Eau de Cologne Imperiale Guerlain

Hey there Posse peeps. If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere then I reckon you are sweltering right now. While I’m down in the cool of winter, which I may have mentioned before is my happiest temperature range. We rarely get… Continue Reading

July New Idea 2023

Woo Hoo! Let’s see how my month went for July New Idea 2023. Well! We have flown past the halfway mark. I won’t lie to you, this month has been a hard slog. My enthusiasm has waned and I’m spending… Continue Reading

Ulysses by Siuno Perfumes

Hey Posse! We have a brand new perfume house from Australia. Very small. My beautiful buddy Roxana Villa introduced me to the owner Amanda Thompson (virtually). I asked her to send me a sample. Under the strict idea that if… Continue Reading

Givenchy L’Interdit, vintage and new

Well I promised you a perfume review and you’re going to get one. It is going to be an exercise in frustration, because I am trying the vintage version of Givenchy’s L’Interdit against the new version which is available at… Continue Reading

The Heat is on: or, Thwarted

Well, it’s hot here. Pretty much I suppose like everywhere else that isn’t at one of the poles at this point. It’s not even hot enough that I feel I can really complain: Although the news reports would lead one… Continue Reading

Oud and Santal by Cartier

Hi Posse, You already know how much I love the Cartier premium range Les Heures de Cartier if you’ve been reading for a while. Onward from that range they’re in house nose Mathilde Laurent has been signing off on a… Continue Reading

Notes on hedonism and weil zibeline

Musette’s post yesterday about hedonism (in a double dose! That’s hedonism) was interesting and kind of coincided with the arrival of my latest foray into “Stuff that Tom has Never Sniffed” from Surrender to Chance: this time Zibeline, a 1928… Continue Reading