A Day Late (but I hope not) a Dollar Short: Diptyque Oud Palao Eau de Parfum

Okay, I have to admit that Diptyque was always a house that I kind of let drop below my radar, even though it was founded in the year of my birth. I always considered them basically a candle company, and… Continue Reading →

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 →