The Best Perfumes Of 2018 – Nostalgic Defiance
Persolaise The best perfumes of 2018, chosen by award-winning critic, Persolaise
Christmas Wishes 2018 & Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 24 Now On YouTube – featuring Opus XI from Amouage and Vero Kern Tribute
The 24th episode of Love At First Scent – originally broadcast on Facebook on 21st December – is now on YouTube. You can watch it below or by clicking here.…
Persolaise Review: Niral from Neela Vermeire Creations (Bertrand Duchaufour; 2018)
In recent weeks, I’ve had cause to think about Apres L’Ondee and the famously heartbreaking manner in which it combines iris and violet. With that seamless magic peculiar to perfumery,…
Persolaise Mini-Reviews: August to September 2018 [part 2]
For more mini-reviews, please click here. Mr Burberry Indigo from Burberry (Francis Kurkdjian; 2018)* When you’ve spent 10 days crawling through a desert, even the muddiest water is refreshing. Enter:…
The Complete Persolaise Perfume Gift Guide – Christmas 2018
While putting together my 2018 list of Christmas perfume gift recommendations, I discovered that Storify is no longer with us, which is a bit of a shame, because several of…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 23 Now On YouTube – 190 Years Of Guerlain – Anniversary Special
On Friday 30th November, I broadcast the 23rd episode of Love At First Scent: a special instalment celebrating the 190th anniversary of Guerlain. It’s now available on YouTube and you…
Next Episode Of Love At First Scent: Guerlain Anniversary Special – 190 Years
The next episode of Love At First Scent will be broadcast on Facebook Live this Friday 30th November at 3 pm UK time (10 am New York; 7 pm Dubai).…
Persolaise Review: Perfumes The Guide 2018 by Luca Turin & Tania Sanchez (Perfüümista ÖÜ; 2018)
When you pick up a new book by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez and you discover that a review of a gardenia perfume begins with that familiar refrain of ‘Not…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 22 Now On YouTube – Featuring The Dawn from Frederic Malle and In The Wood For Love from Roos & Roos
The 22nd episode of Love At First Scent – streamed on Friday 2nd November 2018 on Facebook Live – is now available on YouTube; you can watch it above or…
Persolaise Review: Mandarine Glaciale from Atelier Cologne (Jerome Epinette; 2015)
I continue to view the output of Atelier Cologne with both interest and suspicion. They insist that their ‘cologne absolues’ are fresh compositions that manage to pull off the fiendish…
What Goes Around… – Persolaise In Business Traveller
In my latest piece for Business Traveller UK, I’ve turned my attention to the recent crop of retro-inflected masculines for men, so if you’d like to read it, please search…
Persolaise On Feelunique Instagram Live This Thursday
For my next live video stream, I’m going to be joining the wonderful people at Feelunique and broadcasting a perfume Q&A session through their Instagram channel, so please do try…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 21 Now On YouTube
Episode 21 of Love At First Scent – streamed on Sunday 28th October 2018 on Facebook Live – has just been uploaded to YouTube; you can watch it above or…
Persolaise Mini-Reviews: August to September 2018 [part 1]
For more mini-reviews, please click here. Aura eau de toilette from Mugler (2018)* Plays it even safer than the edp, toning down the vine-y greenness to make more room for…
Persolaise Review: Samsara from Guerlain (Jean-Paul Guerlain; 1989)
Does anyone else play this game? A few weeks ago, Madame Persolaise and I found ourselves in a medium-sized European airport and, as she usually does in such situations, she’d…
Scents For Millennials: Persolaise In Harper’s Bazaar India
Illustration: Bonzer Muivah for Harper’s Bazaar India I’m excited to announce that the 10th anniversary issue of Harper’s Bazaar India features an article by yours truly on the subject of…
Persolaise Love At First Scent: Layers 01 from Experimental Perfume Club (Emmanuelle Moeglin; 2018)
My latest Love At First Scent video (live streamed on Facebook on 5th October 2018) is a review of the Layers 01 scents from Experimental Perfume Club: they can be…
A Journey In A Bottle – Persolaise In Business Traveller
I’m delighted to announce that my latest piece for Business Traveller – focussing on scents inspired by journeys and exciting destinations – has just been published. It’s available in both…
Persolaise Review: Papyrus Oud from Parle Moi De Parfum (Michel Almairac; 2018)
It’s not often in perfumery that you’re given an opportunity to witness a scent-maker revisiting and honing a particular idea. Two examples that come to mind are Edmond Roudnitska following…
Persolaise Review: The Tycoon, The Stylist, The Actress, The Writer & The Mechanic from St Giles (Bertrand Duchaufour; 2017)
Ascribing a personality to a perfume has long been a trick used by the likes of yours truly to get past the challenge of conveying olfactory sensations in words. No…