This is a quickie post because I’m jammed to the hilt with work and …..well, it’s suddenly FREEEEEEZING here. After some gorgeous high 70s Spring days we got hit with a massive storm. Then it got reallllly chilly. Low 40s. So now it’s wet and cold. Light’s back on in The rest, please…
L’Artisan Caligna, Diptyque eau Moheli and Olivier Durbano Heliotrope
I’ve got a weird conglomeration of scents this week, but I often struggle to find more than a paragraph to say about scents I really love, so I’m going to move back more to random testing. Especially today – it’s training week, which always drains me. I swear, I don’t The rest, please…
Thinking happy thoughts: Your favorite chypre
This morning I’m having one of “those” (clear-liquid diet prep) medical procedures done, my first ever, so today’s post will be shorter and sweeter than usual. I know, TMI (too much information) this A.M., but there you have it. It’s one of those necessary evils of life, but ultimately for The rest, please…
Portia in L.A. Charlize Theron has something to say
You HOOOO! Posse!! Here is Charlize Theron talking about the woman she envisages when doing those extraordinary J’Adore ads, because I’m out being SO LA! Photo Stolen fanpop From Fragrantica: J’adore presents a new conception of Dior feminity, a scent so new and so in line with Dior style at The rest, please…
Second chances: Perfume love when you least expect it
I’ve been down the perfume rabbithole for quite a few years now, and I’m still learning to “never say never.” For it often seems that as soon as I do, I get blindsided by the very thing I mentally wrote off. So I’m wondering today: What scents have you been The rest, please…
Roxana Illuminated Perfumes Figure 1: Noir
Malibu-based perfumer Roxana Vila is a longtime favorite of mine. I find her essences gorgeous: I love her dark, smoky ones especially. She might have made Figure 1: Noir with me in mind. It’s dark as a moonless Malibu night: musky and resinous, shot through with an icy blast of The rest, please…
The Road To SCENTSATION!
The Road To SCENTSATION Heya Posse!! Portia here again from AustralianPerfumeJunkies. Here’s my problem, I have been buzzing about my trip to LA Scentsation for weeks now, I’ve planned my outfits, settled my VISA, Tickets and Money. I’ve organised to do some great stuff, including the CER-AY-ZEE Perfume Posse Bus The rest, please…
Patty White launched Perfume Posse in 2005, and we've been yapping on and on about perfume endlessly since.








