Galop d’Hermes by Christine Nagel for Hermès 2016

Hi there Perfume Posse! Galop d’Hermes was ushered in as the brightest shining star of 2016. Created by the new fragrant creative director of the luxury house Hermès, Christine Nagel. Fabulously the company had decided to give a woman the top… Continue Reading

Myrrh Casati by Melanie Leroux for Mona di Orio 2014

Hey there POSSE! Myrrh Casati! About a year ago I was on Surrender To Chance and bought a couple of really big 8ml decants: Grandiflora Madagascan Jasmine and ……… Myrrh Casati by Mona di Orio 2014 Myrrh Casati by Melanie Leroux… Continue Reading

Fig Tree by Laurie Ericsson for Sonoma Scent Studio 2011

Fig Tree Sonoma Scent Studio Irina Adrian Paul Allinson - The Fig Tree Flickr

Hi there Perfume Posse! Fig Tree! Where have you been all my life? I quite like fig in fragrance. There was a moment a couple of years ago when it seemed EVERY new scent had some figgy inclusions. I wanted… Continue Reading

Silences PdT by Yves Tanguy and Jean-Claude Niel for Jacomo 1978

Silences Jacomo Nejc Kosir Pexels

Hey Hey POSSE!!! Let’s take a walk down memory lane today. Silences is one of the old school chypre fragrances that is still available at discounters for an incredibly reasonable price. Back a few years when they started playing with… Continue Reading

India Adventure 2017

India Adventure 2017 Road_to_Darjeeling WikiMedia

Hey there Perfume Posse, Well next week I’ll be off on my India Adventure. I haven’t been back there since 2013 and am super excited. My last long term partner Varun is a hotelier there. We were together a few years… Continue Reading

A Quiet Morning by Miller et Bertaux 2008

A Quiet Morning Miller et Bertaux India Taj Mahal MaxPixel

Hi there Perfume Posse! A Quiet Morning is a fragrance that Jin and I discovered while shopping in Vienna with Birgit from Olfactoria’s Travels on our first overseas holiday together back in 2013. It was Jin who picked it up and… Continue Reading

Cologne? Which ones do you love?

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