Andy Tauer has the best Holiday Tradition, the Advent Calendar Drawing. Each day of Advent, a different blog hosts the drawing. All you need to do is, of course, follow each blog hosting the drawing, enter on each one… Continue Reading
Masha is Guest-Posting today. It’s comin’ on Christmas and she’s the Queen of Frankincense! All Hail MASHA!!! The Gifts of the Magi have a long and hallowed history in perfumery. Of the three, frankincense is my hands-down favorite. I’ve… Continue Reading
Wishing all of you a wonderful, Merry Christmas! with love, laughter and much goodwill from the Posse!
By March The first time we did Swapmania I’d wrung my hands for weeks prior, came up with eleventy-jillion rules, and figured maybe nine people would show up and play. By the end we had more than 1,200 comments, and… Continue Reading
Caron Montaigne is not by any means, a teen or tween scent. It is rich,heady and complex in the classic Caron tradition. The notes list as coriander, bitter orange, mimosa, jasmine, narcissus, Mysore sandalwood, vanilla and amber. All players, to… Continue Reading
Freesias come from South Africa. To crib from Wikipedia, twelve of the fourteen species are indigenous to my home province, the Western Cape. When they’re in season, sadly for only a very short while in early spring, I stop by… Continue Reading
This review will be for this new scent by Kilian Hennessey. The perfumer who created this is Calice Becker. i received my sample, courtesy of the By Kilian website. To me, the open is fairly green, somewhat watery and there… Continue Reading