Papillon Epona, Burberry Goddess edp intense, Aesop Virere and other reviews – 2024
Persolaise We went from A to B to… P in a recent episode of Love At First Scent, with reviews of new releases from Aesop, Burberry, Boadicea The Victorious, Bentley and…
Top 10 Perfumes For Summer 2023 – The Scent Of Sincerity
I don’t like to think about the fact that today is the longest day of the year, because it means that from now on, the days are going to start…
Top 10 Perfumes For Valentine’s Day 2023 – Old-World Glamour
Top 10 best perfumes for Valentine's Day 2023, selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (feat. Chanel, Hermes, Tom Ford, Cartier, Le Labo, Les Abstraits, L'Artisan Parfumeur, Marc-Antoine Barrois, Eris, Papillon)
Mugler Alien Mirage & Chloe Nomade absolu de parfum Review – 2020
Mugler Alien Mirage, Chloe Nomade absolu de parfum, Papillon Bengale Rouge, Calvin Klein CK Everyone, Boucheron Jaipur Homme reviews by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2020)
The Best Perfumes Of 2018 – Nostalgic Defiance
The best perfumes of 2018, chosen by award-winning critic, Persolaise
Persolaise Review: Dryad from Papillon (Liz Moores; 2017)
It’s so wonderful to behold a perfumer maturing right under your nose. With her debut trio, Papillon’s Liz Moores proved that hers is a considerable talent, even though at least…
Persolaise’s Scents For Summer 2016 In Parfum Plus
Please click here to read my latest piece for the Middle East’s ParfumPlus magazine, featuring a travel-inspired selection of perfumes for the summer*. You may be interested to learn that…
Where Will They Take You? – Perfumes For Summer 2016
Regular readers will be aware that, for me, the summer usually involves travel. However, for various reasons, this year is shaping up to be rather different… which perhaps explains why…
Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter – October to December 2015 [part 2]
Here’s part 2 of my latest compendium of Twitter mini-reviews. Please note that, this time around, we’ve got a part 3; it’ll be published soon. Shalimar Cologne from Guerlain (Thierry…
“I Don’t Actually Wear Anything” – An Audience With Luca Turin At The Perfume Society [part 2]
Please click here for part 1 No event involving Luca Turin would have been complete without a sniff of some perfume. So once both speaker and audience were warmed up,…
‘Fake It Till You Make It’ – An Interview With Papillon’s Liz Moores
image: Liz Moores When Papillon‘s debut trio emerged last year, it immediately caused a stir amongst scentusiasts in the UK. Tobacco Rose was the crowd pleaser, but the deadly Anubis…
Persolaise Review: Tobacco Rose, Anubis & Angélique from Papillon (Liz Moores; 2014)
When I interviewed Papillon’s founder, Liz Moores*, I told her that, putting aside the issue of personal taste, the most striking feature of her debut scents is that they are…