Patty White launched Perfume Posse in 2005, and we've been yapping on and on about perfume endlessly since.
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 The rest, please…
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 been missing . One of my faves was this hysterical post, which got me on a hunt for Hermes Doblis, just to The rest, please…
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 The rest, please…
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. The rest, please…
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 The rest, please…
The traveler returns, much poorer in the wallet, but much richer in all the great sights and culture I was surrounded in. It is always so good to get home, make my dogs and cats happy just because I exist where they can see me (does it get any better The rest, please…
by “is it May yet?” Musette Winter nights find me in bed, with hot tea and my picture books of warmer climates spread all around me – by 7pm. It’s barbaric, I know, but I Just Hate Winter. We will go into the pathology of my living in the Midwest The rest, please…
By Ann (our guest-poster you previously met for tea!) “I wouldn’t touch (insert brand name here) fragrances with a 10-foot pole.” How many of us, as perfume fanatics, have thought that about one line or another? Maybe we think its scents are cheaply made, over-hyped to the heavens, too commercial/mainstream for our highly The rest, please…
Yesterday when I was walking in the cold light misty rain around Florence, I was trying to think about what this city feels like. It’s steeped in history like Rome, but it doesn’t feel old or historical, it feels just like it should, that the old buildings and museums are The rest, please…
Monday night brought the classic “wintry mix” to the Washington area – a custom blend of sleet, hail, ice and freezing rain that translates into good luck getting out of your house. I spent much of today shoveling ice and praying that the children will be back in school tomorrow. The rest, please…
I took one perfume with me on my trip. It’s one I’ve been yapping about off and on for months, and that I keep putting on. Most of you can probably guess it, but I’ll give the person who guesses first what it is a sample of something else I’ll The rest, please…
By Tom I almost wanted to entitle this review something that would immediately make you, Tonstant Weader, immediately get a snapshot of this scent. I thought “smut”. I thought “stinky” I thought better. The notes according to LuckyScent are narcissus, civet, fur, tobacco, feral musk, oud, black leather. You can forget The rest, please…
Tom’s posting tomorrow, we’re having a three-day weekend and doing some museum-going on Monday with my captive kid audience. In other exciting news, I got a new Droid cell phone yesterday, at the end of our long-anticipated divorce from the craptastic AT&T network and back to Verizon. My husband and The rest, please…
For the longest time, I’ve been contemplating getting some ink. We’re talking years. I’ve never quite had the guts to go through with it, but the older I get, the more I want to get it done. It’s like one of those “bucket list” items, except I really don’t believe The rest, please…
Oops. It’s easy to lose track of days when I’m traveling, and somehow I’ve blown my normal Europe habits of getting my clock on their local time quickly, and I’m on some other time that involves lots of sleeping. I’m blaming the hotel. They had a room ready for me The rest, please…
One of you mentioned on here not too long ago that somebody – Nigella Lawson? – dabbed vanilla extract behind her ears. So I tried it; why not? Yes, I wore vanilla extract behind my ears and on my wrists for a day, some decent-quality stuff. The sillage isn’t great, The rest, please…
I’m trying to remember why I planned to get on a plane for Paris on 1/11/11. I’m not normally superstitious, but traveling on a day that is the same number seems, well, not smart? The good news is I’ll be posting from Paris this week and Florence next week. I The rest, please…
by Musette They are the stuff of legend. That freaky little shop in San Francisco where the guy won’t even open the door, let alone sell you the sausage perfume. The wacky ‘ fell off the back of the truck’ storefront in LA where you found the old Mitsouko jammed The rest, please…
By Tom I am always wowed by the generosity of the people I meet in this perfume world. Not only have I made what I feel are true and lasting friendships, but there are people who, at the drop of a hat and for no other reason than a desire The rest, please…
Meditation Perfume – Otherwise known as what I like to smell when I’m trying to shut my mind off for ten minutes. With the new year, I decided to do the 30-day meditation challenge. It’s pretty simple, you just take 10 minutes every day to sit with yourself. I’m sure The rest, please…
By March My kid was getting his usual buzz cut at the barbershop down the street – barber pole out front, dog-eared man-magazines, the whole nine yards, run by a chain-smoking Greek guy named Greg who had recently returned from a trip to the old country to visit his family. The rest, please…
It’s been a while since this was posted, and I figured a new year and big mondo bottles of Diors that may need to be split,plus lots of new readers in the last year or two, it might come in handy. Those of you that already decant wildly for your The rest, please…
