Tuberose Cubed: Neela Vermeire Eshal and Rogue Champs Lunaires (plus two)

So I finally got off my butt and went to ScentBar. You would think that this was as if I was going to Wyoming instead of a mile or so down Beverly Boulevard. Wyoming, on foot. In the snow. But… Continue Reading

Stealing Again: Clue Perfumery With The Candlestick, The Point, and Tom Ford Lost Cherry

Okay, so yeah. I am once again riding the coattails of my pals here on the Posse. But can you blame me? As much as you are incited to try after reading their takes on things, think of poor me.… Continue Reading

Cheap & Cheerful: Tabac Original by Maurer & Wirtz

First off, thanks to you all who kindly commented on my last post memorializing my friend Sue. Your thoughts were greatly appreciated. We haven’t done a Cheap & Cheerful in a while and that might be because I have been… Continue Reading

Knocking it over the Green Monster: Miller et Bertaux green, green, green.. and green

Once again I am cribbing off of other Posse Peeps, this time March, who wrote about this one last week. She forced me to come off my “I am not buying anything” determined resolution for 2025 (which at least lasted… Continue Reading

The Video Store Effect: Parfums de Nicolai St. Honoré, New York Intense and Musc Monoi

I don’t know if y’all have this problem. When I go into a website or a restaurant or store sometimes I just kind of get overwhelmed at all of the choices and sort of shut down. I call it “The… Continue Reading

Wintery: Frederic Malle L’Eau d’Hiver

The other day on these pages l’Eau d’Hiver was mentioned and I was brutally forced to retrieve the small bottle I purchased at Barneys eons ago (when there was still a Barneys.) It was a 2003 release created by Jean-Claude… Continue Reading

Christmas Crazy: Serge Lutens Borneo 1834

I feel that everyone, after a period of virtue, has the right if not the duty to indulge in something silly. Not ruinously silly, like buying a boat, or even just super-silly, like that Keepall 55 Bandouliere I have been… Continue Reading