Getting Clean

Well, Memorial Day weekend came and went. My friend Tomas was visiting from NYC. Part business and part personal- his work does have an office in Los Angeles and his elderly parents have an apartment in a high-rise on the… Continue Reading

Identical Cousins? Frederic Malle Heaven Can Wait and Guerlain L’Heure Bleue

Cinnamon wrote about this one earlier in the week– on her it was a total scrubber. Actually, being a kind person she wrote us to say that she was going to skip reviewing it because she basically had nothing nice… Continue Reading

The World in a Glass Vessel

Cinnamon’s post on her Cire Trudon candle got me reminiscing about the brand, and a poke around on their website (I guess they’re now called just Trudon? Can I type it like Trvdon because it amuses me? and oh, yeah… Continue Reading

New Year, New Snow

January – greatest month of the year, amirite?!?!?  No?  Me neither.  Now starts the slog to spring, which … is even longer here in Santa Fe.  In Washington DC (which just had a big snowstorm), spring starts busting out its… Continue Reading

Candles: Making The House Smell Good

Hey Posse, Jin is sick. It’s just a cold but a pretty severe one. On Sunday he had the most unbelievable temperature yet was shivering, was talking deliriously and having trouble understanding English and was coughing, sneezing and weak. I… Continue Reading

Goofing Off, Part Deux

Well, at least part of the reno follies are drawing slowly to a close. The painters are almost at the point where the building is done. Of course, their idea of this and mine may be slightly different since in… Continue Reading

Gascoigne & King Luxury Candles: PROMO CODE!

Hi there Perfume Posse, Do any of you like to have a couple of medium price, boxed candles prewrapped so you always have beautiful gifts even if I have totally forgotten an event? I keep a couple of Gascoigne &… Continue Reading