The Nose Knows

Well, it’s happened again. Whatever bug that’s been going around I got. Not Covid (I tested twice) and not terrible: just coughing and runny nose and an inability to smell anything that isn’t, shall we say, a bit definite in… Continue Reading →

Blame Portia: Fath’s Essentials Lilas Exquis

A couple of weeks ago our own Portia wrote about Fath’s Essentials Lilas Exquis (linked here– click on it, read, then return.) Now that you have re-read the post you can imagine if you have read any of mine that… Continue Reading →

Darling De Gabor

Hi Posse. Darling De Gabor passed me by. Released in 2016 and winner of multiple awards yet somehow I never even heard of it. It arrived as an extra with some purchases from Fragrances and Art. Just the manufacturers spray sample,… Continue Reading →

CB I Hate Perfume revisited: Memory of Kindness, At the Beach 1966, and Burning Leaves

Okay, I must be getting slow in my old age. I know I wrote about these back somewhere on here or PST (or did I just comment?) but something made me remember them and in doing so to want to… Continue Reading →

Velvet Splendour by Goldfield & Banks

Hey Posse. I’m not sure why it took me so long ro buy a bottle of Velvet Splendour by Goldfield & Banks. When it first came out in 2019 I tried it in the airport and was instantly WOWed. At… Continue Reading →

NVRMIND by Aether Parfums

Hey Posse! I got a terrific surprise in the mail last week. My mate Nicolas from Aether Parfums sent me a bottle of a collaboration he is incredibly proud of. NVRMIND, made in conjunction with the cool as cukes crew… Continue Reading →

Aoud Blanc by DSH Perfumes

Hiya Posse! The other day I had the carpets steam cleaned. This meant I had to get as much furniture, floor wardrobe, junk/objet d’art off the carpets and out of the way. Under a chest of drawers I found a… Continue Reading →