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Perfume review: Maison Francis Kurkdjian Gentle Fluidity, Mugler Alien Fusion, Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan, from award-winning critic Persolaise (scent, 2019)

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Persolaise Love At First Scent: Les Eaux De Chanel – Paris-Biarritz, Paris-Deauville & Paris-Venise from Chanel (Olivier Polge; 2018)

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Chanel Les Eaux, Paris-Biarritz Paris-Deauville, Paris-Venise review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2018, Olivier Polge)

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Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: Oud Wood Intense from Tom Ford (2017)

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Tom Ford Oud Wood Intense review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2017, Private Blend)

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.

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Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 29 On YouTube – featuring L’Iris De Fath, BDK and New Colognes from Mugler

Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 28 On YouTube – featuring Holy Peony, Lucky, Purple Oud, Thé Cachemire & Eau Noire from Maison Christian Dior

Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 27 Now On YouTube – featuring Un Jardin Sur La Lagune from Hermès, 1957 from Chanel and Perfume by Neil Chapman, The Black Narcissus

Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 26 Now On YouTube – featuring Gentle Fluidity from Francis Kurkdjian and Alien Fusion from Mugler

Persolaise Love At First Scent: Les Eaux De Chanel – Paris-Biarritz, Paris-Deauville & Paris-Venise from Chanel (Olivier Polge; 2018)

Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: Oud Wood Intense from Tom Ford (2017)

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