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 →

Fashion Hits and Misses

Musette’s here a-visitin’ this week (woohoo!!) so I’m writing this ahead of time and it’s also off topic. Let’s chat about fall/winter clothes, I’ll be on here responding to comments. If that bores you, see you next time. It’s getting… Continue Reading →

The Attraction of Objects

I’m faffing with a sample but I’m not quite there yet – and I did perfume last week (yes, I know this is Perfume Posse) so we’re going elsewhere today. I am back to the orthodontist today. Early, yes. Next… 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 →

Fall. In Love

Posse!  For as long as I can remember I have had a .. complicated relationship with Autumn (I prefer Autumn to Fall but Autumn. In Love … weird).  It’s always been a time of melancholy, heralding the onset of Winter… Continue Reading →

Ormonde Jayne Montabaco Flor

I just have to crow a tiny bit: last night, I dreamt in French! First time. Only very short sentences (eg, ou est l’orange? to a little boy) but still in French. I started my course of study in March,… Continue Reading →