Best Perfumes Of 2014 – A Time For Looking Back
If a pining for the past is a sign of social disquiet, then 2014 must have been a worrying year for the perfume industry: a significant proportion of new releases…
If a pining for the past is a sign of social disquiet, then 2014 must have been a worrying year for the perfume industry: a significant proportion of new releases…
We’ve nearly made it, folks. We just need to get through that pile of mince pies in the corner, the presents under the tree, the turkey in the oven… and…
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…
Guerlain Mitsouko reformulation review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Jacques Guerlain, Thierry Wasser, scent)
Here’s the second part of my compilation of Twitter mini-reviews published between July and September 2014. Cologne from Etat Libre D’Orange (Alexandra Kosinski; 2014)* Pays homage to Mugler’s Cologne. Citruses…
Dior Homme parfum review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Francois Demachy, 2014)
Carlos Huber at Bloom image: Bloom Although I remain a massive fan of the brand, I find myself unable to give an unqualified thumbs up to Arquiste‘s new The Architects…
Here’s another round-up of my mini-reviews from Twitter, this time spanning the period July to September 2014. Royal Extract from Guerlain (Thierry Wasser (& Mathilde Laurent?); 2014)** This new Harrods…
Watch out, the 70s have just walked into the room. Or have they? The first thing that attacks you from Tom Ford‘s latest Private Blend is, appropriately enough, a bell-bottom-wearing,…
Thank you so much for all your contributions to yesterday’s Tauer Perfumes draw. Honestly, I enjoyed reading every single one and I wish I had the time to reply to…
There are 27 days to go until the end of the year, and I don’t know about you, but Madame Persolaise and I are definitely not ready to bid farewell…
I’m not sure how it’s perceived in the USA, but here in Britain, Odin seems to be one of those brands which are always slipping beyond the reach of most…
Sometimes you just need to stick to what you know best. On occasion, the output of the revived Grossmith has been dismissed as mere ‘heritage perfumery’, but there’s nothing intrinsically…
Guide to the best oud perfumes by award-winning critic Persolaise (feat. Tom Ford, Amouage, Dior, Le Labo, Montale, Nicolai, Ajmal, Francis Kurkdjian)
As far as I’m concerned, any brand which releases only one new perfume per year is worthy of serious attention. In an environment where even niche outfits seem unable to…
An edited version of my post on perfumes for summer 2014 has appeared in the latest issue of ParfumPlus magazine. If you’d like to read it, please click on this…
As someone who owns very well-thumbed copies of The Perfect Scent and The Emperor Of Scent, I was excited to discover that Chandler Burr’s distinctive prose style has once again…
In David Almond’s book, Skellig, a young boy encounters a strange man in the ramshackle shed at his new house. He’s filthy, his clothes are in tatters and he reeks…
From left to right: Alexandra and Chantal Roos, co-founders of Dear Rose “Oh, Bloody Rose! Bloody Rose has no rose in it. It’s a hypnotic white flower. It’s the naughty…
It’s been only a few days since the announcement was made that Editions De Parfums Frederic Malle is to be bought by Estée Lauder, but already the finger-waggers are crawling…