Taming the Beast: Etat Libre d’Orange The Ghost in the Shell, You or Someone Like You, and Secretions Magnifiques

We recently had a discussion about Etat Libre d’Orange here and that sent me to Surrender to Chance to get a few samples. Etat Libre popped up around 2006 if I remember correctly and back in the day Patty sent… Continue Reading →

Labor Day Vacay-: Vuitton On the Beach, Margiela Beach Walk, CB I Hate Perfume At the Beach 1966 & Zoologist Squid

While I do write somewhat in advance (and got these samples from StC even more in advance), this will publish the day after the Labor Day weekend here in the USA, which marks the “official” end of summer. So what… Continue Reading →

Stink, Stank, Stunk: Scatamalis by Jeffrey Dame

And in the second part of the “Blame (or thank) VerbenaLuvvr” one of the extras that Mr. Jeffrey Dame sent along with my order of Juste Filthy was the cream base of Scatamalis. This is the six base notes of… Continue Reading →

Gay Juice

Well I am going to preface this review with the revelation (to absolutely nobody) that I am Gay. I am a middle aged Gay man who has lived through the era of AIDS and outlived Jerry Falwell, Lou Sheldon and… Continue Reading →

JD Jeffrey Dame Juste Filthy and Gallagher Crimson Veil

And now we are into “blame the commenter” here at the Posse.. Specifically VerbenaLuvvr in commenting on Portia’s post on MKK. mentioned Juste Filthy as being “heavily fecal”- so much so that I think it was tossed. This sent me… Continue Reading →

What Possessed me? Dossier Aquatic Coconut

I blame Musette. And March. And maybe the moon. After all this talk about Hawaiian Tropic and coconut and coconut scents I went cruising the interwebs looking for.. something. A little coconut balm for the soul that wouldn’t involve calories,… Continue Reading →

Sometimes we forget.. 3 by Parfums de Nicolai

I am sometimes forgetful. I apparently ordered and received these samples from Surrender to Chance back in March, probably since I had just then reviewed a couple three of others from Parfums de Nicolai. And then promptly forgot about them… Continue Reading →