Persolaise Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 15 Now On YouTube + Episode 16 Will Be Broadcast Sunday 13th May
Episode 15 of Love At First Scent (broadcast live on Friday on Facebook) is now available on YouTube; watch it above or by clicking here. In this instalment I covered…
Persolaise Review: Blu Mediterraneo – Chinotto Di Liguria from Acqua Di Parma (2018)
As I write this, those of us living in the UK are going through another one of our all-too-rare bursts of a three-day summer (I expect that, as you read…
The Moment Of Doubt: An Interview With Christine Nagel Of Hermès + The Next Episode Of Love At First Scent
Towards the end of 2017, the current in-house perfumer at Hermès, Christine Nagel – whose past credits include Eau De Cartier, Archives 69 for Etat Libre D’Orange and more than…
Persolaise Review: Amsterdam from Gallivant (Giorgia Navarra; 2017)
He may be better known as an incense expert, but Bertrand Duchaufour has also developed something of a specialism for conveying the scents of flowers which we don’t always associate…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 14 On YouTube
The latest episode of Love At First Scent (broadcast live on Friday) has now been permanently uploaded to YouTube. You can watch it above or by clicking here. In this…
Cinema Scent On BBC Radio 4 Film Programme: Perfume – The Story Of A Murderer (dir. Tom Tykwer; 2006)
For the latest instalment of my occasional contributions to Francine Stock’s Film Programme on BBC Radio 4, I turned to what is perhaps the most obvious entry in cinema’s olfactory…
Persolaise Review: Yael from Sammarco (Giovanni Sammarco; 2017)
The modern iris perfume is a curious beast: it pops up more frequently than one might expect thanks to the availability of new-fangled and affordable iris ingredients. But it often…
Persolaise Review: Good Girl Gone Bad Extreme from Kilian (Alberto Morillas; 2017)
I’m not sure why anyone would like to smell of toffee, but if the idea takes your fancy, I’ve found just the perfume: Kilian’s Good Girl Gone Bad Extreme, an…
My Very Best Wishes For Easter 2018
To all of you celebrating the end of Lent and the arrival of Easter: sincere wishes of peace and goodwill. Enjoy the feasting and yes, feel free to help yourself…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 13 On YouTube
Episode 13 of Love At First Scent (broadcast one week ago on Facebook Live) is now available on YouTube. You can watch it above or by clicking here. In this…
6 Perfume Styles Everyone Should Own – Persolaise On Feelunique
In my latest article for Feelunique, I provide a few recommendations for ensuring that your perfume wardrobe contains at least one example of each of the main scent styles.To see…
Persolaise Review: 50 ml D’Ambiguité from Marlou (2017)
I do love a perfume name that makes me laugh. In much the same way that Etat Libre D’Orange’s Rien always elicits a chuckle – because, in fact, it contains…
Persolaise Turns 8 + Love At First Scent & #Smellfie
Exactly eight years ago today, I published my very first post here on Persolaise.com, so I wanted to mark the occasion by saying a larger-than-Karl-Lagerfeld’s-ego thank you to each and…
Persolaise Mini-Reviews: October to December 2017 [part 2]
Here’s part 2 of my latest round-up of mini-reviews. For part 1, please click here. Enjoy! Un Air De Bretagne from L’Artisan Parfumeur (Juliette Karagueuzoglou; 2017)* I remain a huge…
Persolaise Review: Cardamusc from Hermès (Christine Nagel; 2018)
I have spent a disgraceful amount of time trying to write this particular piece, as I have never been in the position of composing anything quite like it. One false…
Once Upon A Scent – Persolaise On Romantic Perfumes In ParfumPlus
My latest article in the Middle East’s ParfumPlus magazine turns to the not-unfamiliar connection between perfume and romance. To read it, please click on this link which will take you…
“Your Claims Have To Be Honest” – An Interview With Rodrigo Flores-Roux
With no fewer than 12 Fragrance Foundation Awards under his belt – the first one being for Clinique‘s Happy – Rodrigo Flores-Roux is unquestionably one of the most successful and…
Persolaise Mini-Reviews: October to December 2017 [part 1]
It’s mini time again: another round-up of my reviews from Twitter and Instagram. To read the others in the series, please click here. La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto from…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 12 On YouTube
The 12th episode of Love At First Scent was broadcast on Facebook Live on Sunday and you can now catch it on YouTube. As always, you can watch it above…