Fragrant Christmas Wishlist

Hi there Posse Peeps, My Fragrant Christmas Wishlist is not very long this year but there are a couple of Big Ticket items on it. There are also some sets. I love it when the companies bring out Travel Size… Continue Reading

Scenting a road trip: What are your favorites?

Howdy, all you lovely Posse folks! We are heading to the beach a bit earlier than usual this summer, so I probably won’t be able to chat in comments as I’ll be in and out of town. But I would… Continue Reading

Branching out: Byredo

Now this is what I call a pleasing coincidence, a happy accident (sort of), and a spot of good timing. If you all recall, we talked about rollerballs last week. Well, a day or two ago I was poking around… Continue Reading

Pleasant surprise on the retail front: A Diptyque sighting

Browsing department stores can be a bit on the depressing side, especially when there are no worthwhile new fragrances to sniff and all you can see for miles are celebuscents. But I had a happy surprise last week when I… Continue Reading

Ease into 2014 with perfume (and other) simple pleasures

Happy New Year, everyone! (Ann here, playing swap-a-rama, filling in for Portia today.) As the holiday frenzy comes to a close, it’s nice to step back, congratulate yourself for getting everything done and making it into the new year. And… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

Pass the scalpel, please: Ramon Monegal Pure Mariposa

On a recent trip to the big city, I popped into Neiman Marcus. They had played musical chairs with the beauty/fragrance lines since the last time I was in there, so as I wandered about trying to get my bearings,… Continue Reading