Persolaise Persolaise Review: Dryad from Papillon (Liz Moores; 2017)
It’s so wonderful to behold a perfumer maturing right under your nose. With her debut trio, Papillon’s Liz Moores proved that hers is a considerable talent, even though at least…
Cinema Scent On BBC Radio 4 Film Programme: Black Narcissus (dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger; 1947)
Cinema Scent is back on BBC Radio 4’s Film Programme tomorrow (Thursday 1st Feb) at 4 pm (UK time) and in this episode, the movie I’ve chosen takes us to…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: Bruma from Trudon (Antoine Lie; 2017)
The latest instalment of Sixty Second Scents features a release that made it onto my list of the best perfumes of 2017: Antoine Lie‘s Bruma for Trudon. You can watch…
Who Am I Today? – Persolaise On Feelunique
image: Feelunique The mood-shifting – or should that be ‘mood-reflecting? – power of perfume is the subject of my first article of the year for Feelunique. Please click here to…
Persolaise Review: L’Oudh from Tauer Perfumes (Andy Tauer; 2017)
One of the statements made most often in assessments of the success of Apple is that, in terms of coming up with a certain product or idea, the company was…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 11 On YouTube
This year’s first episode of Love At First Scent was broadcast on Facebook Live on Friday and it has now been uploaded to YouTube. As ever, you can watch it…
Persolaise Interviews Christopher Chong In The Latest Nez + Next Facebook Live This Friday
“I don’t think any of my perfumes are strange, maybe because I live with them every single second of my life. It’s like having a child. Even if your child…
Vanilla Perfume Recommendations – Persolaise On Feelunique + Next Love At First Scent On Friday 12th January
image: Feelunique In my new article for Feelunique, I’ve turned to one of the oldest – and, arguably, one of the most divisive – perfumery ingredients: vanilla. To see which…
Scent Imitates Art – Basenotes Interview With Evody’s Cerine Vasseur & Perfumer Cecile Zarokian
image: Basenotes Vasseur (left) with Zarokian “What abstract artists did was to use shapes and colours. I thought that if I had to transpose abstraction into my field, my art,…
The Best Perfumes Of 2017 – Tobacco, Witches & Unmade Beds
I’m told ‘busy’ is now the word we most commonly use in response to ‘How have you been?’ (apparently just saying ‘Very well’ smacks of some kind subversive, trouble-making, rat-race-denying…
Christmas Wishes 2017
We’ve nearly made it, folks: another year is about to end. I’ll be posting my annual Best Of list on Friday 29th December (so please come back to read it)…
Cinema Scent: Marjorie Prime (dir. Michael Almereyda; 2017)
A part of me wants to say that the makers of Marjorie Prime missed a trick, but I realise that would just be a case of giving into churlishness. Because…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 10 On YouTube + Catch Me On BBC Local Radio Tonight
Last Sunday I broadcast this year’s final episode of Love At First Scent – the 10th in the series – and I’ve now uploaded it to YouTube, so you can…
Persolaise Mini-Reviews: July to September 2017 [part 2]
Here comes part 2 of the latest digest of my mini-reviews. For part 1, please click here. Bamboo Rose from Aerin (2017)* One of a trio of rose ‘colognes’ (which…
My Personal Perfume Wardrobe – Persolaise Video On Feelunique’s YouTube Channel
For my final Feelunique video, I was asked to talk about a few scents which I actually wear: personal favourites that feature in my scent wardrobe. This gave me an…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: Oud Wood Intense from Tom Ford (2017)
Tom Ford Oud Wood Intense review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2017, Private Blend)
Cinema Scent On BBC Radio 4 Film Programme: The Silence Of The Lambs (dir. Jonathan Demme; 1991)
I’ve long considered The Silence Of The Lambs to be one of the most pungent films I’ve ever seen, which is why I was so excited to discuss it on…
10 Must-Try Fragrances For Men – Persolaise Video On Feelunique’s YouTube Channel
Next up on my list of collaborations with Feelunique: a showcase of must-try masculine perfumes. Enjoy! If you’d like to watch the video on the YouTube site, please click here.…
The Complete Persolaise Christmas Gift Guide 2017
Here we go, ladies and gents. Time to put aside our views about the evils of consumerism and indulge in unadulterated, materialistic pleasure. Below you’ll find all my gift recommendations…