Application Monday: Sprayed vs. dabbed

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It’s likely many ( most?) of us would agree that spraying fragrance is usually the way to go, but every once in a while I’ll stumble upon a scent in which a spritz is not where it’s at, but dabbed,… Continue Reading

Cologne Pour Le Soir by Maison Francis Kurkdjian 2009

Hey there Posse! Tom has just called in sick so I’m here to fill for him. Lucky you caught me because I have just spritzed myself with Cologne Pour Le Soir and was about to go have a cuppa and grab… Continue Reading

Shoulder season: Winter edging into spring

Winter is still technically on the books and on the calendar (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), although here in the American South, we’ve had a week or more of quite warm temps. In fact, Tuesday the high here is… Continue Reading

Dab Monday: When a spray’s not the way to go

Although many (most?) of us would agree that sprayed is usually the way to go to fully enjoy and experience a scent, I seem to hit a skid periodically where I find a fragrance that demands that I dab it.… Continue Reading

Post-Halloween fright: What’s your scent nemesis?

Well, Halloween may be over, but there are still a few things floating around of which to be a little afraid, even in the fragrance world. What’s your big, bad scent nemesis? What strikes fear into your perfumed heart? The… Continue Reading

Branching out: Byredo

Now this is what I call a pleasing coincidence, a happy accident (sort of), and a spot of good timing. If you all recall, we talked about rollerballs last week. Well, a day or two ago I was poking around… Continue Reading

Cologne pour le Soir by Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Maison Francis Kurkdjian is one of those houses that popped up in the last 10 years or so. You know the kind- very cool looking packaging debuting with several different scents at once and a very cool, elegant website. Unlike… Continue Reading