Luck running my way: Annick Goutal Heure Exquise, and a review of reviews

Annick Goutal Heure Exquise is one of the perfumes that induced complete perfume mania in  me, after years of dabbling. I’d read ecstatic comments about it on various blogs and forums, so I bought samples of both the EDT and EDP,… Continue Reading

5 Things to Wear on a Hot Summer Day

I know it’s unseemly to complain when it’s likely not that hot here compared to the rest of the country. But that will not of course stop me. It’s hot and sticky and I want it to stop, please. I… Continue Reading

Annick Goutal Eau de Camille: convergence of scent and memory

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  Last week, Ann wrote about childhood memories in a (perfume) bottle, and I commented that CB I Hate Perfume’s 1966 At The Beach and Annick Goutal’s Eau de Camille were perfect distillations of my childhood summers. That wasn’t the… Continue Reading

Mint condition

October

Sometimes inspiration just drops into your lap (in this case, my mailbox). When a lovely and generous perfume pal sent me a sample of L’Artisan’s Batucada, I tried it and liked it, but as often happens, life intervened, and I… Continue Reading

Light and dark: Rochas Femme and Annick Goutal Mon Parfum Chéri, par Camille (Anne-Marie)

My name is Anne-Marie and I am making my debut on Perfume Posse. I write regularly for the perfume blog Beauty on the Outside (botoblog.com). Other than that I’m just your regular ol’ perfume lover, except that I live in… Continue Reading

Hopping Into the Way-Back Machine: Annick Goutal Musc Nomade

I know, I know. We’re supposed to be writing about new stuff. Well, It’s been kind of a busy week here in the hills of Beverly compounded by the return of my minor back problems.  The last time I had… Continue Reading

Random Sunday Sniffing

by Tom     It rained overnight in LA, but this Sunday was clear, cool and windy.  So I wandered around sniffing things.  These weren’t full-on tests: I didn’t live with them or gave them more than one (moderately) discrete… Continue Reading