Top 10 Perfumes For Autumn 2026 – A Sense Of Renewal
Persolaise We’re nearly always told that January is a time for renewal, but for many of us, autumn marks the start of the new year, so it was with this in…
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‘New’ Guerlain L’Heure Bleue, Byredo Future Memories, Tom Ford Ombre Leather Reserve and Le Labo Shiu 25 reviews – 2026
Please click on this link for my YouTube and Substack reviews of: Guerlain L’Heure Bleue (2026), Tom Ford Ombre Leather Reserve, Byredo Future Memories and Le Labo Shiu 25 reviews.…
Tom Ford Figue Erotique review – Shyamala Maisondieu; 2026
– Amongst the divisive genre of green perfumes, perhaps none are more contentious than those which attempt to capture the smell of fig leaves. The vegetal, green-pea-and-bell-pepper compositions such as…
Tom Ford Oud Voyager, Guerlain Royal Extract III and other reviews – 2026
– Please click on the link below to be taken to my Substack reviews of the following perfumes: Tom Ford Oud VoyagerGuerlain Royal Extract IIITrudon Midnight Omen, 45° & MystiqueAnforh…
More Matches Made In Heaven – Top 10 Perfumes For Valentine’s Day 2026
For this year’s Valentine’s Day list, I’ve gone back to the library and matched some famous fictional couples with perfumes. Here’s a link to the YouTube video: Perfumes for iconic…
The Slow Burn – Top 10 Best Tobacco Perfumes
Smoking may be a socially dubious activity these days — and rightly so — but there’s no doubt whatsoever about the allure of tobacco perfumes, which is why I featured…
Tom Ford Soleil Neige, BDK Vanille Caviar, Nez 1+1 Ansongo and other reviews – 2026
We’re trying something different. For the foreseeable future, the usual post-video updates will appear not here, but on my Substack. However, they will NOT be behind a paywall and you…
Top 10 Modern Retro Perfumes + Guerlain Vetiver Fauve review (Delphine Jelk; 2025)
I suspect Guerlain didn’t think that a vetiver composition would turn out to be polarising, but this is exactly what seems to be happening with Vetiver Fauve, their latest addition…
Tom Ford Black Lacquer and Frassai showcase reviews – 2024; 2025
Fresh from the excesses of Esxence, I recently presented a showcase review of a brand that had been unknown to me until I visited the fair: Frassai, founded by Natalia…
The Top 25 Perfumes Of The 21st Century… So Far
As 2024 came to an end, many of you asked if I’d compile a rundown of the best perfumes of the decade so far. I found the idea appealing —…
Top 10 Perfumes For Winter 2024 – Nostalgic Scents
I’m always slightly suspicious of the self-indulgent aspects of nostalgia, but I decided to revel in the feeling when broadcasting the rundown of my top 10 perfumes for winter 2024.…
Tom Ford Amber Intrigue (Pascal Gaurin & Julien Rasquinet), Memo Abu Dhabi (Mylene Alran), Memo Indian Leather (Juliette Karagueuzoglou) reviews – 2024
— The person who introduced me to Tom Ford Amber Intrigue (currently exclusive to Harrods) proudly announced that the scent marks the brand’s first use of dates in a composition…
Tom Ford Vanilla Sex review – Nathalie Gracia-Cetto; 2023
– Upon being presented with a blotter doused in Tom Ford Vanilla Sex, the correct response is to recoil in confusion. I am delighted to report that this was precisely…
Top 10 Perfumes For Halloween 2023 – Scents For The Vampire In You
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…
Tom Ford Myrrhe Mystere review – 2023
So far this year, we’ve been treated to no fewer than six new perfumes from Tom Ford. Make of that what you will. And while you’re considering whether the number…
Tom Ford Cafe Rose review – 2023
In 2012, Tom Ford Cafe Rose emerged as one of four ‘garden’ scents. It then went the way of many TF releases (which is to say it was pulled off…
Top 10 Best Sandalwood Perfumes – Meditative Marvels
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…
Top 10 Best Leather Perfumes – Deserts, Cowboys & Angels
Things got personal over on YouTube the other day when I finally broadcast the video I’d been avoiding for years: my Top 10 (+1) best leather perfumes. Here’s a link…
Tom Ford Electric Cherry Review – Louise Turner; 2023
Tom Ford Electric Cherry review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Louise Turner, 2023)
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)