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Christmas 2024 Perfume Gift Guide

Persolaise 3rd December 2024 0 Comments

I have no doubt that the vast majority of you are forward-thinking, super-organised, careful-planning types, so I expect you finished all your Christmas shopping in October. However, if some of…

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Penhaligon’s Fragrance Profiling Service Live From London – 2023

Persolaise 20th February 2023 2 Comments

Penhaligon's fragrance profiling live from London with award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2023)

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Christmas 2022 Perfume Gift Guide

Persolaise 21st November 2022 1 Comments

Christmas 2022 perfume gift guide by award-winning critic Persolaise

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Christmas 2020 Perfume Gift Guide – Part 2 Everything Else

Persolaise 17th November 2020 0 Comments

Part 2 of Christmas 2020 perfume gift guide by award-winning critic Persolaise, feat. Serge Lutens, Dior, Frederic Malle, Kilian, Guerlain and others

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Christmas 2020 Perfume Gift Guide – Part 1 The Extraits

Persolaise 5th November 2020 4 Comments

Christmas 2020 perfume gift guide by award-winning critic Persolaise, feat. extraits from Chanel, Guerlain, Hermes, Tauer, Tom Ford, Cartier

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Mark Constantine Interview At Lush Florence Perfume Library Opening

Persolaise 18th November 2019 2 Comments

Mark Constantine interview at Lush Florence Perfume Library opening, November 2019

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London Perfume Shopping Guide – 2019 Updates

Persolaise 2nd August 2019 0 Comments

London perfume shopping guide by award-winning critic, Persolaise (2019 updates, featuring Harrods, Selfridges, Les Senteurs, Amouage, Frederic Malle)

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Hunting For A New Beast – Tom Ford Private Blend Styling

Persolaise 19th April 2016 10 Comments

Tom Ford Private Blend Styling review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Harrods, Salon De Parfums, 2016)

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The All New London Perfume Shopping Guide (Updated: 18th June 2024)

Persolaise 29th June 2015 34 Comments

An extensive, regularly-updated London perfume shopping guide from 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.

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

Penhaligon’s Fragrance Profiling Service Live From London – 2023

Mark Constantine Interview At Lush Florence Perfume Library Opening

London Perfume Shopping Guide – 2019 Updates

Hunting For A New Beast – Tom Ford Private Blend Styling

The All New London Perfume Shopping Guide (Updated: 18th June 2024)

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