Persolaise Persolaise Review: Papyrus Oud from Parle Moi De Parfum (Michel Almairac; 2018)
It’s not often in perfumery that you’re given an opportunity to witness a scent-maker revisiting and honing a particular idea. Two examples that come to mind are Edmond Roudnitska following…
Persolaise Review: The Tycoon, The Stylist, The Actress, The Writer & The Mechanic from St Giles (Bertrand Duchaufour; 2017)
Ascribing a personality to a perfume has long been a trick used by the likes of yours truly to get past the challenge of conveying olfactory sensations in words. No…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 20 Now On YouTube
Episode 20 of Love At First Scent – streamed on Friday 7th September 2018 on Facebook Live – is now available on YouTube; watch it above or by clicking here.…
Persolaise Review: Joy from Christian Dior (Francois Demachy; 2018)
Dior Joy review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Francois Demachy; 2018)
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 19 Now On YouTube
The 19th episode of Love At First Scent – streamed on Friday 31st August 2018 – is now available on YouTube; watch it above or by clicking here. In this…
Persolaise On ABC Radio Australia With Michael Pavlich + Next Episode Of Love At First Scent
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Michael Pavlich on his Overnights programme on Australia’s ABC Radio. The segment is now available online, so if…
Persolaise Review: Belgravia Chypre, Marylebone Wood & Kensington Amber from Penhaligon’s (2018)
At a time when the number of annual perfume releases continues to hit the 2000+ mark, it is increasingly difficult to work out which compositions influence the aesthetics of future…
Next Episode Of Love At First Scent On Friday 31st August 2018
Just a few lines from me to say that as summer draws to a close and the leaves on the trees begin to take on an ambery hue, it’s time…
Persolaise Mini-Reviews: April to July 2018 [part 2]
For more mini-reviews, please click here. Oud extrait de parfum from Maison Francis Kurkdjian (Francis Kurkdjian; 2018)* When Kurkdjian released his first Oud in 2012, he did what many perfumers…
Persolaise Review: Imitation Woman (Pierre Negrin) and Imitation Man (Leslie Girard) from Amouage (2018)
I wonder if Christopher Chong – Amouage’s unfailingly flamboyant Creative Director – wanted to call his latest scent duo Nostalgia. If he did, perhaps the more fiscally-minded forces at the…
Persolaise Love At First Scent: Les Eaux De Chanel – Paris-Biarritz, Paris-Deauville & Paris-Venise from Chanel (Olivier Polge; 2018)
Chanel Les Eaux, Paris-Biarritz Paris-Deauville, Paris-Venise review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2018, Olivier Polge)
Persolaise Mini-Reviews: April to July 2018 [part 1]
For more mini-reviews, please click here. Orage from Louis Vuitton (Jacques Cavallier; 2018)* Fascinating beast. Its studied non-violence makes me think it should’ve been called Apres L’Orage, such is its…
Persolaise Love At First Scent: Parle Moi De Parfum Showcase
A few weeks ago, on Instagram Live, I broadcast a brief showcase of Parle Moi De Parfum, a brand founded by legendary perfumer Michel Almairac and his sons. The broadcast…
Persolaise Review: Bois D’Hadrien from Goutal (Camille Goutal; 2018)
A re-brand is often a cause for concern, but thank goodness that when the Powers That Be at Annick Goutal decided they needed a facelift – different bottles; the ‘Annick’…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 18 Now On YouTube
Episode 18 of Love At First Scent (broadcast live on YouTube) is now available as a permanent upload, complete with incorrect orientation, thanks to the ol’ Tube letting me down;…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 17 Now On YouTube
Episode 17 of Love At First Scent (broadcast live on Facebook) is now available as a permanent upload on YouTube; watch it above or by clicking here. In this edition…
Persolaise Review: Les Eaux De Chanel – Paris-Biarritz, Paris-Deauville & Paris-Venise from Chanel (Olivier Polge; 2018)
Chanel - Paris-Biarritz, Paris-Venise, Paris-Deauville - Les Eaux review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2018, Olivier Polge)
Cinema Scent On BBC Radio 4 Film Programme: Apocalypse Now (dir. Francis Ford Coppola; 1979)
Time to dig out your annotated T S Eliot and stick on a bit of Wagner, because my latest contribution to BBC Radio 4’s Film Programme, presented by Francine Stock,…
Persolaise Love At First Scent: Eau De Citron Noir from Hermès (Christine Nagel; 2018)
For the latest single-perfume instalment of Love At First Scent (which was actually streamed on Instagram before the one I first mentioned here on Persolaise.com) the focus is on Eau…
Next Episode Of Love At First Scent On Friday 6th July + Insta Love Today
At the end of my last full-length episode of Love At First Scent, I said I didn’t think I’d be able to broadcast another one until around the end of…