Following Portia

Since I have had some success on these pages following my co-conspirators in reviewing things (don’t you love getting second opinions?), this time around it’s a drop d’issey, which Portia reviewed two week ago. I grew up with lilacs and… Continue Reading

Bois Pacifique by Tom Ford 2024

Hi there Posse! I don’t know if you keep up with the Tom Ford releases? There seem to be SO MANY that I’ve kind of given up. I was strolling around the Surrender To Chance New tab not so very… Continue Reading

New Frederic Malle: Contre-Jour

While my lemming days might be over as far as jumping through hoops of fire, spending more than I do on insurance, or browbeating friends into inconvenient trips involving the post office (aren’t you glad I’m not your friend?) there… Continue Reading

In-store sampling: Thumbs up, thumbs down

This post was inspired by some retail binge-sniffing over the past couple of weeks. Let’s start with the new… Tom Ford Figue Erotique, a “floral fruity gourmand,” notes are fig leaf, bergamot, pink pepper, mandarin, fig, ylang, salt, brown sugar,… Continue Reading

A Drop dIssey by Issey Miyake

Hiya Posse! A Drop d’Issey (From here A Drop dIssey because of SEO crap) completely passed me by. I thought it was a new release, then noticed there were already two flankers beside it with almost identical packaging. I don’t… Continue Reading

What I did this Sunday (and some perfume too)

So this Sunday was spectacular: after a few rainstorms we had a weekend that turns out photographers both amateur and professional to get that shot of LA with snow-capped mountains in the background. Temps weren’t much above 60F so the… Continue Reading

Two for Tea Scents

Hey friends – I just spent a week in Charleston SC with kiddos. I rented an AirBnB; they escaped their frozen hellscapes, yay! Home to broken heat and hot water again (boo!) and I hope it doesn’t take him three… Continue Reading