Wash Life
Posse – this is a Mashup Response to Tom’s ‘Whine’ post from last week (LOVE that hat, Tom! I have one in ochre but would KEAL for it in black!) and Portia’s ongoing ‘thunk’ posts. Tom and alityke chatted about… Continue Reading
Surrender to Chance
Eau de Cologne Imperiale Guerlain
Hey there Posse peeps. If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere then I reckon you are sweltering right now. While I’m down in the cool of winter, which I may have mentioned before is my happiest temperature range. We rarely get… Continue Reading
July New Idea 2023
Woo Hoo! Let’s see how my month went for July New Idea 2023. Well! We have flown past the halfway mark. I won’t lie to you, this month has been a hard slog. My enthusiasm has waned and I’m spending… Continue Reading
Frederic Malle Synthetic Jungle, Le Parfum de Therese and Uncut Gem
Frederic Malle is a house that I do really like, as a matter of fact it is my second favorite of the houses formerly known as “niche” (you can’t be niche and owned by a giant corporation, which seems to… Continue Reading
Givenchy L’Interdit, vintage and new
Well I promised you a perfume review and you’re going to get one. It is going to be an exercise in frustration, because I am trying the vintage version of Givenchy’s L’Interdit against the new version which is available at… Continue Reading
The Heat is on: or, Thwarted
Well, it’s hot here. Pretty much I suppose like everywhere else that isn’t at one of the poles at this point. It’s not even hot enough that I feel I can really complain: Although the news reports would lead one… Continue Reading
Notes on hedonism and weil zibeline
Musette’s post yesterday about hedonism (in a double dose! That’s hedonism) was interesting and kind of coincided with the arrival of my latest foray into “Stuff that Tom has Never Sniffed” from Surrender to Chance: this time Zibeline, a 1928… Continue Reading