Perfume Gifting Guide – Persolaise Video On Feelunique’s YouTube Channel
Persolaise A little while ago I had the honour of being invited into Feelunique’s London studio to record some videos for their YouTube channel. The first result of our efforts is…
Persolaise Review: Noir Anthracite from Tom Ford (2017)
My teachers were right: perspective is everything. When you get close to Noir Anthracite (a flanker which, despite its name, shares few features with the original Noir from 2012) your…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 7 Now On YouTube
Episode 7 of Love At First Scent is now on YouTube; please watch it by clicking above or by going directly to the YouTube site (click here). In this edition…
Next Episode Of Love At First Scent On Friday 13th October 2017
The trouble with live video broadcasts is that you have to fit them into a specific, audience-friendly, day-time slot in your schedule because they’re… errmm… live. But despite the odds,…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 6 On YouTube
Episode 6 of my Love At First Scent series is now on YouTube; watch it by clicking above or going to the YouTube site (please click here). In this edition…
Feeling Your Fragrance: Persolaise In The Scented Letter + Facebook Live On Friday
Spend just a few minutes going through some of the world’s most-respected perfume sites, and you’re bound to see countless references to everything from vinyl to velvet. For instance, Neil…
Persolaise Review: Nuit De Bakélite from Naomi Goodsir (Isabelle Doyen; 2017)
Tuberose is going through something of a mini revival. If the press notes are to be believed, it forms a significant part of Chanel‘s new Gabrielle (consider me unconvinced on…
Persolaise Review: Beach Hut Man from Amouage (Elise Benat; 2017)
I think it’s safe to assume that Christopher Chong has a sense of fun. In order to preserve the seriousness of Amouage’s signature range, the brand’s Creative Director has avoided…
Persolaise In Harper’s Bazaar India
It is with massive excitement that I’d like to share this piece of news with you: the latest edition of none other than Harper’s Bazaar India features an article by…
Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter: April to June 2017 [part 2]
For more mini-reviews, please click here. Orange Leaf from Perfumer H (Lyn Harris; 2017)* Cologne-like presentation of a vivid citrus leaf on a smouldering bark of wood. Displays typical Harris…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 5 On YouTube
Episode 5 of my Facebook Live Love At First Scent series – complete with its annoying technical issue – is now on YouTube; watch it by clicking above or going…
The Trouble With Perfume Adverts – Persolaise In Issue 3 of Tauer Mag
image: Tauer Perfumes I feel very fortunate to be able to say that latest edition of Tauer Mag features another piece by yours truly, this time on the far-too-vast-for-one-article subject…
Minimalist Mission – Persolaise On Feelunique + The Next Episode Of Love At First Scent On Facebook Live
image: Feelunique A whisper of minimalism makes its way into my latest piece for Feelunique, featuring scents for those times when you just need to tone things down a tiny…
Persolaise Review: Histoire D’Orangers from L’Artisan Parfumeur (Marie Salamagne; 2017)
Perfume names are a constant source of puzzlement to me. More of than not, it’s because so many of them are downright awful (Girl Of Now?!!) but sometimes, the cause…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: Alien Musc Mysterieux from Mugler (Dominique Ropion; 2017)
Time for a dose of Sixty Second Scents. Today it’s the turn of yet another Mugler flanker: Alien Musc Mysterieux. If you’d prefer to watch it on the YouTube site,…
Persolaise Review: Mandarino Di Amalfi Acqua from Tom Ford (2017)
I guess it’s fair to assume that Tom Ford found gold at the bottom of his pool of water: last year’s release of an Acqua version of Neroli Portofino must…
Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter: April to June 2017 [part 1]
For more mini-reviews, please click here. Pelargonium from Aedes De Venustas (Nathalie Feisthauer; 2017)* A geranium carved out of pine, sprinkled with lemon and infused with white incense. Elegant and…
More Updates On The London Perfume Shopping Guide
image: Jovoy Just in case some of you aren’t aware – or you need a reminder – I ought to mention that one of this site’s most popular posts is…
Persolaise Review: Concrete from Comme Des Garçons (2017)
Consider me won over. When I first began to explore Comme Des Garçons’ new Concrete – housed in a suitably industrial-looking, scratch-prone version of the familiar pebble bottle – I…
Keep It In The Family – Persolaise On Feelunique
image: Feelunique For my latest Feelunique article, I’ve presented a very simple guide to some of the main fragrance families (ie chypre, oriental, leather et al). If you’d like to…