Persolaise Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter: April to June 2017 [part 2]
For more mini-reviews, please click here. Orange Leaf from Perfumer H (Lyn Harris; 2017)* Cologne-like presentation of a vivid citrus leaf on a smouldering bark of wood. Displays typical Harris…
Cinema Scent: Under The Shadow (dir. Babak Anvari; 2016)
Watching Babak Anvari’s superb Under The Shadow reminded me that, more often than not, the way film-makers choose to depict smell is by showing their characters’ reactions to it. Eyes…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 5 On YouTube
Episode 5 of my Facebook Live Love At First Scent series – complete with its annoying technical issue – is now on YouTube; watch it by clicking above or going…
The Trouble With Perfume Adverts – Persolaise In Issue 3 of Tauer Mag
image: Tauer Perfumes I feel very fortunate to be able to say that latest edition of Tauer Mag features another piece by yours truly, this time on the far-too-vast-for-one-article subject…
Minimalist Mission – Persolaise On Feelunique + The Next Episode Of Love At First Scent On Facebook Live
image: Feelunique A whisper of minimalism makes its way into my latest piece for Feelunique, featuring scents for those times when you just need to tone things down a tiny…
Persolaise Review: Histoire D’Orangers from L’Artisan Parfumeur (Marie Salamagne; 2017)
Perfume names are a constant source of puzzlement to me. More of than not, it’s because so many of them are downright awful (Girl Of Now?!!) but sometimes, the cause…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: Alien Musc Mysterieux from Mugler (Dominique Ropion; 2017)
Time for a dose of Sixty Second Scents. Today it’s the turn of yet another Mugler flanker: Alien Musc Mysterieux. If you’d prefer to watch it on the YouTube site,…
Persolaise Review: Mandarino Di Amalfi Acqua from Tom Ford (2017)
I guess it’s fair to assume that Tom Ford found gold at the bottom of his pool of water: last year’s release of an Acqua version of Neroli Portofino must…
Cinema Scent: The Graduate (dir. Mike Nichols; 1967)
What’s the smell of disillusionment? According to Mike Nichols’ The Graduate – currently enjoying a 50th anniversary, big-screen re-release – it’s cigarette smoke and whisky on ice. The film’s most…
Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter: April to June 2017 [part 1]
For more mini-reviews, please click here. Pelargonium from Aedes De Venustas (Nathalie Feisthauer; 2017)* A geranium carved out of pine, sprinkled with lemon and infused with white incense. Elegant and…
The Fallen Linguist: An Interview With Nick Steward Of Gallivant
Interview with Nick Steward, founder and creative director of Gallivant, by award-winning critic Persolaise
More Updates On The London Perfume Shopping Guide
image: Jovoy Just in case some of you aren’t aware – or you need a reminder – I ought to mention that one of this site’s most popular posts is…
Persolaise Review: Concrete from Comme Des Garçons (2017)
Consider me won over. When I first began to explore Comme Des Garçons’ new Concrete – housed in a suitably industrial-looking, scratch-prone version of the familiar pebble bottle – I…
Keep It In The Family – Persolaise On Feelunique
image: Feelunique For my latest Feelunique article, I’ve presented a very simple guide to some of the main fragrance families (ie chypre, oriental, leather et al). If you’d like to…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 4 On YouTube
Those of you who missed Episode 4 of my Facebook Live Love At First Scent series may be interested to know that it’s now on YouTube; watch it by clicking…
The Point At Which They Meet: Nicolas Chabot On Æther
You talk with buyers in London, they say, ‘Okay, if you want to get into our stores, you need to use oud, you need to concentrate at 30%, you need…
What Does Unisex Mean Anyway? – Persolaise & The Perfume Pros On YouTube
For the third and final video I made with the Perfume Pros, I was asked to consider the question of why some perfumes might lend themselves more to the ‘unisex’…
Non-Perfume Post: Dariush Alavi On BBC Radio 4 Film Programme
I hope you won’t mind my stepping away from the world of perfume for a moment to bring you some news about another creative field that is dear to my…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: L’Eau from Tauer Perfumes (Andy Tauer; 2017) + Love At First Scent Is Back On Friday!
My latest Sixty Second Scents review is on a new release from Andy Tauer: a modern cologne called L’Eau. To watch it on the YouTube site, please click here. —…
Stepping Over To The Other Side – Chandler Burr On You Or Someone Like You
A double-whammy for you today, you lucky, lucky people. Over on Basenotes (click here), you can read my interview with Etienne De Swardt of Etat Libre D’Orange, conducted at the…