Four More Etat Libre: Frustration, Experimentum Crucis, Yes I Do, & Attaquer le Soleil Marquis de Sade

Well I guess I am not immune to marketing after all. In my FacePlace feed the other day an ad for a new Etat Libre scent popped up. A woman’s high heel crushing a white bloom. Very Brian DePalma circa… Continue Reading

Xerjoff Torino24

Remember the olden days when a gift with purchase was something that was actually nice? Not something seemingly picked from the pile of leftovers from the SA’s taking the really good stuff and the good stuff they gave to the… Continue Reading

Soir dOrient by Sisley

Heya Posse! Soir dOrient by Sisley celebrates its 10th birthday in 2025. Though I never owned a bottle a friend wore it for a while, fabulously. It fit him so beautifully and I’d never dabbled much with Sisley at the… Continue Reading

Falling for Fall (cribbing from Musette)

Reading Musette’s post from yesterday brought it home that Fall is really here. As a matter of fact we are well on the way to winter. So I thought “Tom, you haven’t bored readers rigid with your stories in, like,… Continue Reading

Aube Rubis by Atelier des Ors

Hey there Posse Crew. Atelier des Ors is one of my favourite brands that I’m yet to purchase a full bottle of. There have been samples, decants aplenty and I want so many. The problem is choosing. A couple of… Continue Reading

ELdO Like This by Tilda Swinton

Patty reviewed this one back in the day and had perhaps the best opening line in the history of blogging: “Tilda Swinton and the people who brought you sperm perfume – together at long last.” I actually went to the… Continue Reading

Influenced: Phlur Vanilla Skin

I like to relax in the evenings with some skincare / makeup / fashion YouTube, and if you spend much time on that kind of content, they’re often gushing about Phlur, which makes fragrance (plus the same scents in hair/body… Continue Reading