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Le Labo Baie 19 Review – 2019

Le Labo Baie 19 review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise, with Guerlain Chamade, Ruth Mastenbroek Dagian, Molton Brown Suede Orris (2019)

Persolaise 26th October 2019 0 Comments

Perfume review Video

Gucci Bloom Ambrosia Di Fiori Review – Alberto Morillas; 2019

Gucci Bloom Ambrosia Di Fiori review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Alberto Morillas, 2019)

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Perfume review Video

Frederic Malle The Moon Review – Julien Rasquinet; 2019

Frederic Malle The Moon review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Julien Rasquinet, 2019)

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Perfume review Video

Perfumer H Gold & White Smoke Review – Lyn Harris; 2019

Perfumer H Gold and White Smoke review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Lyn Harris, 2019)

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Tom Ford Tuscan Leather Intense Review – 2019

Tom Ford Tuscan Leather Intense review, with Miller Harris Leather Rouge review, by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2019)

Persolaise 15th October 2019 0 Comments

Perfume review Video

Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere Review – Jacques Polge; 2007

Chanel No 5 Eau Premiere review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2007, Jacques Polge)

Persolaise 11th October 2019 0 Comments

Perfume review Video

Tiffany & Love For Him Review – Sophie Labbé & Nicolas Beaulieu; 2019

Tiffany & Love For Him review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2019, Sophie Labbe, Nicolas Beaulieu)

Persolaise 11th October 2019 2 Comments

List Perfume review

Best Perfumes For Autumn 2019 – Keeping An Open Mind

Best perfumes for autumn 2019 by award-winning critic Persolaise (featuring Tom Ford, Gucci, Chanel, Hermes, Tauer, Cartier, Etat Libre D'Orange)

Persolaise 7th October 2019 0 Comments

Perfume review

Gallivant Los Angeles Review – Karine Chevallier; 2019

Gallivant Los Angeles review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Karine Chevallier, 2019)

Persolaise 4th October 2019 0 Comments

Perfume review Video

Tauer L’Air Des Alpes Suisses Review in Love At First Scent Episode 44

Tauer L'Air Des Alpes Suisses review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2019, Andy Tauer)

Persolaise 3rd October 2019 0 Comments

Perfume review Video

Hermes Twilly Eau Poivree Review in Love At First Scent Episode 43

Hermes Twilly Eau Poivree review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2019, Christine Nagel)

Persolaise 2nd October 2019 1 Comments

Perfume review

BDK Wood Jasmin Review – Camille Leguay; 2016

BDK Wood Jasmin perfume review by award-wining critic Persolaise (2016, 2019, Camille Leguay, David Benedek, scent)

Persolaise 27th September 2019 0 Comments

Archive Perfume review

Grossmith Phul-Nana Review – From The Archive

Grossmith Phul Nana review by award-winning perfume critic, Persolaise, with Hasu-No-Hana & Shem-El-Nessim (from the archive, 2010, 2019)

Persolaise 25th September 2019 0 Comments

Perfume review Video

Le Labo Tabac 28 & Bigarade 18 Review in Love At First Scent Episode 42

Le Labo Tabac 28 & Bigarade 18 review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (City Exclusive, 2019)

Persolaise 24th September 2019 0 Comments

Perfume review Video

Frederic Malle Rose & Cuir Review on Love At First Scent Episode 41

Frederic Malle Rose & Cuir review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Jean-Claude Ellena, 2019)

Persolaise 23rd September 2019 1 Comments

Perfume review Video

Miller Harris Blousy Review in Love At First Scent Episode 40

Miller Harris Blousy review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2019, Bertrand Duchaufour)

Persolaise 22nd September 2019 0 Comments

Perfume review

Dior Joy Intense Review – François Demachy; 2019

Dior Joy Intense review, by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Francois Demachy; 2019)

Persolaise 20th September 2019 2 Comments

Perfume review Video

Ermenegildo Zegna Essenze Madras Cardamom Review in Love At First Scent Episode 39

Ermenegildo Zegna Essenze Madras Cardamom review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (video, 2019)

Persolaise 19th September 2019 0 Comments

News Support

Persolaise On Ko-Fi – How To Support My Work

How to support the work of award-winning perfume critic, Persolaise

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Perfume review Video

Louis Vuitton Coeur Battant Review in Love At First Scent Episode 38

Louis Vuitton Coeur Battant review, by perfume critic Persolaise (Jacques Cavallier, 2019, scent)

Persolaise 11th September 2019 0 Comments

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

Barbara Herman and Jo Fairley live interviews

Le Labo Baie 19 Review – 2019

Gucci Bloom Ambrosia Di Fiori Review – Alberto Morillas; 2019

Frederic Malle The Moon Review – Julien Rasquinet; 2019

Perfumer H Gold & White Smoke Review – Lyn Harris; 2019

Tom Ford Tuscan Leather Intense Review – 2019

Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere Review – Jacques Polge; 2007

Tiffany & Love For Him Review – Sophie Labbé & Nicolas Beaulieu; 2019

Gallivant Los Angeles Review – Karine Chevallier; 2019

Tauer L’Air Des Alpes Suisses Review in Love At First Scent Episode 44

Hermes Twilly Eau Poivree Review in Love At First Scent Episode 43

BDK Wood Jasmin Review – Camille Leguay; 2016

Grossmith Phul-Nana Review – From The Archive

Le Labo Tabac 28 & Bigarade 18 Review in Love At First Scent Episode 42

Frederic Malle Rose & Cuir Review on Love At First Scent Episode 41

Miller Harris Blousy Review in Love At First Scent Episode 40

Dior Joy Intense Review – François Demachy; 2019

Ermenegildo Zegna Essenze Madras Cardamom Review in Love At First Scent Episode 39

Persolaise On Ko-Fi – How To Support My Work

Louis Vuitton Coeur Battant Review in Love At First Scent Episode 38

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