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The Joy Of Taking Your Time – Thoughts On Slow Perfumery

Persolaise 18th August 2026 No Comments

Perfume review

Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Crush Absolu (Olivier Polge; 2026) and ‘new’ No. 5 eau de toilette reviews

Persolaise 8th August 2026 2 Comments

Interview

Speaking The Same Language – An Interview With Calice Becker At The Launch Of The Merchant Of Venice Renaissance

Persolaise 1st August 2026 No Comments

List Video

A Scented Odyssey – Top 10 Perfumes For Greek Gods

Persolaise 15th July 2026 No Comments

Perfume review Video

Van Cleef & Arpels First, Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess, Jovoy showcase and other reviews – 2026

Persolaise 11th July 2026 No 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
Perfume review Video

Christian Dior Homme Sport Review – Francois Demachy; 2008

Dior Homme Sport 2008 original review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Francois Demachy, 2022)

Persolaise 23rd June 2022 4 Comments
Perfume review Video

Veronique Gabai Ready For Rose Review – 2022

Veronique Gabai Ready For Rosé review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)

Persolaise 21st June 2022 2 Comments
Perfume review Video

Lilanur Brand Showcase – 2022

Lilanur perfume reviews by award-winning critic Persolaise (2022)

Persolaise 20th June 2022 0 Comments
List Perfume review Video

Top 10 Best Alternative Perfumes For Summer 2022

Best perfumes for summer 2022 selected by award-winning critic Persolaise, feat. Cartier, Guerlain, Frederic Malle, Etat Libre D'Orange, Les Indemodables, Comme Des Garcons, Perris, Histoires De Parfums, The Different Company,…

Persolaise 14th June 2022 3 Comments
List Perfume review Video

Top 10 Best Tom Ford Perfumes

Top 10 best Tom Ford perfumes selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (2022)

Persolaise 6th June 2022 1 Comments
Perfume review Video

Francis Kurkdjian A La Rose extrait, Dusita Montri, Off-White Paperwork Solution No. 4, Skandinavisk Kapitel 1 reviews

Miason Francis Kurkdjian A La Rose extrait, Dusita Montri, Off-White Paperwork Solution No. 4, Skandinavisk Kapitel 1 reviews by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)

Persolaise 4th June 2022 0 Comments
Perfume review Video

Hermes Terre D’Hermes Eau Givree Review – Christine Nagel; 2022

Hermes Terre D'Hermes Eau Givree review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Christine Nagel, 2022)

Persolaise 31st May 2022 4 Comments
Perfume review

Dries Van Noten and Herve Laurent – Skin Time May 2022

Skin Time May 2022 - Persolaise reviews Dries Van Noten and Herve Laurent

Persolaise 30th May 2022 0 Comments
List Published article

Summer Fragrances 2022 In Conde Nast Traveller By Persolaise

Summer perfumes for 2022 in Conde Nast Traveller, selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (feat. Guerlain, Acqua Di Parma, Akro, Arquiste, Alexandre J, Penhaligon's, DS & Durga)

Persolaise 29th May 2022 2 Comments
Perfume review Video

Givenchy Collection Particuliere Review – 2020

Givenchy Collection Particuliere review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise, featuring Indompte, Garcon Manque, Sans Merci, Sans Artifice (2022)

Persolaise 23rd May 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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