January 2023 -

Interview Video

U Smells Good, Eugen Nizic, Les Abstraits Live Interview

Persolaise 31st January 2023 2 Comments

Eugen Nizic, U Smells Good, Les Abstraits interview by award-winning perfume critic, Persolaise (2023)

Interview List Perfume review

Top 10 Precious Perfumes, With Alice Du Parcq

Persolaise 29th January 2023 0 Comments

Top 10 precious perfumes with award-winning journalists Persolaise and Alice Du Parcq, feat. Chanel, Guerlain, Hermes, Acqua Di Parma and others (2023)

List Perfume review Video

Top 10 Best ‘Colourful’ Perfumes For A Grey Day

Persolaise 28th January 2023 0 Comments

Top 10 best colourful perfumes, selected by award-winning critic Persolaise, 2023, feat. Frederic Malle, Chanel, Penhaligon's, Hermes, Guerlain, Neela Vermeire, Acqua Di Parma, Histoires De Parfums, Annick Goutal, Estee Lauder

Perfume review Video

Dior Dune vintage Review – Dominique Ropion, Jean-Luis Sieuzac & Nejla Bsiri-Barbir; 1991

Persolaise 27th January 2023 0 Comments

Dior Dune review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Dominique Ropion, Jean-Luis Sieuzac & Nejla Bsiri-Barbir, 1991)

Perfume review Video

Wolf Brothers Showcase Review – 2020, 2021

Persolaise 26th January 2023 2 Comments

Wolf Brothers perfume showcase review by award-winning critic Persolaise (2020, 2021)

Perfume review Video

Guerlain Apres L’Ondee vintage extrait Review – Jacques Guerlain; 1906

Persolaise 15th January 2023 0 Comments

Guerlain Apres L'Ondee vintage extrait review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Jacques Guerlain, 1906)

Perfume review Video

Dior Hypnotic Poison 25th Anniversary Review – Annick Menardo; 1998

Persolaise 15th January 2023 3 Comments

Dior Hypnotic Poison review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Annick Menardo, 1998)

Perfume review Video

L’Artisan Parfumeur Soleil De Provence Review – Daphne Bugey; 2022

Persolaise 13th January 2023 0 Comments

L'Artisan Parfumeur Soleil De Provence review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Daphne Bugey, 2022)

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Best Films Of 2022

Persolaise 9th January 2023 2 Comments

My top 10 films of 2022, as presented on DariushAlavi.com

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The Most Popular Perfume Videos And Posts Of 2022

Persolaise 5th January 2023 0 Comments

The most popular perfume videos and posts of 2022 on Persolaise.com and the Persolaise YouTube channel

I am a four-time Jasmine Award winning writer with a lifelong interest in the world of fine fragrance.

I have written for Harrods Magazine, The Sunday Times, Conde Nast Traveller, Wallpaper*, Business Traveller, Grazia, Feelunique, Glass, The Scented Letter, Basenotes.net and Now Smell This, amongst others. I have been a regular columnist for Esprit Magazine and ParfumPlus.

My knowledge and expertise have been recommended by the Financial Times, the BBC, The Guardian, The Observer, Die Zeit and several other publications.

My perfume guide, Le Snob: Perfume, is published by Hardie Grant. For more information and to order a copy, please click here.

To read my award winning London Perfume Shopping Guide, please click here.

Please feel free to write to me at persolaise at gmail dot com or by using the email form on my Contact page.

Persolaise.com features reviews of perfumes, interviews with fragrance industry figures and general articles related to the world of scent. The site is not affiliated in any way to any brands*, wholesalers, retailers or organisations involved with the fragrance industry.

All reviews are entirely independent. The content of posts is never ‘sponsored’ by any external agencies.

Some reviews are based on samples provided by brands; others are based on samples obtained by the author. This has no bearing on the content of the reviews.

* I am occasionally commissioned by brands to carry out specific projects, such as consultancy or copywriting. In such situations, I do not review the relevant brands’ perfumes for an extended period of time, nor do I mention the brands in any posts/articles where perfumes from several brands are presented as part of a selection/collection.

Regrettably, my current site provider doesn’t offer an automatically-updated blogroll facility, so the best I can do is this set of links to the other blogs I try to read. I believe many of the below have some kind of subscription function that works either through email or social media, so perhaps you could use that to receive updates about new posts. If anyone knows of some way to include a ‘live’ blogroll widget on WordPress, please get in touch.

Andy Tauer
Basenotes
Black Narcissus
Bois De Jasmin
Grain De Musc
Now Smell This
Perfume Posse
Perfume Shrine

U Smells Good, Eugen Nizic, Les Abstraits Live Interview

Dior Dune vintage Review – Dominique Ropion, Jean-Luis Sieuzac & Nejla Bsiri-Barbir; 1991

Wolf Brothers Showcase Review – 2020, 2021

Guerlain Apres L’Ondee vintage extrait Review – Jacques Guerlain; 1906

Dior Hypnotic Poison 25th Anniversary Review – Annick Menardo; 1998

L’Artisan Parfumeur Soleil De Provence Review – Daphne Bugey; 2022

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