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Histoires De Parfums Brand Ambassador Alexandre Helwani live interview by award-winning perfume critic, Persolaise, 2020

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Top 5 Best Penhaligon’s Perfumes 2020

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Top 5 best Penhaligon's perfumes selected by award-winning critic, Persolaise, 2020

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Dior Homme Parfum Review – From The Archive

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

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Eris Ma Bete, Belle De Jour, Mx and Night Flower Review – Antoine Lie

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Reviews of Eris Nght Flower, Ma Bete, Mx and Belle De Jour by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Antoine Lie, 2016 & 2017)

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Top 10 Best Jasmine Perfumes 2020

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Best jasmine perfumes 2020 selected by award-winning critic Persolaise

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Amouage Interlude Black Iris Man Review – Pierre Negrin; 2020

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Amouage Interlude Black Iris Man review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Pierre Negrin, 2020)

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Aesop Rozu Review – Barnabe Fillion; 2020

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Aesop Rozu review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Barnabe Fillion, 2020)

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Guerlain Shalimar 95th Anniversary Video Now On YouTube

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Guerlain Shalimar review video by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise now on YouTube

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Bulgari Le Gemme Erea (Alberto Morillas) & Kobraa (Jacques Cavallier) Review – 2020

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Bulgari Le Gemme Erea & Kobraa reviews by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Alberto Morillas, Jacques Cavallier, 2020)

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Guerlain Shalimar 95th Anniversary Review – The Favourites – Jacques Guerlain; 1925

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Guerlain Shalimar review on the scent's 95th anniversary, by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Jacques Guerlain; 1925)

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Top 10 Best Happy Perfumes – Scents To Make You Smile

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The top 10 best happy perfumes selected by award-winning critic Persolaise

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Top 5 Best Chanel Exclusive Perfumes 2020 – Les Exclusifs

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Best Chanel exclusive perfumes selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (2020)

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Serge Lutens Des Clous Pour Une Pelure Review – Christopher Sheldrake; 2020

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Serge Lutens Des Clous Pour Une Pelure perfume review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Christopher Sheldrake, 2020)

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Penhaligon’s Babylon (2019) & The Favourite (2020) Review

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Penhaligon's Babylon perfume review by award-winning critic Persolaise (2019)

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Ineke After My Own Heart (and others) Review – Ineke Ruhland; 2006

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Ineke After My Own Heart perfume review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Ineke Ruhland; 2006; also featuring Evening Edged In Gold, Derring-Do, Field Notes From Paris, Hothouse Flower and Iddylwild)

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Top 10 Best Rose Perfumes 2020

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Best rose perfumes selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (2020)

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Best Classic Perfumes 1 – Scented Memory Lane

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A selection of the best classic perfumes, chosen by award-winning critic Persolaise (feat. YSL Opium, Dior Dune)

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Top 7 Best Serge Lutens Perfumes – Super Scent

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Best Serge Lutens perfumes selected by award-winning critic Persolaise

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Guerlain Habit Rouge Review – The Favourites – Jean-Paul Guerlain; 1965

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Guerlain Habit Rouge perfume review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Jean-Paul Guerlain, 1965)

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Top 10 Best Frederic Malle Perfumes – Super Scent

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Top 10 best Frederic Malle perfumes selected by award-winning critic Persolaise

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.

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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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Perfume review

Histoires De Parfums Interview Now On YouTube

Dior Homme Parfum Review – From The Archive

Eris Ma Bete, Belle De Jour, Mx and Night Flower Review – Antoine Lie

Amouage Interlude Black Iris Man Review – Pierre Negrin; 2020

Aesop Rozu Review – Barnabe Fillion; 2020

Guerlain Shalimar 95th Anniversary Video Now On YouTube

Bulgari Le Gemme Erea (Alberto Morillas) & Kobraa (Jacques Cavallier) Review – 2020

Guerlain Shalimar 95th Anniversary Review – The Favourites – Jacques Guerlain; 1925

Serge Lutens Des Clous Pour Une Pelure Review – Christopher Sheldrake; 2020

Penhaligon’s Babylon (2019) & The Favourite (2020) Review

Ineke After My Own Heart (and others) Review – Ineke Ruhland; 2006

Guerlain Habit Rouge Review – The Favourites – Jean-Paul Guerlain; 1965

Top 10 Best Frederic Malle Perfumes – Super Scent

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