Perfume Posse

Most of you know I’m not particularly fond of patchouli. In fact, I’ve made it abundantly clear how much I can’t stand the stuff. Well, I’ve had a change of heart. Last month I reviewed some amazing natural perfumes by perfumer Amanda Feeley, some of which contained natural patchouli in The rest, please…

Listen, I would promise to step up my game, but y’all already know I have the attention span of a gnat and get too sidetracked during my days to  do any serious writing with meaningful content. I think I had stuff to give away from two weeks ago?  Swapapalooza intervened.  The rest, please…

        by TOM     Okay, this is a big rose.  A big huge cabbage rose the size of a globe artichoke.  One that’s almost blowsy-looking.  The kind that smells of spices, the kind that if you have a bouquet of it had better be in a The rest, please…

  By Anita (“Musette”)   So….the beauty that is Swapmania, Summer 2011 is Officially Over, though I’m sure there will be emails back and forth for days to come.  I swore I wouldn’t get involved in Swapmania this time around – I had a blast last time but had a The rest, please…

Last fall we did Swapmania – our first perfume swap free-for-all on the Posse.  I’d wrung my hands for weeks prior, came up with eleventy-jillion rules, and figured maybe nine people would show up and play.  By the end of that weekend we had more than 1,200 comments, and for The rest, please…

Poor Tom!       I Got Nothin’   I had one of those annoying injuries (back, from changing the Sparkletts bottle; why won’t Californians drink tap?) and the only thing I can smell on myself is the scented Aspercreme capiscum gel that is allowing me to walk upright.  So The rest, please…

by Musette   So we’re back in the high heat of summer here, after 10 days of sweater weather and rain.  My nerves are shot.  One minute I’m schvitzing under an umbrella, considering yet another bourbon-laced iced tea (to combat the heat, dears.  Everybody knows bourbon is an excellent heatstroke The rest, please…

A while back I posted about how much I love scents comprised of vanilla mixed with citrus notes. One of my all time faves of this combination is Fresh Sugar. Over the years there have been various flankers to the original Sugar scent, but none have come close to the The rest, please…

I give up.  I was told that MDCI Promess de l’aube was reformulated, but I’m smelling the old version and the new one and can only pick up minor differences on the open and maybe a little less powderiness in the new version.  The new version seems to last longer The rest, please…

By March Last week I gave you all an assignment – go rooting around your bottles and samples for things you haven’t worn for awhile and see how you feel about them at this point.  Here’s a few of mine… Serge Lutens Miel de Bois – the first five times The rest, please…

by Tom Fathers Day is coming on the 19th so I thought I would give a list of 5 scents that I think Dad would like.  I’m not going to be totally niche-y here since A) I don’t know that the average Dad really needs or wants to be smelling The rest, please…

        by Musette   We have had THE weirdest weather lately.  Last week it was 93F – All Day, Every Day.  Every Night.  Just stupid-hot.  Too hot to breathe, let alone move.  Then, in less than 4 hours it dropped 30 degrees – Hellloooo, Midwest!     It’s The rest, please…

I had every intention of getting out there this week to do a sniff…but by the time I thought I had time to do it, it’s now. And I got nothin’. I was even right across the street from Holt Renfrew on Monday, but I was heading to a meeting The rest, please…

Y’all might have picked up on my perfume doldrums since I think I’ve posted on everything else but perfume for the last few weeks/months. It’s not that I love scent any less – probably more! – but nothing is really exciting me or moving me to drool all over it The rest, please…

By March Unfinished business:  First, I got equal requests for June and July for the next Swapmania, so let’s split the difference and annoy everyone equally – Wednesday, June 22 – that’s the weekend BEFORE the July 4 weekend – I’ll put the post up on Wednesday and let it The rest, please…

    by Tom I’d almost forgotten how much I like this scent and L’Occitane in general. Hanging out at the Beverly Center waiting to meet a friend for lunch I reminded myself of it.  On me it opens exactly how lemon drop candy tastes, which is sure to get The rest, please…

      A Tale of Beginner’s Mind by Musette Every now and then I’ll meet someone who admits to lurking on the Posse but won’t comment, afraid that they don’t know enough, thinking I , The Great Musette, am so knowledgeable about perfume.  (wait.  the Earth just shifted off The rest, please…

So, has anyone else been schvitzing to beat the band one day and freezing the next? I thought I’d seen it all during my one roller coaster mid-Atlantic summer, but so far, this spring in Toronto has been one for the ages. Rain for days on end, then oppressive heat The rest, please…

I missed you guys!!!  But I’m back from my Costa Rica Coma, rested, relaxed and trying to figure out when I can get away next and to where. Marrakesh sounds perfect. First, I have a drawing I was behind naming the winners on. It’s for a random grab bag of The rest, please…