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Don’t Mind My Shoulder Pads – Top 10 Perfumes Leading The Eighties Revival

Persolaise 2nd June 2026 No Comments

Perfume review

Serge Lutens La Nuit Tombee, Trudon Carmen, Tauer Patch Absolue and other reviews – 2026

Persolaise 31st May 2026 No Comments

Perfume review

Guerlain Tabac Sahara, BDK Velvet Tonka extrait, Matiere Premiere Vanilla Powder extrait and other reviews – 2026

Persolaise 23rd May 2026 No Comments

Perfume review Video

Marc-Antoine Barrois B87.135, Guerlain L’Homme Ideal Cologne Forte, Montblanc Neroli Letters and other reviews – 2026

Persolaise 5th May 2026 No Comments

Interview Video

Barbara Herman and Jo Fairley live interviews

Persolaise 4th May 2026 No Comments

Perfume review

Francesca Bianchi Libertine Neroli Review – Francesca Bianchi; 2022

Francesca Bianchi Libertine Neroli review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Francesca Bianchi, 2022)

Persolaise 24th August 2022 4 Comments
Favourites Perfume review

Christian Dior Poison Review – The Favourites – Edouard Flechier & Jean Guichard; 1985

Christian Dior Poison review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Edouard Flechier, Jean Guichard, 1985)

Persolaise 17th August 2022 15 Comments
Perfume review

Mugler Angel Nova Review – Sonia Constant, Louise Turner & Quentin Bisch; 2020

Mugler Angel Nova review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Sonia Constant, Louise Turner, Quentin Bisch, 2022)

Persolaise 10th August 2022 2 Comments
Perfume review

Penhaligon’s Sports Car Club Review – 2022

Penhaligon’s Sports Car Club review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)

Persolaise 3rd August 2022 0 Comments
Perfume review

Parle Moi De Parfum Wake Up World, Gallivant Gdansk and Tom Ford – Skin Time June-July 2022

Skin Time June-July 2022 - Persolaise reviews Parle Moi De Parfum Wake Up World, Tom Ford Vert De Fleur, Vert D’Encens and Fleur De Chine, Gallivant Gdańsk

Persolaise 27th July 2022 1 Comments
Perfume review Video

Hermes Eau De Basilic Pourpre Review – Christine Nagel; 2022

Hermes Eau De Basilic Pourpre review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Christine Nagel, 2022)

Persolaise 21st July 2022 0 Comments
Perfume review Video

Diptyque Opsis Review – Fabrice Pellegrin; 2022

Diptyque Opsis review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Fabrice Pellegrin, 2022)

Persolaise 20th July 2022 3 Comments
Interview Video

Renaud Salmon Interview 2022 – Part 2

Renaud Salmon interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise, (2022, part 2)

Persolaise 19th July 2022 0 Comments
List Perfume review Video

Top 10 Best Cooling Perfumes – Summer 2022

Top 10 best cooling perfumes for summer 2022, selected by award-winning critic Persolaise, feat. Guerlain, Cartier, Hermes, Chanel, Tom Ford, Frederic Malle, Parle Moi De Parfum, Clarins, Acqua Di Parma

Persolaise 17th July 2022 0 Comments
Interview Video

Francisco Gratacos Interview On YouTube

Francisco Gratacos, Wilgermain, interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)

Persolaise 15th July 2022 4 Comments
Support

Huge Thanks For Your Support On Kofi – 2022

Massive thanks to all of you for continuing to support my work on Ko-Fi

Persolaise 11th July 2022 0 Comments
Interview Video

Renaud Salmon Amouage Interview – 2022

Renaud Salmon Amouage live interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)

Persolaise 10th July 2022 1 Comments
Perfume review Video

Guerlain Habit Rouge L’Instinct, L’Artisan Parfumeur Abyssae, Givenchy Gentleman Reserve Privee, Sana Jardin Venus Of Verbena reviews

Guerlain Habit Rouge L’Instinct, Givenchy Gentleman Reserve Privee, Sana Jardin Venus Of Verbena, L’Artisan Parfumeur Abyssae and Frederic Malle Le Parfum De Therese reviews by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)

Persolaise 8th July 2022 1 Comments
Published article

Precious Perfume Ingredients In Harrods Magazine

Article in Harrods Magazine July 2022 on precious perfume ingredients by award-winning critic Persolaise

Persolaise 4th July 2022 0 Comments
List Perfume review Video

Top 10 Best Perfumes Of 2022 So Far, With Max Forti

Best perfumes of 2022 (so far) as selected by Max Forti and award-winning perfume critic Persolaise

Persolaise 3rd July 2022 0 Comments
Favourites List Perfume review Video

The Top 10 Best Perfumes On Me

Top 10 best perfumes on me, as chosen by Madame Persolaise (2022)

Persolaise 2nd July 2022 2 Comments
Perfume review Video

Guerlain Apres L’Ondee, Nahema & Liu Review Of Current Versions – 2022

Guerlain Apres L’Ondee (Jacques Guerlain, 1906), Liu (Jacques Guerlain, 1929) and Nahema (Jean-Paul Guerlain, 1979) reviews by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)

Persolaise 28th June 2022 0 Comments
Perfume review Video

Electimuss Pomona Vitalis Review – Christian Provenzano; 2022

Electimuss Pomona Vitalis review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Christian Provenzano, 2022)

Persolaise 26th June 2022 0 Comments
Perfume review Video

Penhaligon’s Bluebell Review – Michael Pickthall; 1978

Penhaligon’s Bluebell review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Michael Pickthall, 1978)

Persolaise 25th June 2022 12 Comments
Perfume review Video

The Merchant Of Venice Accordi Di Profumo Review – 2022

Perfume DIY style. The idea has cropped up in several different forms over the years, and the latest contribution to what remains a small field comes from The Merchant Of…

Persolaise 25th June 2022 0 Comments

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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.

All content © Dariush Alavi & Parfums Persolaise 2010-2026, unless stated otherwise. All rights reserved.

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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.

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