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Hermes Un Jardin Sous La Mer and Musc Pallida, Van Cleef & Arpels Les Classiques and Ode Ona reviews – 2026

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Eris Mother’s Milk, Gucci Ylang Ambrato, Demo Accords by Pia Long and other reviews – 2026

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Tom Ford Figue Erotique review – Shyamala Maisondieu; 2026

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Top 10 Perfumes For Spring 2026 – The Scents Of Friendship

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Tom Ford Oud Voyager, Guerlain Royal Extract III and other reviews – 2026

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Scent Of A Groom – Persolaise On Feelunique

image: Feelunique Following on from my bridal perfume piece a few weeks ago, Feelunique have now published the bridegroom counterpart: please click here to read it. Persolaise

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The Zest Of Life – Persolaise On Colognes In The Scented Letter

The latest issue of The Scented Letter – the award-winning magazine of The Perfume Society – contains a piece by yours truly on the current revival of the eau de…

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Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: You Or Someone Like You from Etat Libre D’Orange (Caroline Sabas; 2017)

The people at Etat Libre D’Orange have just released another one of their collaboration scents – this time created together with Chandler Burr – and here’s my Sixty Second Scents…

Persolaise 16th June 2017 2 Comments
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Knowing How To Seduce – Interview With Nathalie Feisthauer On Basenotes

image: Basenotes At the recent London launch of Aedes De Venustas‘ Pelargonium, I managed to interview its creator, Nathalie Feisthauer (Eau Des Merveilles, Honour Man, Putain Des Palaces). Our lively…

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Father’s Day Inspiration – Persolaise Joins The Perfume Pros On YouTube

A short while ago, I was honoured to be invited by the Perfume Pros to join them for a series of videos on their YouTube channel about masculine perfumery. The…

Persolaise 12th June 2017 0 Comments
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Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter: January to March 2017 [part 2]

Part 2 of my January to March 2017 Twitter mini-review round-up. For part 1, please click here. Myrrh & Tonka from Jo Malone (Mathilde Bijaoui; 2016)* Latter comes across as…

Persolaise 9th June 2017 2 Comments
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Is There Too Much Perfume – Persolaise In Issue 2 of Tauer Mag

image: Tauer Mag Thanks to my age and background, I have strong memories of 1980s Communist Poland. During those constraining times, if you wanted to buy a car – assuming…

Persolaise 8th June 2017 4 Comments
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Scent Of A Bride – Persolaise On Feelunique… & In The Latest Cosmopolitan!

image: Feelunique My latest piece for Feelunique tackles the topic that always comes up when May sweeps into June: the perfect perfume for a bride. To see my recommendations, please…

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Persolaise Review: Rose Royale from Nicolaï (Patricia De Nicolaï; 2017)

Perfumery is often an exercise in minor variations. Pick a familiar tune. Give it a subtle twist. Change the tempo. And voila: you’ve ended up with something that manages to…

Persolaise 2nd June 2017 6 Comments
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Luxury Perfumes – Persolaise On Fashionbeans

image: Fashionbeans Male grooming expert and award-winning writer Lee Kynaston has just published a piece on Fashionbeans about ‘luxury’ perfumes for men. It features a few contributions from me, so…

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Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 3 On YouTube

Episode 3 of my Love At First Scent series is now on YouTube, so you can watch it either by clicking above or going to the YouTube site (please click…

Persolaise 26th May 2017 4 Comments
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Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: CK All from Calvin Klein (Alberto Morillas & Harry Fremont; 2017)

Do we need another flanker to CK One? Turns out that we do. Here’s my Sixty Second Scents review of the brand new CK All, put together by Alberto Morillas…

Persolaise 19th May 2017 0 Comments
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Live Coverage Of 2017 Fragrance Foundation UK Awards – But Will It Be Twitter Or Facebook?

By the time this post pops up I’ll be on the way to London for tonight’s Fragrance Foundation UK Awards ceremony. I hope to bring you live coverage of the…

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Coming On Sunday: Love At First Scent Episode 3

You have been told All being well, this Sunday, 21st May 2017, at around 5 pm UK time, I hope to broadcast another Facebook Live stream: the third episode of…

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Persolaise Review: Azurée D’Or from Estée Lauder (2017)

It’s hard not to succumb to a sense of ennui at the interminable parade of flankers presented to us by mainstream brands these days. But when a company leaves a…

Persolaise 12th May 2017 4 Comments
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Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 2 Is Now On YouTube

Last Friday’s episode of Love At First Scent is now on YouTube, so you can watch it either by clicking above or going to the YouTube site (please click here).…

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Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: Mon Guerlain From Guerlain (Thierry Wasser; 2017) + Facebook Live Reminder

Next up in my series of Sixty Second Scents reviews is one of the most anticipated releases of the year, Thierry Wasser‘s Mon Guerlain for Guerlain. To watch the video…

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In The Mood For Summer? – Persolaise On Feelunique

I know it doesn’t exactly feel like summer down here along the south coast of England, but hopefully warmer weather is on its way… so if you’re looking for scented,…

Persolaise 3rd May 2017 0 Comments
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Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 1 On YouTube + Next Facebook Live Is This Friday!

The Facebook Live broadcast I streamed on Friday is now on YouTube, so you can watch it right here (see above) or if you prefer to watch it on the…

Persolaise 2nd May 2017 0 Comments
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Capturing The Scent Of War + Facebook Live Reminder!

I imagined I was walking in a town, partly destroyed by the war, with some fires burning, but maybe also still with some trees and some flowers around. And I…

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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.

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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.

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