Yuzu Ab Irato by Parfumerie Generale 2006

Hi there Posse! Yuzu Ab Irato has been sitting around here for over a year, 5ml of its shimmery cool green that for some reason has gone without a sniff or even a look. Does anyone else have this happen?… Continue Reading

The Nutcracker Reimagined and Set to Perfumet – Plus Tauer Advent Drawing

  Andy Tauer has the best Holiday Tradition, the Advent Calendar Drawing. Each day of Advent, a different blog hosts the drawing. All you need to do is, of course, follow each blog hosting the drawing, enter on each one… Continue Reading

Frankincense and Myrrh perfumes – Guide to Incense Fragrances

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Once you are past Thanksgiving, it is officially Christmas, yes?  Close enough.  That must make it time to talk about frankincense and myrrh perfumes – two of my favorite incense notes and ones we will all need desperately over the… Continue Reading

Amber Pefume Sample Set Winner & Swapmania 11/2/12

Perfume Posse Perfume Swap - swapmania

Hidely ho, y’all!  There is a regular post from me coming later this evening.  Not doing a Note this week because next note is a BIG category that has required some time to acquire, as well as a ton of… Continue Reading

DSH Winter Goodness

I had a chance to sample a few new fragrances from DSH Perfumes… Cuir et Champignon – a bunch of you have tried this one.  Dawn says: Cuir et Champignon embodies all the soft and inviting qualities of white button… Continue Reading

Demi or JLo?

I have to admit, lately I´ve been feeling a little like Goldilocks, since I´ve been looking for “just right” and it seems to be eluding me at every turn. Rhubarb with too much patchouli, woods where there are none, and… Continue Reading

Gardenia Perfume – What Makes the best Gardenia Perfume?

Gardenia Perfume, noobody´s gotten the smell of gardenia quite right when they put it in a perfume, in my opinion. Sniffing gardenia yesterday on the bushes in the National Gallery of Art rotunda, I had a chance to ponder what… Continue Reading