Cheap and chic Monday

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Ah, Monday, Monday. After a week of spending lots of $$$, including never-ending plumbing woes and a wonky garage door (man, when one of those big springs breaks, you’d think someone shot off a gun!), plus new brakes for my… Continue Reading

Back- to- school blues (or bliss?)

(Author’s note: This post ran several years around this time, and this year it’s as crazy as ever: son’s first day as a high- school sophomore starting today, his 16th birthday this week, big project due at work, and I’m… Continue Reading

Scents that fight stress: Calm behind the wheel

Ah, the joys of teenager-dom. And with those comes the stress of other things, besides raging teen hormones. Such as (cue “Jaws” theme here) driver’s ed. Yes, your teen learning how to drive can easily rank right up there with… Continue Reading

Semi-Summer Rerun: Serge Lutens Rahat Loukoum

Some of you know that my birthday was last month. I turned (and I am indeed admitting this in print) 55 years old. Which is odd because I am more likely 15 inside. My party wasn’t until last week, since… Continue Reading

Under a rock Monday: Le Labo at Nordstrom

Well, knock me over with a feather! OK, so I’m not as on top of beauty/fragrance trends as I once was, but this just surprised the heck out of me. Poking around on Nordstrom.com, researching for another post, I was… Continue Reading

Grab ‘n go Monday: No thought required scents

Some days you really don’t want to have to give too much thought to fragrance. What to wear today, you ask yourself, restlessly poking through your collection, searching, searching. And after waaay too many days of doing just that, I’ve… Continue Reading

Whatever happened to? … Jean Patou’s reissue of Vacances

Do any of you lovely Posse folks remember that sometime in the past several years they were to re-issue Jean Patou’s Vacances? I was thrilled to pieces to hear that when the news first broke, and tried to keep my… Continue Reading