Musc by Mona di Orio

Hey Posse, yes we received the devastating news recently that the Mona do Orio brand has died a sad and lonely death. WAAAHH! I’m partly to blame. It’s been a long while since I bought a bottle from them. They… Continue Reading

Happy Surprises of 2024

Hey Posse! Welcome to the future. We are now fully in 2025 but let’s please look back at some Happy Surprises of 2024. Most years I try and get to a Best Of but last year found me overwhelmed by… Continue Reading

Decant Demolition 2025

Hey Hey Posse, You may remember in 2023 I tried to use up as many samples and decants as possible in the New Idea series. Though there was remarkable usage I hardly made a dent in the ridiculous amount of… Continue Reading

Initio Oud for Greatness NEO 2024

Heya Posse! Strangely, for a brand that has become so famous and widespread over the last few years remarkably little has been written about it here on the Posse. Initio Parfums Prives is a Dubai based French brand whose first… Continue Reading

Mainstream Designer Sniffing: Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs,

Hey POSSE! Last minute gifts? I know most of us don’t really get to the mainstream designer stuff anymore so I thought it might be good to know a couple that I was asked to buy for people. It makes… Continue Reading

Fleurs de Glace by Olympic Orchids

Hey Posse. I found a 5ml Fleurs de Glace tester bought when the worldwide postal service wasn’t quite so uptight. I must have bought a few testers in a sale at some point. There was a little hoard of them… Continue Reading

Noel au Balcon Etat Libre d’Orange

Heya Posse! Less than one month till Christmas. For those of you who don’t celebrate, or celebrate other religious milestones at this point, fair play to you. Thing is, across the western world it’s almost impossible to ignore the marketing,… Continue Reading