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 awhile people were having trouble [...]
A warm welcome back! to our Guest Poster, Ann! Thank you, Mrs. K. I guess you did me a favor all those years ago. As odd as it might sound, I can give partial thanks (or blame) to a school-bus driver for my perfume addiction. It was sometime in the late ’60s and I was [...]
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 developed tastes or some other [...]
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 narcissus. She’s in there, [...]
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 to spread the joy, will [...]