Oh For the Days: Serge Lutens L’Haleine des Dieux

Back in the day when I was young and silly (ier) I was one of those people who would wait with bated breath for things. The idea of a new iAnything would have me online reading AppleFanInsider.com or whomever who… Continue Reading

Still Blaming Tom

Posse, my Posse! This is going to be a Quick and Dirty because …OMG! ALLMY TECH IS DOWN, save my phone…and … I just CAN’T with the drama, y’know? I remember one afternoon when Chief ( full- blooded Apache living… Continue Reading

Etat Libre d’Orange Story of Your Life

So. Happy March. May spring come soon, please. Had another ceramics class … managed to make a bowl (really good bowl, in fact) and the wonkiest little half vase/half something you ever saw. This is the last of my 2024… Continue Reading

With the Candlestick by Clue Perfumery

Hey Posse Peps! Yes, another from Surrender To Chance. When you start going through doing Decant Demolition 2025 it’s amazing what you’ll find. I must have bought With the Candlestick because of the name. This is what I found on… Continue Reading

Sweets for the Sweet: American Spoon Preserves

I somehow managed to stumble across on the interwebs a product that I hadn’t even thought of in years: American Spoon Preserves. I like, but don’t often indulge in preserves. Doing so means that there is bread and butter in… Continue Reading

Celebratory … ish

In the middle of Sunday afternoon, while rereading a book, I looked up at the kitchen ceiling (the kitchen elides into an area with an arm chair and the dog’s beds, and behind that is my part enclosed work area)… Continue Reading

Culling Perfume Excess: How Do You Do It?

Hiya Perfumistas, Many of us are not just perfumistas, we are PERFUME HOARDERS! We have many, many, many bottles, decants, samples and other fragrant paraphernalia. More than we will ever use in our lifetimes, and probably that of all our… Continue Reading