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Top 10 best perfumes for winter 2022, selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (feat. Chanel, Federic Malle, Guerlain, Le Labo, Lilanur, L'Artisan Parfumeur, Nicolai, BDK, Hermes, Penhaligon's)

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Christmas 2022 Perfume Gift Guide

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Christmas 2022 perfume gift guide by award-winning critic Persolaise

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Top 10 Scary Perfumes For Halloween 2022

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Top 10 scary perfumes for Halloween 2022 selected by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise, feat. Dior, Byredo, Serge Lutens, Etat Libre D'Orange, Mugler, Akro, Eris, Nasomatto, Cartier, Piguet, Diptyque

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Amouge Collector’s Box – 45 Perfumes With Renaud Salmon

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Amouage Collector’s Box review - 45 perfumes with Renaud Salmon and Persolaise (2022)

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Top 10 Best Perfumes For Autumn 2022 – The Scent Of Trust

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Top 10 best perfumes for autumn 2022, selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (feat. Chanel, Guerlain, Frederic Malle, Serge Lutens, Les Indemodables, Nicolai, Lubin, Reminiscence, Eris, Etat Libre D’Orange)

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The Perfumes We Really Wore This Summer 2022

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The perfumes we really wore this summer 2022, selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (feat. Hermes Un Jardin Sur Le Nil, Hermes H24, Diptyque Opsis, Tom Ford Ombré Leather parfum, Akro…

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Top 10 Best Cooling Perfumes – Summer 2022

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Top 10 best cooling perfumes for summer 2022, selected by award-winning critic Persolaise, feat. Guerlain, Cartier, Hermes, Chanel, Tom Ford, Frederic Malle, Parle Moi De Parfum, Clarins, Acqua Di Parma

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Top 10 Best Perfumes Of 2022 So Far, With Max Forti

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Best perfumes of 2022 (so far) as selected by Max Forti and award-winning perfume critic Persolaise

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The Top 10 Best Perfumes On Me

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Top 10 best perfumes on me, as chosen by Madame Persolaise (2022)

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Top 10 Best Alternative Perfumes For Summer 2022

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Best perfumes for summer 2022 selected by award-winning critic Persolaise, feat. Cartier, Guerlain, Frederic Malle, Etat Libre D'Orange, Les Indemodables, Comme Des Garcons, Perris, Histoires De Parfums, The Different Company,…

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Top 10 Best Tom Ford Perfumes

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Top 10 best Tom Ford perfumes selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (2022)

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Summer Fragrances 2022 In Conde Nast Traveller By Persolaise

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Summer perfumes for 2022 in Conde Nast Traveller, selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (feat. Guerlain, Acqua Di Parma, Akro, Arquiste, Alexandre J, Penhaligon's, DS & Durga)

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Top 10 Best Chanel Perfumes

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Top 10 best perfumes from Chanel selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (2022)

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Top 10 Best Perfumes For Spring 2022 + My First Audience ‘Phone In’

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Best perfumes for spring 2022, selected by award-winning critic Persolaise, feat. Guerlain, Chanel, Hermes, Estée Lauder, Ulrich Lang, Etat Libre D’Orange, Serge Lutens, Aemium, Les Indemodables, Lush

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Top 10 Best Perfumes For Valentine’s Day 2022 – Scents To Sweep You Away

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Top 10 best perfumes for Valentine’s Day 2022, selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (feat. Chanel, Guerlain, Dior, Hermes, Estee Lauder, L’Artisan Parfumeur, Etat Libre D’Orange, Francesca Bianchi, Caldey Island, Acqua…

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Best Films Of 2021

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Top 10 best films of 2021, presented on DariushAlavi.com

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The Most Popular Posts Of 2021 – Persolaise In Numbers

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The most popular posts and videos of 2021 on Persolaise site and 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.

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