What We Really Wore This Summer – 2014
Guess what, I think we have a regular feature on our hands. About a year ago, I posted an article about the scents which Madame Persolaise and I actually wore…
Guess what, I think we have a regular feature on our hands. About a year ago, I posted an article about the scents which Madame Persolaise and I actually wore…
A few of you may remember that a little while ago, I gave in to football fever and I published a piece on my favourite tropical perfumes. A tweaked version…
Could Rien possibly get any bigger? Yes and no. Soon after it bulldozed its way onto the market in 2006, the scent became the very definition of a perfumery juggernaut.…
Anyone who’s a fan of the output of Etat Libre D’Orange owes a debt of gratitude to Antoine Maisondieu: working either on his own or with Antoine Lie, he has…
A big Thank you to everyone who entered last week’s draw for a copy of the new edition of Roja Dove’s The Essence Of Perfume. I’m pleased to announce that…
Wearing Oeillet Bengale makes it clear why the collective noun for a group of carnations is usually ‘spray’. Rodrigo Flores-Roux has put together this new release from Aedes De Venustas…
image: Roja Dove / Black Dog Publishing Roja Dove‘s much-loved coffee-table tome, The Essence Of Perfume, has just been re-printed in an extensively updated form. I haven’t yet seen its…
Even though it was published just last week, my review of Cartier’s new gardenia scent, La Panthère, was written quite some time ago, whilst I was in the process of…
image: Andy Tauer In the third and final instalment of this exclusive interview, Andy Tauer talks about innovation, the blogosphere and formal perfumery training. For part 1, please click here…
image: Andy Tauer In today’s instalment of this exclusive interview with Andy Tauer, the focus is firmly on the brand new fragrance, Sotto La Luna Gardenia. For part 1, please…
An odd little fact. Over the course of the last four years, I’ve been fortunate enough to publish interviews with several prominent industry figures here on Persolaise.com, but amongst their…
Try as hard as I might, I can no longer deny that the summer is over and that it’s time to get back to work… in more ways than one.…