Tigers Nest by Memo Paris

Heya Posse Peeps! Tigers Nest is what you will be loving in the autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. I just refound an old decant, probably the one that made me buy a bottle a couple of years ago. NOPE! I… Continue Reading

I Smell, Too.

Well, Musette started it (as is her wont) so I am going forward with it. As I mentioned in the comments yesterday, I have been noticing in the past few years that I get that “not so fresh” feeling a… Continue Reading

I smell

Posse!  How YOU doin’?  Just so you know, this is a further riff on the ‘You Smell Good’ theme.   I’m in the midst of the midway point of that bathroom renovation; Drywall Guy comes to sand tomorrow night!!  I wish… Continue Reading

Amouage Jubilation XXV Homme

A digression first: I recently read about a collaboration between the cookery writer Nigel Slater (who I’ve mentioned several times: love his diaries) and perfumer Lyn Harris of Miller Harris and Perfumer H (I love that brand’s fragrance Smoke). They… Continue Reading

Unopened Perfumes

Hiya Posse. One of my perfume mates Michael was here last week. As always we got to talking perfume. He would ask about a brand or a perfume and I’d bring the box of all that brand and we would… Continue Reading

Pumpkins, Spice, and the Not-So-Nice

Well we got through another Hallowe’en.  That day is a big, big deal in our little neck of the woods because West Hollywood closes off Santa Monica Boulevard for the legendary Hallowe’en Carnivale. It started as kind of a local… Continue Reading

Books with Friends

I’m posting this on the eve of the elections in the U.S., and unless you’ve just arrived on Earth you probably know all about it. There are A Lot of Feelings. Tensions are high. I’m not betting we’ll know the… Continue Reading