Futurcast: Futur by Robert Piguet

I have a long relationship with Robert Piguet (the house anyway) that dates back to my mother wearing Bandit, his groundbreaking and rather gender bending 1944 leather chypre. Bandit was the flip side of his 1948 Fracas, the most threatening… Continue Reading

I Was Warned: Aromatic Elixir by Clinique

The only downside of having such fun writers on this blog is that I immediately want to run out and buy whatever they’re writing about. The latest one that hooked me was Portia’s review of Aromatic Elixir by Clinique. It’s… Continue Reading

Swine, Swans, and What They Wore

So the long awaited (by me anyway) second season of “Feud” is coming out on the 31st on FX. This time around it’s based upon the book Capote’s Women, which I have not read (yet, but I might do so… Continue Reading

Jury Duty: Or What to Wear?

So by the time you are reading this I will be either on, or “on call” for Jury Duty. Like anyone, I look forward to that civic duty with the joy and anticipation usually reserved for dental visits or perhaps,… Continue Reading

Crap Present Fallout

Hey Posse! HAPPY NEW YEAR! For everyone who got rubbish presents over the giving season, time to buy something for you that you’ll love. I get it. Almost everyone leaves their gift buying till last. Suddenly they are running through… Continue Reading

Bois Bleu by Robert Piguet

Hi Posse, Bois Bleu is almost never talked about. I remember this range coming out because Joe Garces was in charge of Piguet at the time and he did a world tour, meeting fragrance lovers in department stores that carried… Continue Reading

Petit Fracas by Aurelien Guichard for Robert Piguet 2012

Hello Perfume Posse. Petit Fracas was never on my to smell radar until Joe Garces (ex marketing man for Piguet) came to Australia. Before that I was adamant that anything called Little Crash or Little Disturbance was probably not going… Continue Reading