Wearing your morning cup of joe

I no longer drink coffee on a regular basis and when I do have a latte or cappuccino it’s decaf. Yes, shock, horror! I do love the smell of ground coffee and in a list of top 10 smells this… Continue Reading

Le Parfum Intense Eau de Parfum by Elie Saab 2013

Hiya Posse. I’ve had this Le Parfum Intense (a flanker to the 2011 OG) bottle for ages, nearly a decade. I remember my first whiff of the original. On a mature woman, just back from buying it overseas. She was… Continue Reading

Bogie Doesn’t Approve: 3 Gardenias

Well, he at least doesn’t approve of it when Joel Cairo scents his visiting card with it- and yes, I would bet that Joel would have a visiting card. Nothing as tacky as a business card for him. As for… Continue Reading

L’Occitane Baux

I was in town for various things and on a whim (though I’ve been thinking about this for a while) visited the orthodontist that fixed my son’s teeth and made a consultation appointment next month regarding braces for my lower… Continue Reading

Myrrhe by Headspace

Hello Posse Peeps, This bottle of Myrrhe by Headspace was a gift from the boys Nicolas and Enno while we were in Paris in December 2023. You’ll know their other work at Le Galion, Aether. They are working on another… Continue Reading

I Was Warned: Aromatic Elixir by Clinique

The only downside of having such fun writers on this blog is that I immediately want to run out and buy whatever they’re writing about. The latest one that hooked me was Portia’s review of Aromatic Elixir by Clinique. It’s… Continue Reading

All Summer

Hi, Posse!  Well, if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, you know we’re celebrating Summer! (you fiends in the Southern half of this planet… I dunno … y’all are… different.. 😉 If I’d been writing last week instead of now this… Continue Reading