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

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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

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Dior Homme edt Review – Francois Demachy; 2020 – UPDATE

Dior Homme edt 2020 review update by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Francois Demachy, 2020)

Persolaise 31st March 2020 0 Comments
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Top 10 Best Perfumes For Women 2020… Sort Of

Top 10 best perfumes for women selected by award-winning critic Persolaise, 2020

Persolaise 30th March 2020 4 Comments
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Top 10 Best Perfumes For Spring 2020 – Scent Of The Outdoors

Best perfumes for spring 2020 selected by award-winning critic, Persolaise

Persolaise 27th March 2020 0 Comments
Perfume review Video

Guerlain Patchouli Ardent Review – Thierry Wasser; 2020

Guerlain Patchouli Ardent review by award-winning perfume critic, Persolaise (Thierry Wasser, 2020)

Persolaise 25th March 2020 2 Comments
Interview Published article

Catherine Mitchell IFF Interview By Persolaise In The Scented Letter

Catherine Mitchell IFF interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise in The Perfume Society's Scented Letter (2020)

Persolaise 24th March 2020 0 Comments
Perfume review Video

Guerlain Nahema Review – Jean-Paul Guerlain; 1979 – #Smellfie

Review of Guerlain Nahema by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise for National Fragrance Day 2020 #Smellfie campaign (Jean-Paul Guerlain, 1979)

Persolaise 22nd March 2020 4 Comments
News

My Own Tiny Effort – Thoughts On The Current Situation

Here on Persolaise.com, the ups and downs of the outside world have always been kept at arm’s length. This has been a place for all of us to enjoy the…

Persolaise 17th March 2020 27 Comments
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My Top 10 Perfumes – Celebrating 10 Years Of Persolaise

Top 10 perfumes chosen by award-winning critic, Persolaise

Persolaise 15th March 2020 13 Comments
News

Persolaise Is Ten Years Old – Perfume Blog Anniversary

Award-winning perfume blog Persolaise celebrates its tenth anniversary

Persolaise 11th March 2020 16 Comments
Perfume review

Nancy Meiland Sous Bois Review – Nancy Meiland; 2019

Nancy Meiland Sous Bois review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Nancy Meiland, 2019)

Persolaise 8th March 2020 0 Comments
Archive Perfume review

Hermes Voyage D’Hermes Review – From The Archive

Hermes Voyage D'Hermes review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Jean-Claude Ellena, 2010, from the archive)

Persolaise 4th March 2020 0 Comments
Perfume review Video

Dior Homme edt Review – Francois Demachy; 2020

Dior Homme edt 2020 review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Francois Demachy)

Persolaise 27th February 2020 6 Comments
Perfume review Video

Nez 1+1 Hong Kong Oolong Review – Maurice Roucel; 2019

Nez 1+1 Hong Kong Oolong review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Maurice Roucel, 2019)

Persolaise 24th February 2020 0 Comments
Perfume review

Christian Dior Fahrenheit Absolute Review – Francois Demachy; 2009 – The Fork In The Scented Road

Dior Fahrenheit Absolute review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Francois Demachy, 2009) with thoughts on the last decade in the fragrance world

Persolaise 18th February 2020 6 Comments
Perfume review Video

Buly Louvre Collection Review – 2019

Buly Louvre perfume collection review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Nymph With A Scorpion by Annick Menardo, The Lock by Delphine Lebeau, 2019)

Persolaise 11th February 2020 0 Comments
Perfume review Video

Maison Francis Kurkdjian L’Eau A La Rose Review – Francis Kurkdjian; 2019

Maison Francis Kurkdjian L'Eau A La Rose review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Francis Kurkdjian, 2019)

Persolaise 10th February 2020 0 Comments
Perfume review Video

Hermes L’Ombre Des Merveilles Review – Christine Nagel; 2020

Hermes L'Ombre Des Merveilles review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Christine Nagel, 2020)

Persolaise 9th February 2020 0 Comments
Perfume review Video

Diptyque Eau Capitale Review – Olivier Pescheux; 2020

Diptyque Eau Capitale perfume review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Olivier Pescheux, 2020)

Persolaise 7th February 2020 0 Comments
Perfume review Video

Mugler Alien Mirage & Chloe Nomade absolu de parfum Review – 2020

Mugler Alien Mirage, Chloe Nomade absolu de parfum, Papillon Bengale Rouge, Calvin Klein CK Everyone, Boucheron Jaipur Homme reviews by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2020)

Persolaise 28th January 2020 0 Comments
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Armani Prive Gardenia Antigua (Dora Baghriche) & Rose Milano (Daphne Bugey & Marie Salamagne) Review – 2020

Armani Prive Gardenia Antigua (Dora Baghriche) & Rose Milano (Daphne Bugey, Marie Salamagne) review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2020)

Persolaise 27th January 2020 2 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.

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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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