Midnight Omen by Trudon 2025 NEW! NEW!

Heya Posse! New stuff from Trudon is always cue for celebrations. While not all of their offerings suit my taste, they are all nicely crafted and often smell as expensive as they are. Midnight Omen is not groundbreaking but it… Continue Reading

Is It Real? Penhaligon Halfeti Leather

9/10/26 Okay, this one has me in a bit of a conundrum. I got it massively on sale (from where I don’t remember) and it arrived in it’s pretty packaging. But when I tried it, a big meh. To the… Continue Reading

SOFA!!!

Posse, my darlings!  I had it allll planned!  I was going to wax lyrical about lightweight leathers in downward-shifting temps, which is what we’re experiencing right now.  Last week it was in the 90s, with 200% humidity.  As of yesterday,… Continue Reading

Serge Lutens Le Participe Passé

Expecting a new rubbish bin and an outside food recycling bin from the council within the next couple of weeks. Am ludicrously excited about this. Do these sorts of things make you cheerful? I booked tickets for the farm shop’s… Continue Reading

Sushi Imperiale by Bois 1920

Hey there Posse. I went looking for some Patricia Nicolai stuff today but whilst looking I noticed this old favourite of mine. It’s been sitting unloved for at least a year, maybe two or three. This year it’s celebrating its… Continue Reading

Feeling the Heat: Vintage Balmain Vent Vert

We have been feeling the heat this labor day weekend. Not quite in the hundreds (at least on this side of the hill) but near to, and humid, since we have Pacific hurricanes. This means that expensive beachside properties in… Continue Reading

Plumbing and a Dab of Shalimar

Hey, friends. The under-house plumbing replacement is ongoing – by last Friday we were on day thirteen of a three-day job. The good news is they finally got the kitchen faucet working properly; it was my complaints about the low… Continue Reading