Hi there Perfume Posse. Cologne stretches across the fragrant world from the very burgeoning of the way we think of modern fragrance. I’m not here to give you a history lesson because my knowledge is way too sketchy for that. I… Continue Reading
Smelling Daphnes for the first time in May is the single greatest pleasure I have in my life that comes around reliably every year. I got my first daphne right after my first son was born, when I was living… Continue Reading
Sometimes life just hands you out these wonderful surprises when you least expect it. Something lost that you gave up on and then reappears. Is it too much to hope that my lost Chanel earring would emerge from the mists… Continue Reading
We have come to the last two in this series. Notes of lily, ylang, vanilla, sandalwood and peppercorns compose Lys Carmin. The name is very apt. This is a spiced-up lily. I get used to the more common pristine, virgin’ish… Continue Reading
As I’m sure some of you have noticed, I’ve been spending more time with lower end scents instead of the uber-expensive, trying to scrape some of the niche snob off of me and finding some things that surprise me that… Continue Reading
Lancome Magnifique has notes of saffron essence, cumin, Bulgarian rose, Mai de Grasse rose, jasmine, sandalwood, nagarmota and vetiver. Hey, this could work. Eh, maybe… not. Fruity’ish on the open, it does improve quite a bit in the first 15… Continue Reading