Wintery: Frederic Malle L’Eau d’Hiver

The other day on these pages l’Eau d’Hiver was mentioned and I was brutally forced to retrieve the small bottle I purchased at Barneys eons ago (when there was still a Barneys.) It was a 2003 release created by Jean-Claude… Continue Reading

Saint Honore by Nicolai Parfumeur Createur

Hiya Posse, It seems that my Happy Surprises 2024 post did not have my review for Saint Honore (YES I know Saint Honoré but SEO). The title was there but not the spiel which was supposed to be there but… Continue Reading

Copycat: Liquides Imaginaire Abyssis, Ile Poupre, and Blanche Bete

Every once in a while I do actually come up with something on my very own to write about. This isn’t one of those times. Portia wrote about one of these a week or so ago and reading that review… Continue Reading

Decant Demolition 2025 January

Hey Hey Posse, Woo Hoo! First month of Decant Demolition 2025 and we have lift off. 32ml of decants emptied! Now it’s up to you to comment your way into a chance at a US$50 Surrender To Chance Gift Voucher… Continue Reading

Khol de Bahrein by Stéphane Humbert Lucas 777

Hey Posse. Do you remember when the scentbloggosphere went bonkers for Khol de Bahrein, properly spelled Khôl de Bahreïn? It was 2013 and I’d only been blogging for a year or two and suddenly it was everywhere. The house was… Continue Reading

Samples, I got Samples..

Well, my purchase at Uncle Serge didn’t qualify me for one of the nifty travel sprayers (and there was nothing at the site like SL-branded $20 nail files I could toss in to qualify) so I had to content myself… Continue Reading

Christmas Crazy: Serge Lutens Borneo 1834

I feel that everyone, after a period of virtue, has the right if not the duty to indulge in something silly. Not ruinously silly, like buying a boat, or even just super-silly, like that Keepall 55 Bandouliere I have been… Continue Reading