New Frederic Malle: Contre-Jour

While my lemming days might be over as far as jumping through hoops of fire, spending more than I do on insurance, or browbeating friends into inconvenient trips involving the post office (aren’t you glad I’m not your friend?) there… Continue Reading

A Drop dIssey by Issey Miyake

Hiya Posse! A Drop d’Issey (From here A Drop dIssey because of SEO crap) completely passed me by. I thought it was a new release, then noticed there were already two flankers beside it with almost identical packaging. I don’t… Continue Reading

What I did this Sunday (and some perfume too)

So this Sunday was spectacular: after a few rainstorms we had a weekend that turns out photographers both amateur and professional to get that shot of LA with snow-capped mountains in the background. Temps weren’t much above 60F so the… Continue Reading

Rainy Day

Well, the rains came finally. There’s a line in the beginning of “Sunset Blvd.” that’s something along the idea that the rains come in February: A big package of rain that floods the streets and causes traffic to back up… Continue Reading

Cuir Intense by Guerlain Absolus Allegoria 2024

Heya Posse. Cuir Intense! Everything with cuir in it right now sounds like a coming of age gay sports series. Queer Intense: the story of two top performing college boys from opposing Universities that find love amongst the climbing/rowing/football/athletics gear.… Continue Reading

Stressbusters: Arpège

Well it’s been a few weeks. We have had a few things at work go wrong in ways that have had me seriously getting my inner Miranda Priestly on and one that made me almost get my Lucy Harbin on.… Continue Reading

Brooklyn by Gallivant

Woo Hoo Posse. I’m currently cleaning out the perfume room and doing an enormous cull. The dream is that over the next few weeks I’ll divest myself of 500 bottles. Yeah, I know. That should clear out just under 1/4… Continue Reading