Oribe Cote d’Azur, Desertland and Valley of Flowers

  I am going to jump in here and briefly hijack this review to give you an update on the situation here in Los Angeles. The fires are not out yet, but the situation is far better than it was… Continue Reading

Quiet Good Taste: Caswell Massey Number Six, Newport, and Gardenia

Caswell Massey is one of those venerable purveyors that somehow always manage to fly under my radar. Of course I’ve heard of them and have even run across them in other people’s bathrooms but my shaving needs are rather prosaic-… Continue Reading

Merry, Merry: 3 by Sarah Horowitz Parfums

First of all since this is posting on the eve of Christmas and the day before Hanukkah and Kwanzaa I want to wish everyone a happy holiday, however you celebrate it, or don’t. This blog has certainly brightened up my… Continue Reading

The Holidaze

Well, the holidays seem to be coming fast ‘n furious this year. I suppose because this year American Thanksgiving took place later in the month than usual (the last Thursday in November this time was the 28th), so there was… Continue Reading

Holiday Treats: Liz Zorn Blood Orange & Vetiver and Gardenia 63

Well we seem to be on a bit of roll here with some of the more hyper-niche perfumers being featured at the Posse and that’s a good thing. Liz Zorn is one that I was meaning to write about for… Continue Reading

Spring Into Fall: DSH Perfumes Soho Boheme

Well, Fall has finally arrived here in LA. For now anyway- it could get back up into the 90’s at any moment and there are quite a few X-Mas holidays where the Beverly Center’s Hunky Santa needed to be shirtless.… Continue Reading