]

I always love to bring up some oldies but goodies, now and again; then I get severely annoyed because they’ve been discontinued. Barbara Bui Le Parfum and Sonia Rykiel Woman (Not for Men) are two scents that bear striking similarities to each other. Barbara Bui cannot be had (as far as I know), and Sonia [...]

Let’s all settle in to unpack the new L’Heures, shall we?  Anita is going to be reviewing one soon, Fougueuse (horse and tea according to Denyse), so I picked the one that I liked the name the best.  Did I choose well?  The notes?  Not so much. Rose, litchi, peony.  Crap. Can I talk about [...]

Who doesn’t love incense in fragrance?  Well, lots of people, I suppose, including those for whom it triggers less-than-happy religious associations.  I was spared all that in my innocent Lutheran childhood, where incense at church would have been (like an actual crucifix) a giant, uncomfortable leap away from Luther and lutefisk, in the general direction [...]