So… What Would You Like To Ask IFRA?
Ok, I’ve been teasing you about this for weeks, but the time has come to let the cat out of the bag and enlist your help. The person I’m soon…
Ok, I’ve been teasing you about this for weeks, but the time has come to let the cat out of the bag and enlist your help. The person I’m soon…
Dior’s new perfume hall is about to open in the Oxford Street branch of Selfridge’s, which means now’s a good time for me to follow up my review of the…
It’s been a while since I’ve written in any meaningful detail about my own perfume making. Paradoxically, this isn’t because I haven’t been doing any, but because I’ve actually been…
In my teenage years, I was an absolute sucker for idealistic sci-fi and detective stories. My favourites were always those in which the protagonist – whoever he or she happened…
The shortlist for this year’s FiFi UK Best Niche Perfume award has just been revealed on Basenotes and it features a few of my favourite releases of 2010. Here’s the…
Lift your head high and take a deep breath, everybody: the first day of spring has arrived. Winter 2010/11 is officially history! It’s also Iranian New Year, and according to…
I know everyone always says this, but I can assure you that this time, it’s absolutely true. Choosing my favourite entry in the 1st anniversary competition was no easy task.…
I realise that at any given time, there are countless awful things happening around the world, but the planet does seem to be particularly unhappy at the moment. Whilst I…
Is mint becoming the new lemon? Perfumers are wary of using excessive quantities of the latter in their formulae because years of cultural conditioning have persuaded Western noses that its…
I hope your weekend’s going well so far. I just wanted to remind you that you’ve got until Thursday night (UK time) to enter my special competition marking the first…
A year ago today, I plunged into this blog’s inaugural entry with no preamble whatsoever. So I think it’s right that I mark the first anniversary of Persolaise.com by going…
Tomorrow my little blog enters its difficult adolescent years. Don’t forget to come back for its birthday and check out the special prize draw I’ve organised for you, which will…
Permit me to pick your brains. I’m carrying out some research for an article that may appear on Basenotes, and I’d really appreciate your help. My question is this: how…
I don’t quite know where the last twelve months have gone, but this blog is just a few days away from being a year old! To mark its first anniversary,…
There are some people out there who think that Gus Van Sant’s remake of Psycho is superior to Hitchcock’s original. Even though they fully understand that the newer version is…
Disqus Killed The Discussion
Okay, I’ve decided… and this time, I’m sticking to my decision: I’ve disabled Disqus. It was proving to be more trouble than it was worth, chewing up people’s comments, failing…