Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 20 Now On YouTube
Episode 20 of Love At First Scent – streamed on Friday 7th September 2018 on Facebook Live – is now available on YouTube; watch it above or by clicking here.…
Episode 20 of Love At First Scent – streamed on Friday 7th September 2018 on Facebook Live – is now available on YouTube; watch it above or by clicking here.…
Dior Joy review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Francois Demachy; 2018)
The 19th episode of Love At First Scent – streamed on Friday 31st August 2018 – is now available on YouTube; watch it above or by clicking here. In this…
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Michael Pavlich on his Overnights programme on Australia’s ABC Radio. The segment is now available online, so if…
At a time when the number of annual perfume releases continues to hit the 2000+ mark, it is increasingly difficult to work out which compositions influence the aesthetics of future…
Just a few lines from me to say that as summer draws to a close and the leaves on the trees begin to take on an ambery hue, it’s time…
For more mini-reviews, please click here. Oud extrait de parfum from Maison Francis Kurkdjian (Francis Kurkdjian; 2018)* When Kurkdjian released his first Oud in 2012, he did what many perfumers…
I wonder if Christopher Chong – Amouage’s unfailingly flamboyant Creative Director – wanted to call his latest scent duo Nostalgia. If he did, perhaps the more fiscally-minded forces at the…
Chanel Les Eaux, Paris-Biarritz Paris-Deauville, Paris-Venise review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2018, Olivier Polge)
For more mini-reviews, please click here. Orage from Louis Vuitton (Jacques Cavallier; 2018)* Fascinating beast. Its studied non-violence makes me think it should’ve been called Apres L’Orage, such is its…
A few weeks ago, on Instagram Live, I broadcast a brief showcase of Parle Moi De Parfum, a brand founded by legendary perfumer Michel Almairac and his sons. The broadcast…
A re-brand is often a cause for concern, but thank goodness that when the Powers That Be at Annick Goutal decided they needed a facelift – different bottles; the ‘Annick’…
Episode 18 of Love At First Scent (broadcast live on YouTube) is now available as a permanent upload, complete with incorrect orientation, thanks to the ol’ Tube letting me down;…
Episode 17 of Love At First Scent (broadcast live on Facebook) is now available as a permanent upload on YouTube; watch it above or by clicking here. In this edition…
Chanel - Paris-Biarritz, Paris-Venise, Paris-Deauville - Les Eaux review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2018, Olivier Polge)
Time to dig out your annotated T S Eliot and stick on a bit of Wagner, because my latest contribution to BBC Radio 4’s Film Programme, presented by Francine Stock,…
For the latest single-perfume instalment of Love At First Scent (which was actually streamed on Instagram before the one I first mentioned here on Persolaise.com) the focus is on Eau…
At the end of my last full-length episode of Love At First Scent, I said I didn’t think I’d be able to broadcast another one until around the end of…
One of my fondest memories of a summer spent in Marseilles is of a North African sweet shop not far from the Rue d’Aix. At both the beginning and the…
A slight, wizard-bearded figure in bright red plimsolls and a wrap-around, teal lab coat, he doesn’t immediately come across as the contrarian that his rare, past interviews suggest he is.…