Mistakes Were Made

After Portia’s post on SJP Lovely, I felt an undeniable longing to go find my bottle of Narciso Rodriguez, which I was pretty sure was in the perfume-stash cooler I packed for moving.  Each bottle was safely wrapped pre-move, in… Continue Reading

Cheap and Cheerful Part Deux: Woods of Windsor Lily of the Valley and “For Men”

Well, if you needed proof that I read and take to heart comments on the blog, here’s my proof (Yes, I am going to blame y’all for my shopping addiction. Take responsibility? On what planet?) Our own cinnamon on a… Continue Reading

Playing Tourist

Surprise – Musette joined me for a few days in Santa Fe!  We had a blast. Here’s a rundown of what we did … Musette arrived Thursday afternoon via train, to Lamy NM, just south of Santa Fe – a… Continue Reading

Green Chile and Zozobra

I love goings-on as a tourist – I’m totally down to go to your local garlic festival or llama parade or county fair or fireworks display, and to sample some regional cuisine while I’m at it.  So here’s a post… Continue Reading

A Moment of Frisson

First off, hat tip to Musette for her fabulous post on Bill Evans last week – she introduced me to Bill just a few weeks ago and he’s been the soundtrack around here ever since.  Second, it’s snowing. I’m guessing… Continue Reading

Let’s Talk About Beauty Pie

This was going to be a post on more fragrances by Frank Voelkl, who did the Olfactory tea scent I reviewed recently (as well as the wildly successful Glossier You.) The fragrance post is still being worked on, so today… Continue Reading

#@*%! Comments?!?! Please try again…

I hear that, once again, there have been issues with commenting on the Posse.  We use WordPress comment “widgets” which, not to get too technical, are designed in some dank, airless basement by aliens from Jupiter while they sip motor… Continue Reading