Your First Fragrance – A Guide to Raising them With the Right Smell (Ari)

This post is about the seemingly selfless tradition of buying a young girl her first perfume, but I must admit that my motivations for writing it were purely selfish: I don’t want to smell Pink Sugar anymore. I have been… Continue Reading

Light and dark: Rochas Femme and Annick Goutal Mon Parfum Chéri, par Camille (Anne-Marie)

My name is Anne-Marie and I am making my debut on Perfume Posse. I write regularly for the perfume blog Beauty on the Outside (botoblog.com). Other than that I’m just your regular ol’ perfume lover, except that I live in… Continue Reading

Hopping Into the Way-Back Machine: Annick Goutal Musc Nomade

I know, I know. We’re supposed to be writing about new stuff. Well, It’s been kind of a busy week here in the hills of Beverly compounded by the return of my minor back problems.  The last time I had… Continue Reading

The Box of Possibilities

by March I have a box from a perfumista friend sitting on my desk.  I just checked the label; it’s been there for two months, unopened.  Why?  Because I like the idea of the possibilities that box contains.  It thrills… Continue Reading

The Uniform

By March This is not about perfume. Last week I landed a job on short notice.  They wanted me to start immediately and I was ready to go.  All I needed was a uniform. I’m in the DC metro area,… Continue Reading

Swapmania Redux

By March Was Swapmania a big perfumed bottle of fun, or what? Having so many swappers put their email address/contact info at the end of their swap lists worked well, in my opinion.  Interested parties simply contacted them directly to… Continue Reading

New Goutal Thingie

First, winners from last week of the Caron L’Accord 119 – mary and cheesegan.  Click on the Contact Us over there on the left, give me your address and remind me what you’ve won, and I’ll get it mailed out… Continue Reading