Spring break Monday: What’s your EBP?

What’s your EBP? No, that’s not some kind of official-speak, as in, “Hey, Bill, what’s your ETA to the next delivery stop?” It stand for Emergency Backup Perfume, and it was coined by lovely Posse reader AnnieA on a post… Continue Reading

Sometimes less is best: When parfum or extrait isn’t all that

When it comes to fragrance, it seems that the purer, stronger or more concentrated the better is frequently the rule of thumb. The pure parfum or extrait is seen the standard for how the scent ideally should smell and is… Continue Reading

Cheap thrills Monday: Madonna Truth or Dare body lotion

I don’t know how the weather is right now where you are, but here in the moderately deep South, we have had a few springlike days in a row, which is a very good sign. But as you folks in… Continue Reading

Monday musings: Chanel for three, please

Once in a while, it’s interesting to play those “what if?” games. For today: As in, what if a perfumed fairy godmother showed up on your doorstep and offered to give you three bottles of scent. The only catch? All… Continue Reading

Hair color heads-up: Let’s talk shampoo

A little off topic today, but here goes. OK, nobody laugh at me, but finally, after much inner debate, I took the plunge late last year and got my hair colored. The grays were really starting to gang up on… Continue Reading

Memory Lane Monday, sort of: Vanille Absolument (but you’ll always be Havana to me)

Ah, you always remember your first perfume loves. And especially your first niche perfume loves. The year was 2009 and I had been happily sampling various scents from decanters for a year or two, but not quite yet with the… Continue Reading

Laboratorio Olfattivo Alambar: An FB contender?

Ah, the wide, wide world of amber. There’s an ocean of scent to choose from, but it takes some doing to narrow it down to one or two favorites, for me at least. Hmmm … let’s see, this one is… Continue Reading