Labor Day Blues (ish)

Hi, my beloved Posse.  You know… I really should name this post Blame Portia… because I wouldn’t be talking about this were it not for New Idea 2023.   Well.. Portia and A Person Incredibly Close to Me (she’s not Posse… Continue Reading

Travelling

Happy Labour Day! I leave for my Europe trip on Tuesday. Day one is home, to town, to London, to Brussels, and on to the night train to Vienna. I arrive in Vienna the following mid-morning – and currently it’s… Continue Reading

Serpent Boheme by Boucheron

Hey there Perfume Posse! You may remember last year I was in London. The beautiful Tara from now defunct A Bottled Rose perfume blog and I were wandering the streets of her area and stumbled upon an enormous TKMaxxx. They… Continue Reading

A glass half full: Sortilege by Le Gallion

I’m calling this one half full because when I went to Neiman Marcus to sample the new version they were out. All was not in vain since I did pick up a lovely Moulton Brown bath goo in Rhubarb. So… Continue Reading

Let’s talk about Amouage

So apparently we’re trying some overlooked classics here on the Posse. My housemate/fellow perfumista Carolyn has an extensive fragrance collection of her own. I think I mentioned that the previous resident, a lawyer, had a home office with lots of… Continue Reading

Estee Lauder Cinnabar

It’s all of a sudden late summer – late August – and I’m shocked, just shocked. I kept telling myself ‘be in the now – don’t wish for time to pass’, but it has passed. The last time I visited… Continue Reading

Invisible Touch by La Perla

Hey there Posse! It seems hard to believe that the La Perla Haute Perfumerie Fragrances Collection came out in 2021, in the heart of the pandemic. Right from the outset they have been stratospherically aspirationally priced. Here in Oz 120ml… Continue Reading