Top 10 Perfumes For Halloween 2024 – Scents Of Darkness
It’s that time of year again when demons, witches and goblins take over the world. I’ve never been one for ‘celebrating’ Halloween, but as you know, I can’t resist a…
It’s that time of year again when demons, witches and goblins take over the world. I’ve never been one for ‘celebrating’ Halloween, but as you know, I can’t resist a…
If all the spam advertising emails are to be believed, autumn is the time for curling up on a sofa with a warm blanket and a mug of hot chocolate.…
Given that Love At First Scent has been off the air for several weeks, it was perhaps appropriate that the first post-summer review was of a scent inspired by daybreak:…
— I’m pretty sure our first encounter was at a perfumery in Nice. It was part of a large Lutens display — an austere assembly of those slim, rectangular bottles,…
As I type these words, the summer solstice is just a few hours away, which means it’s the perfect time to present my latest seasonal list: Top 10 perfumes for…
It was time for a bit of diva domination over on YouTube the other day when I presented my list of the Top 10 best tuberose perfumes — a compilation…
It was time to roll out the big guns over on YouTube the other day, with new releases from Chanel (Comete), Frederic Malle (Acne Studios) as well as Serge Lutens…
It was a mix of old and new (in more senses that one) over on Love At First Scent the other day, when I reviewed the latest addition to the…
For this year’s Valentine’s Day list on Love At First Scent I decided to take a synesthetic approach and present a rundown of the Top 10 perfumes that evoke the…
Few things can dispel the winter gloom as effectively as perfume — especially if you choose a scent that’s distinctive, dramatic and full of striking contrasts. A Baroque perfume, you…
Everyone needs a Gandalf in their life. Or an Athena, or an Atticus Finch. Sadly, such figures aren’t always easy to find, so perhaps that’s why I’ve recently been drawn…
Halloween didn’t feature at all in my childhood, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have a bit of perfumed fun with it now. And lots of you have written to…
A secluded monastery, somewhere in the Himalayas — where the only sound comes from the snow as it melts in the morning sun, and the air itself is composed of…
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…
Things got a little bit whiffy in my virtual studio the other day… but in the most compelling way. Taking my cue from a suggestion made by one of you,…
My memory of this may not be accurate, but I’m fairly certain that in a biography of the Pet Shop Boys, which I read a couple of decades ago, there…
Serge Lutens Ecrin De Fumee review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Christopher Sheldrake, 2023)
Skin Time November 2022 – Persolaise reviews: Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Intense (Delphine Jelk); Tauer Golestan (Andy Tauer); Dusita La Rhapsodie Noire (Pissara Umavijani); Clive Christian Timeless and Contemporary;…
Top 10 scary perfumes for Halloween 2022 selected by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise, feat. Dior, Byredo, Serge Lutens, Etat Libre D'Orange, Mugler, Akro, Eris, Nasomatto, Cartier, Piguet, Diptyque
Top 10 best perfumes for autumn 2022, selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (feat. Chanel, Guerlain, Frederic Malle, Serge Lutens, Les Indemodables, Nicolai, Lubin, Reminiscence, Eris, Etat Libre D’Orange)