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

In-store sampling: Thumbs up, thumbs down

This post was inspired by some retail binge-sniffing over the past couple of weeks. Let’s start with the new… Tom Ford Figue Erotique, a “floral fruity gourmand,” notes are fig leaf, bergamot, pink pepper, mandarin, fig, ylang, salt, brown sugar,… Continue Reading

Three More Rooks and a Sad

Happy March (the month – I hope our March is happy too). Milder, still a bit wet, loads of plants doing their deal. Big deep sigh of relief. Probably we’ll flood again at some point but it won’t be freezing… 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

All Caron – A Giveaway

Posse!  It’s an All Caron Giveaway Day!  Here’s what happened.  I’d planned to tell you all about the lovely day I spent in Chicago last week but when I woke up this morning it was a Craptastic day, with gale-force… Continue Reading

Rook Perfumes 1-3

We have now had a few days with longish periods of dry weather, including a glorious Sunday of mild sunshine. I cannot express fully how much of a relief that was. So so lovely and then this beautiful crescent moon… Continue Reading