The Plum

      A Tale of Beginner’s Mind by Musette Every now and then I’ll meet someone who admits to lurking on the Posse but won’t comment, afraid that they don’t know enough, thinking I , The Great Musette, am… Continue Reading

Top 10 Best Perfumes of Spring 2011

I hope it’s Spring wherever you are, my dearests. To the north, there are daffodils struggling in the slushy snow.   Where I am, in the lower GI of Illinois, it’s Spring, alrighty, with temps swinging from 38 to 84… Continue Reading

Zeta Winners and Montale Oud Cuir d’Arabie

Zeta Winners (March’s draw from last week) – drawn by the fickle finger of fate random.org — Suzanne M., Rappleyea, and Francesca!  (Francesca, congrats, have you ever won anything? Me neither.)  I’ll email you three.  If you didn’t win –… Continue Reading

oh, never mind..

by Musette First, I want to thank everybody for the kind words of back-support.  I’m on the mend and plan to NEVER (nebber! ebber!) bail on my yoga therapy again.  Backs really are not to be trifled with. Gimping along… Continue Reading

Christian Dior La Collection Leather Oud – by Nava

After last week’s incense discussion veered off into oud territory, I remembered I had samples of the new Dior scents, and went straight for Leather Oud. I’ve always been partial to leather (Chanel Cuir de Russie, Fifi Chachnil, Parfum d’Empire… Continue Reading

Cold Spring – Anita

You’d think I’d know how to handle this by now – I’ve lived in the Midwest for the bulk of my life and we have these absurd blizzard-to-tropics events every Winter.   Two weeks ago it was Apocalypse,  4 feet of… Continue Reading

Dior New Look 1947 (Patty)

Diorrissimo and J’Adore l’Absolu met, had a two-week fling in Tahiti on a bed of tuberose and nine months later Dior New Look 1947 sprung into the world as the fruit of their lusty floral loins.  The End. Octavian has… Continue Reading