Persolaise Review: Bois Marocain from Tom Ford (2009/2016)
Persolaise The soundbites If Bois Marocain were a colour, it would be a rich, iridescent mustard, somewhere between yellow and brown. If it were an item of food, it would be…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents – Bracken Woman from Amouage (Dorothée Piot & Karine Vinchon Spehner; 2017)
Time for another YouTube review: this one’s for Amouage‘s Bracken Woman, composed by Karine Vinchon Spehner and Dorothée Piot, under the Creative Directorship of Christopher Chong. To view the video…
National Fragrance Day 2017 – Share Your #ScentMemories
Dior Fahrenheit reminds me of my Dad on family summer holidays. Of nights together for family meals, enjoying the warm summers without a care in the world and my brothers…
Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter: October to December 2016 [part 1]
Here’s a round-up of some of my Twitter mini-reviews from October-December 2016. Part 2 will be posted soon. Carrot Blossom & Fennel from Jo Malone (Anne Flipo; 2016)* More like…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents – Hot Cologne from Mugler (Jean-Christophe Hérault; 2016)
Here’s my YouTube review of the latest addition to Mugler’s Les Exceptions range, Hot Cologne, by Jean-Christophe Hérault. To view the video on the YouTube site, please click here. Persolaise
Persolaise Shortlisted For 5 2016/17 UK Jasmine Awards
I am excited to announce that when the nominees for this year’s Fragrance Foundation UK Jasmine Awards were revealed a few hours ago, my name popped up 5 times. Actually,…
Persolaise On Feelunique – When Is A Perfume Not A Perfume?
I’ve just had another piece published on Feelunique – this time about alternative forms of perfume – so please click here if you’d like to read it. Thanks! Persolaise
Persolaise Review: Falling, Across Sands, Dancing On The Moon & Soul Of The Forest from Maison Margiela (2016)
After allowing the range to remain fairly static for a while, the creative forces at Maison Margiela have taken an unexpected conceptual leap with their Replica scents: they’ve expanded it…
Future Perfume Classics On Fashionbeans
image: Fashionbeans A couple of weeks ago, the award-winning journalist, Lee Kynaston, published a piece on Fashionbeans about modern masculine fragrances that stand a chance of becoming the classics of…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: Ombré Leather 16 from Tom Ford (2016)
Something a little bit different for you today: a 60-second, YouTube review. I hope you enjoy it. If you’d like to watch it on the YouTube site, please click here.…
Superfood Scents – Persolaise In The Sunday Times Style
image: Sunday Times Style A little while ago, I made a brief mention of the fact that gourmand scents seem to be going through a calorie-conscious phase. I’m now thrilled…
The Best Perfumes Of 2016… In 60 Seconds
Something a little bit different for you today: a video version of my list of the best perfumes of 2016. Fear not, it’s only 60 seconds long… although it does…
The Best Perfumes Of 2016 – Greens, Dry Petals & Disco Balls
Rightly or wrongly, it looks as though 2016 is going to be marked as a particularly horribilis annus by the gods of record-keeping. Certainly, in political terms, events in the…
Christmas Wishes 2016
Oh look, SOMEHOW all the Christmas cooking responsibilities have fallen to me and Madame Persolaise AGAIN. Mind you, I quite enjoy the whole thing… except for the supermarket shopping. That…
Persolaise Review: Kimonanthe from Diptyque (Fabrice Pellegrin; 2016)
The soundbites If Kimonanthe were an item of food, it would be marmalade shot through with slivers of charcoal. If it were a painting, it would be Untitled (Violet, Black,…
Persolaise’s Scents For Winter 2016 In Parfum Plus
Please click here to read my latest piece for ParfumPlus magazine, in which I run through my scented recommendations for winter 2016*. If you flick through to the next page…
Persolaise Review: Cologne Du 68 from Guerlain (Sophie Labbé; 2006)
The soundbites If Cologne Du 68 were a song, it would be Generator (1st Floor) by Freelance Whales. If it were an item of clothing, it would be your favourite…
Persolaise Review: Sideshow from Gri Gri (Anaïs Biguine; 2016)
The soundbites If Sideshow were a sculpture, it would be David Cerny’s floating hand. If it were an item of clothing, it would be a little girl’s pink party dress,…
The Complete Persolaise Christmas Gift Guide 2016
Those of you who follow me on Twitter will be aware that, over the last few days, I’ve been posting Christmas gift recommendations under the tag #PersolaiseXmas. All those posts…
Persolaise On Feelunique
image: Feelunique If you have a moment to spare, please head over to Feelunique to read the first two articles I’ve written for them as one of their new male…