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Frederic Malle Superstitious Review – From The Archive

Persolaise 9th June 2021 0 Comments

Frederic Malle Superstitious review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (from the archive, Dominique Ropion, 2017)

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Tom Ford Santal Blush Review – From The Archive

Persolaise 26th November 2020 0 Comments

Tom Ford Santal Blush review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (from the archive, Yann Vasnier, 2011)

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Best Perfumes For A Sunny Day – From The Archive

Persolaise 3rd August 2020 0 Comments

Best perfumes for summer chosen by award-winning critic Persolaise (2015, from the archive) feat. Guerlain, Hermes, Chanel, Frederic Malle, Tom Ford and others

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Aedes De Venustas Iris Nazarena Review – From The Archive

Persolaise 14th July 2020 0 Comments

Aedes De Venustas Iris Nazarena perfume review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Ralf Schwieger, 2013, from the archive)

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Dior Homme Parfum Review – From The Archive

Persolaise 16th June 2020 2 Comments

Dior Homme parfum review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Francois Demachy, 2014, from the archive)

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L’Artisan Parfumeur Traversee Du Bosphore Review – From The Archive

Persolaise 1st April 2020 0 Comments

L'Artisan Parfumeur Traversee Du Bosphore perfume review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Bertrand Duchaufour, 2010, from the archive)

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Hermes Voyage D’Hermes Review – From The Archive

Persolaise 4th March 2020 0 Comments

Hermes Voyage D'Hermes review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Jean-Claude Ellena, 2010, from the archive)

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Vero Kern Interview 2011 – From The Archive

Persolaise 3rd December 2019 0 Comments

Vero Kern interview by perfume critic Persolaise (2011, From The Archive, Vero Profumo)

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Frederic Malle Cologne Indelebile Review – From The Archive

Persolaise 30th October 2019 0 Comments

Frederic Malle Cologne Indelebile review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Dominique Ropion, 2015, from the archive)

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Grossmith Phul-Nana Review – From The Archive

Persolaise 25th September 2019 0 Comments

Grossmith Phul Nana review by award-winning perfume critic, Persolaise, with Hasu-No-Hana & Shem-El-Nessim (from the archive, 2010, 2019)

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Review: Tauer – Une Rose Vermeille – From The Archive

Persolaise 20th August 2019 3 Comments

Tauer Une Rose Vermeille perfume review by award-winning critic Persolaise (from the archive, 2019, 2010, scent)

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The Best Chanel Perfumes – From The Archive

Persolaise 23rd July 2019 0 Comments

The best perfumes from Chanel, selected by award-winning critic, Persolaise (from the archive, scent)

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

Frederic Malle Superstitious Review – From The Archive

Tom Ford Santal Blush Review – From The Archive

Aedes De Venustas Iris Nazarena Review – From The Archive

Dior Homme Parfum Review – From The Archive

L’Artisan Parfumeur Traversee Du Bosphore Review – From The Archive

Hermes Voyage D’Hermes Review – From The Archive

Vero Kern Interview 2011 – From The Archive

Frederic Malle Cologne Indelebile Review – From The Archive

Grossmith Phul-Nana Review – From The Archive

Review: Tauer – Une Rose Vermeille – From The Archive

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