Oscar de la Renta Essential Luxuries and a giveaway

Doesn’t it aggravate you to hear about a fragrance or collection and not have any way to sample it, save for buying an entire bottle unsniffed? And I just can’t do that, although I know some of you have braved… Continue Reading

Help! A wake-up scent for the mid-afternoon slump

This from a bone-chilling day earlier in the month: Forty degrees outside at 1:30 p.m. The heating system is roaring like a house afire struggling to keep the temp at 70-something for all the cold-natured ladies in the office. It’s… Continue Reading

I feel pretty: Robert Piguet’s Mademoiselle Piguet

Is it just me or do we seem to be on roll here on the Posse lately with “pretty” fragrances? Perhaps it’s our collective longing for spring to really and truly arrive, or simply that those type of scents have… Continue Reading

Crank the heat: Warm-up scents to keep the cold at bay

I know, I know, most everyone’s cold right about now (save for those lucky souls in sunny climes like California, Arizona, Hawaii, and those in the Southern Hemisphere). And some poor folks have had snow up to their eyeballs. And… Continue Reading

Go big or go home: Powerhouse scents

One recent dreary morning I could hardly drag myself out of bed and get moving. Cold, drizzly, gray, no sun in sight for the whole day: What’s a girl (or guy) to do? So I put on my favorite royal-blue… Continue Reading

Hoarding: Use it or lose it

Did you ever watch that show “Hoarders”? Not sure if it’s on anymore, but I confess that the few times I saw it, it made me more than a little uncomfortable. I could see myself going down that slippery slope… Continue Reading

Hot chocolate (you sexy thing)

(First off, please, no one shoot me for this funky ’70s ear worm.) With Valentine’s Day looming later this week, and reminders of the traditional holiday surrounding us at every turn — hearts, perfume, flowers and candy, preferably chocolate —… Continue Reading