Oliban by Keiko Mecheri

Hiya Posse! Hopefully you all in the Northern Hemisphere are heading happily towards Autumn. The crazy heat you’ve all endured should be making its way down here for beach and bush fire season. I thought we could talk about one… Continue Reading

3 More Guerlain: Chamade, Samsara and L’Heure Bleue

Or, Try Before You Buy Since I have been doing lately what passes for a deep-dive into the world of Guerlain people have in the comments been suggesting other of theirs to try. So off to Surrender To Chance I… Continue Reading

Three More from D.S. & Durga

Hey, friends!  I was walking around downtown, passed a shop I must have strolled by dozens of times at this point, and – lo and behold – through the open doorway I saw a fragrance display.  It turned out to… Continue Reading

An Agglomeration of Travel – Part 1

So, like Portia, I travelled recently, though my trip wasn’t half as exciting based on the South Korean trip post. Still, however, it was good to go to London even during the otherworldliness of the 10-day mourning period regarding the… Continue Reading

Trussardi EdP 2021

Hey Posse, Trussardi has long held a dear place in my heart. Even to the point of having some of their clothing and a backpack from them. Their 1984 legendary eponymous feminine-advertised leather-heavy floral chypre fragrance in the mock snake… Continue Reading

Two for Fall: Caron Le 3e Homme and Coty L’Aimant

Musette wrote just this week (brilliantly) about the change of seasons and also grief. Well, I don’t have anything really to write about the latter, but we have had a touch of the former, yes, even here in LA. You… Continue Reading

De Profundis – Uncle Serge gets grief right

“The most terrible thing about it is not that it breaks one’s heart—hearts are made to be broken—but that it turns one’s heart to stone.” (from ‘De Profundis’ by Oscar Wilde) Full disclosure:  there are very few Serge Lutens I… Continue Reading