Goutal and Glass Skin

Six months after surgery, my sense of smell continues to come back in fits and starts.  I’ll go through a day or three of quasi-anosmia, especially with perfume, and then suddenly – the scent is back, or at least most… Continue Reading

Happy Memorial Day weekend

Happy Monday, everyone, and if you’re in the U.S., wishing you a happy Memorial Day! Take a moment today, if you will, to remember service members around the world, past and present. In America, Memorial Day is heralded as the… Continue Reading

La Colonia by Oliver & Co

Hello Posse. Jin and I are far and away on our Honeymoon, up here in the late Northern Hemisphere spring. What better way to celebrate that than to sniff one of the most vibrant and interesting colognes available in the… Continue Reading

Chilly… winners

30 degree drop in temps, with gale-force winds and a bad attitude. Chilly AF over here. A true Midwestern Spring, y’all!  The Girl and I are snug inside, fighting with logistics (sweatergawd, 90% of my stress seems to come from… Continue Reading

Graduation in the air

Now that we are fairly deep into graduation season, I’ve been pondering good gifts for those who are donning caps and gowns this year. I only have my hs graduate to think about this year. And he is not into… Continue Reading

Black Orchid by Tom Ford

Hi there Posse! Black Orchid was a huge hit, still is. If Tom Ford did nothing else after it he would still be revered. Actually if he had stopped here and not gone on to a Montale like array of… Continue Reading

The Fragrant Air Around Us

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/does-this-train-station-smell-like-grapefruit-how-the-air-around-us-suddenly-became-so-fragrant/2019/05/14/b70d429e-66d1-11e9-82ba-fcfeff232e8f_story.html?utm_term=.8c815e233b4b