Blue Madeleine by Atelier des Ors

Hey Posse. My love for Atelier des Ors started with their gorgeous bottles. Sadly I’m yet to splurge. One day! Today we are sniffing from a Surrender To Chance decant that arrived with Pierre Guillaume Tonka Bodykon and Guerlain Patchouli… Continue Reading

Cheap & Cheerful: Elizabeth Taylor’s Passion

Sometimes I am influenced by outside forces, but I am almost always influenced. I had not smelled or ever really thought of this perfume, the first in her line, since it debuted back in 1987 (when I was 2.) I… Continue Reading

Stink, Stank, Stunk: Scatamalis by Jeffrey Dame

And in the second part of the “Blame (or thank) VerbenaLuvvr” one of the extras that Mr. Jeffrey Dame sent along with my order of Juste Filthy was the cream base of Scatamalis. This is the six base notes of… Continue Reading

#influenced

It’s mid-August. If it’s summer in your locale, folks are on vacation, at the beach, at the pool, stuck at home or the office, eating fresh, ripe tomatoes and the last of the peaches … you get the idea. (If… Continue Reading

JD Jeffrey Dame Juste Filthy and Gallagher Crimson Veil

And now we are into “blame the commenter” here at the Posse.. Specifically VerbenaLuvvr in commenting on Portia’s post on MKK. mentioned Juste Filthy as being “heavily fecal”- so much so that I think it was tossed. This sent me… Continue Reading

More Miller et Bertaux — yea or nay?

After my recent write-up of the wonderful Green, Green, Green, I ordered some more Miller et Bertaux samples from Surrender to Chance. As I settled in for a sniff, it occurred to me: I’m way overdue for some fangirling over… Continue Reading

Santal Blush by Tom Ford

Heya Posse! I found an old Surrender To Chance vial of Santal Blush by Tom Ford in a box. It looks like it got one swipe and then put away, or maybe it never even got that. I know the… Continue Reading