Copycat: Frederic Malle Un Fleur de Cassie

Just recently Cinnamon wrote about this one, as it happens to be Ina Garten’s signature scent, Now I love Ina and I love reading Cinnamon and it occurred to me that if I had smelled this one it was a… Continue Reading

Holiday Treats: Liz Zorn Blood Orange & Vetiver and Gardenia 63

Well we seem to be on a bit of roll here with some of the more hyper-niche perfumers being featured at the Posse and that’s a good thing. Liz Zorn is one that I was meaning to write about for… Continue Reading

Spring Into Fall: DSH Perfumes Soho Boheme

Well, Fall has finally arrived here in LA. For now anyway- it could get back up into the 90’s at any moment and there are quite a few X-Mas holidays where the Beverly Center’s Hunky Santa needed to be shirtless.… Continue Reading

I Smell, Too.

Well, Musette started it (as is her wont) so I am going forward with it. As I mentioned in the comments yesterday, I have been noticing in the past few years that I get that “not so fresh” feeling a… Continue Reading

Pumpkins, Spice, and the Not-So-Nice

Well we got through another Hallowe’en.  That day is a big, big deal in our little neck of the woods because West Hollywood closes off Santa Monica Boulevard for the legendary Hallowe’en Carnivale. It started as kind of a local… Continue Reading

Okay I fell: Le Labo Aldehyde 44

So there are perhaps only a few of you out there who aren’t aware that Le Labo has these things called City Exclusives: Ones that are meant to be a representation of the city in which they are housed. I… Continue Reading

A Trip to the Mall: LUSH Sticky Dates and Grass

So the cold was pretty much mild- it never really got to anything really terrible, for which I am thankful. It did allow me to stay in bed for a day and drink Simply Limeade. which was nice. Yesterday (Sunday)… Continue Reading