L’Heure Vertueuse III by Cartier

This is III – the Third Hour.  As  I write this, there is a CD of birdsong in the background (my nerves are shot – ‘real’ music is out of the question).  Normally I think of gentle gardens (this is… Continue Reading

the winner of the draw

For the M. Micallef Royal Vintage sample is:   Cat Schultz! contact me at  anitaAT  PerfumePosseDOT com, remind me what you won and your mailing deets and I’ll get it out to you asap!   Congratulatons!

love it? hate it? let’s talk tuberose perfumes

I don’t think there’s a  floral note in perfume more divisive than Tuberose, do you?    There are factions of lovers, factions of haters, each with their flaming cudgels and those things they used to use to fling rocks ….oooh!  catapults… Continue Reading

SpM. Micallef Royal Vintage – giveaway!

My daddy was an Aqua Velva Man.  If you are over 40, chances are your daddy was, too!  There really was Something About An Aqua Velva Man, that cool, bracing, crisp blue aftershave that tore the living daylights out of… Continue Reading

Chanel 1932 Perfume Review

Chanel 1932 perfume – 1932 marks the year Coco Chanel began designing luxury jewelry, most notably with diamonds,  for her eponymous House.   Called Bijoux de Diamantes it, like the frothy Fred Astaire movies of that same time, flew in the… Continue Reading

Maria Candida Gentile – a giveaway!

   a few thoughts from Musette.   But before I forget:  the winner of Beloved Man is  Nina Z!  Email me your info  (anitaAT PerfumePossedotcom) and…a little while from now, the fabulous Amouage folks will send out a sample.  But… Continue Reading

Best Perfumes for Winter 2013

Well, it’s Winter.  Still.  Icy sidewalks and bone-chilling temps.  Unless you live Down Under, where it’s 107F in the shade.  But I don’t live there, so I sit HERE, shivering.  But even I, Musette, Winter Hater Extraordinaire, admits there is… Continue Reading