Keep It In The Family – Persolaise On Feelunique
Persolaise 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…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 4 On YouTube
Those of you who missed Episode 4 of my Facebook Live Love At First Scent series may be interested to know that it’s now on YouTube; watch it by clicking…
The Point At Which They Meet: Nicolas Chabot On Æther
You talk with buyers in London, they say, ‘Okay, if you want to get into our stores, you need to use oud, you need to concentrate at 30%, you need…
What Does Unisex Mean Anyway? – Persolaise & The Perfume Pros On YouTube
For the third and final video I made with the Perfume Pros, I was asked to consider the question of why some perfumes might lend themselves more to the ‘unisex’…
Non-Perfume Post: Dariush Alavi On BBC Radio 4 Film Programme
I hope you won’t mind my stepping away from the world of perfume for a moment to bring you some news about another creative field that is dear to my…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: L’Eau from Tauer Perfumes (Andy Tauer; 2017) + Love At First Scent Is Back On Friday!
My latest Sixty Second Scents review is on a new release from Andy Tauer: a modern cologne called L’Eau. To watch it on the YouTube site, please click here. —…
Stepping Over To The Other Side – Chandler Burr On You Or Someone Like You
A double-whammy for you today, you lucky, lucky people. Over on Basenotes (click here), you can read my interview with Etienne De Swardt of Etat Libre D’Orange, conducted at the…
Is It For Girls Or For Boys? – Persolaise Is Back With The Perfume Pros
Here comes the second of the videos I made with the Perfume Pros, and this time, they had something rather devious up their sleeves… but I’ll let them explain in…
Persolaise Review: Ylang Ylang from E Coudray (2016) + Initial Thoughts On The Perfume Exhibition At Somerset House
Usually, by the time I get around to writing about a limited edition release, it’s as hard to find as a shred of maturity in a Quentin Tarantino movie. So…
Scent Of A Groom – Persolaise On Feelunique
image: Feelunique Following on from my bridal perfume piece a few weeks ago, Feelunique have now published the bridegroom counterpart: please click here to read it. Persolaise
The Zest Of Life – Persolaise On Colognes In The Scented Letter
The latest issue of The Scented Letter – the award-winning magazine of The Perfume Society – contains a piece by yours truly on the current revival of the eau de…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: You Or Someone Like You from Etat Libre D’Orange (Caroline Sabas; 2017)
The people at Etat Libre D’Orange have just released another one of their collaboration scents – this time created together with Chandler Burr – and here’s my Sixty Second Scents…
Knowing How To Seduce – Interview With Nathalie Feisthauer On Basenotes
image: Basenotes At the recent London launch of Aedes De Venustas‘ Pelargonium, I managed to interview its creator, Nathalie Feisthauer (Eau Des Merveilles, Honour Man, Putain Des Palaces). Our lively…
Father’s Day Inspiration – Persolaise Joins The Perfume Pros On YouTube
A short while ago, I was honoured to be invited by the Perfume Pros to join them for a series of videos on their YouTube channel about masculine perfumery. The…
Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter: January to March 2017 [part 2]
Part 2 of my January to March 2017 Twitter mini-review round-up. For part 1, please click here. Myrrh & Tonka from Jo Malone (Mathilde Bijaoui; 2016)* Latter comes across as…
Is There Too Much Perfume – Persolaise In Issue 2 of Tauer Mag
image: Tauer Mag Thanks to my age and background, I have strong memories of 1980s Communist Poland. During those constraining times, if you wanted to buy a car – assuming…
Scent Of A Bride – Persolaise On Feelunique… & In The Latest Cosmopolitan!
image: Feelunique My latest piece for Feelunique tackles the topic that always comes up when May sweeps into June: the perfect perfume for a bride. To see my recommendations, please…
Persolaise Review: Rose Royale from Nicolaï (Patricia De Nicolaï; 2017)
Perfumery is often an exercise in minor variations. Pick a familiar tune. Give it a subtle twist. Change the tempo. And voila: you’ve ended up with something that manages to…
Luxury Perfumes – Persolaise On Fashionbeans
image: Fashionbeans Male grooming expert and award-winning writer Lee Kynaston has just published a piece on Fashionbeans about ‘luxury’ perfumes for men. It features a few contributions from me, so…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 3 On YouTube
Episode 3 of my Love At First Scent series is now on YouTube, so you can watch it either by clicking above or going to the YouTube site (please click…