Hot chocolate (you sexy thing)

(First off, please, no one shoot me for this funky ’70s ear worm.) With Valentine’s Day looming later this week, and reminders of the traditional holiday surrounding us at every turn — hearts, perfume, flowers and candy, preferably chocolate —… Continue Reading

Drawing Winners – Amouage Beloved Man and Paris Mule Favor

Before I take off on Tuesday, I need to get a couple of drawings down, yeah! Winners of the Paris Mule favor are:  Feraljasmine, Kirstenmarie, Brooke, Datura5750 You guys need to contact me as soon as possible with what you… Continue Reading

L’Heure Vertueuse III by Cartier

This is III – the Third Hour.  As  I write this, there is a CD of birdsong in the background (my nerves are shot – ‘real’ music is out of the question).  Normally I think of gentle gardens (this is… Continue Reading

the winner of the draw

For the M. Micallef Royal Vintage sample is:   Cat Schultz! contact me at  anitaAT  PerfumePosseDOT com, remind me what you won and your mailing deets and I’ll get it out to you asap!   Congratulatons!

Aqua di Gio Essenza EdP by Alberto Morillas for Giorgio Armani 2012

Hello Lovelies, You’ve got Portia from AustralianPerfumeJunkies coming at you! How lucky am I? A mini bottle of today’s fragrance and a couple of delicious samples arrived in with a bunch of things I bought from Birgit at Olfactoria’sTravels fragrance… Continue Reading

love it? hate it? let’s talk tuberose perfumes

I don’t think there’s a  floral note in perfume more divisive than Tuberose, do you?    There are factions of lovers, factions of haters, each with their flaming cudgels and those things they used to use to fling rocks ….oooh!  catapults… Continue Reading

Paris time – Latest French perfume releases?

So it’s that time of year – well, actually beyond that time –  for Paris and French perfume shopping.  Delayed because it turns out January isn’t really the best time personally to go, plus my mom and aunt and two… Continue Reading