ELdO Like This by Tilda Swinton

Patty reviewed this one back in the day and had perhaps the best opening line in the history of blogging: “Tilda Swinton and the people who brought you sperm perfume – together at long last.” I actually went to the… Continue Reading

Influenced: Phlur Vanilla Skin

I like to relax in the evenings with some skincare / makeup / fashion YouTube, and if you spend much time on that kind of content, they’re often gushing about Phlur, which makes fragrance (plus the same scents in hair/body… Continue Reading

Merlin the Plumber

Happy autumn – I guess. It’s actually beautiful currently. Warmish, very sunny, almost no wind. Went into town for a haircut the other day. Stopped to spray Dior Sauvage and Miss Dior Essence with hope of doing a combo Dior… Continue Reading

Perfumed Life

Heya Posse! Today is my birthday, yep, September 25! Exactly nine months after Xmas Day. I’m away in India and Nepal with Jin and we are hanging with my last long term partner Varun. So I thought maybe a little… Continue Reading

Taming the Beast: Etat Libre d’Orange The Ghost in the Shell, You or Someone Like You, and Secretions Magnifiques

We recently had a discussion about Etat Libre d’Orange here and that sent me to Surrender to Chance to get a few samples. Etat Libre popped up around 2006 if I remember correctly and back in the day Patty sent… Continue Reading

allllerrrJEEZ!

Posse!  My darlings! ::skritch,skritch::  OMG!  It’s the dreaded Harvest!  So much corn dust.  So MANY bugs!  So much CORN DUST! Oh.  Did I mention  CORN DUST? I cannot smell anything. I cannot taste anything  – I don’t think I’ve eaten… Continue Reading

Tauer Perfumes L’Air du Desert Marocain Noir

It’s dark as pea soup as I write. Almost autumn, but in my mind not till Monday evening after sundown. Next door, in my neighbour who lost her husband last autumn’s garden, for two days running I’ve seen big cats… Continue Reading