Application Monday: Sprayed vs. dabbed

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It’s likely many ( most?) of us would agree that spraying fragrance is usually the way to go, but every once in a while I’ll stumble upon a scent in which a spritz is not where it’s at, but dabbed,… Continue Reading →

Cologne Pour Le Soir by Maison Francis Kurkdjian 2009

Hey there Posse! Tom has just called in sick so I’m here to fill for him. Lucky you caught me because I have just spritzed myself with Cologne Pour Le Soir and was about to go have a cuppa and grab… Continue Reading →

Shoulder season: Winter edging into spring

Winter is still technically on the books and on the calendar (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), although here in the American South, we’ve had a week or more of quite warm temps. In fact, Tuesday the high here is… Continue Reading →

Dab Monday: When a spray’s not the way to go

Although many (most?) of us would agree that sprayed is usually the way to go to fully enjoy and experience a scent, I seem to hit a skid periodically where I find a fragrance that demands that I dab it.… Continue Reading →

Post-Halloween fright: What’s your scent nemesis?

Well, Halloween may be over, but there are still a few things floating around of which to be a little afraid, even in the fragrance world. What’s your big, bad scent nemesis? What strikes fear into your perfumed heart? The… 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 →

Cologne pour le Soir by Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Maison Francis Kurkdjian is one of those houses that popped up in the last 10 years or so. You know the kind- very cool looking packaging debuting with several different scents at once and a very cool, elegant website. Unlike… Continue Reading →