Persolaise Persolaise Review: Opus IX from Amouage (Pierre Negrin & Nathalie Lorson; 2015)
Top marks to Amouage for continuing to embrace the stranger territories of olfactory art. After the somewhat underwhelming Sunshine, Creative Director Christopher Chong has returned to the brand’s Library Collection…
Who’s Paying For Your Magazine?
In June, Andy Tauer published some thoughts on his blog about the relationship between the media and the perfume world. If any of you are interested in the many ways…
Persolaise Review: Chance Eau Vive from Chanel (Olivier Polge; 2015)
Olivier Polge‘s profile at Chanel continues to rise. A few months ago, the guardians of the double-C logo released his first sole-authored creation, Misia, but that was part of the…
Persolaise Review: Jean Patou Collection Héritage
You may remember that last year, I was bowled over by Thomas Fontaine‘s reworking of the 1927 Jean Patou scent Chaldée, originally composed by Henri Alméras. The release of the…
Persolaise In The Observer
If you’re a reader of the UK’s Observer newspaper, you may have noticed that yours truly was quoted in a perfume-related article published on 12th July 2015. The piece, by…
Persolaise Review: Aquilaria from Nancy Meiland (Nancy Meiland; 2014)
An oud by any other name… would smell more oud-y?? When I saw that one of the scents released by the new, UK brand Nancy Meiland – founded by the…
Persolaise Review: Panorama from Olfactive Studio (Clément Gavarry; 2015)
Edmond Roudnitska‘s words about the way in which a great perfume ought to begin have been widely documented. Years ago, he wrote that a scent should elicit a ‘shock’ from…
My Favourite Incense Perfumes In The Scented Letter + Brief Word On Olivier Polge Interview
I am genuinely excited to announce that the latest edition of The Scented Letter – the Perfume Society‘s Jasmine-award winning magazine – features a piece I wrote about my all-time…
Super Scent – The Very Best Of Estée Lauder
The best Estee Lauder perfumes selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (feat. Youth Dew, Beyond Paradise, Cinnabar, Beautiful, White Linen, scent)
Super Scent Comes To Persolaise & Candy Perfume Boy
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you probably know that I’m fond of lists. You may also know that this passion for ordering things and presenting them in…
Persolaise Review: L’Eau Corail from Nicolaï (Patricia De Nicolaï; 2015)
Trust Patricia De Nicolaï to prove that ‘fruity’ doesn’t always have to mean ‘loopy’. Had it been put together by a high street brand, her new Eau Corail would almost…
The Opposite Of Everyone Else – An Interview With Robert Gerstner Of Aedes De Venustas
Maybe it’s the rosé, but when I meet Robert Gerstner at a noisy bar at London’s St Pancras Station, he starts chatting away as though we’ve known each other for…
The All New London Perfume Shopping Guide (Updated: 18th June 2024)
An extensive, regularly-updated London perfume shopping guide from award-winning critic, Persolaise
Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter – January to March 2015 [part 2]
Here’s part 2 of my digest of mini-reviews from Twitter, spanning January to March 2015. For part 1, please click here. À La Rose from Maison Francis Kurkdjian (Francis Kurkdjian;…
Fragrance Flitting – IFF Speed Smelling Comes To London
Alexis Dadier at Speed Smelling, Salon De Parfums image: Harrods “What raises the pitch of the event to an especially heart-rending level is the fact that none of these works…
Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter – January to March 2015 [part 1]
It’s time for another edition of my digest of Twitter mini-reviews; the following are from January to March 2015. Ostara from Penhaligon’s (Bertrand Duchaufour; 2015)* Truly delightful jonquil soliflore from…
Persolaise Review: Noir Extreme from Tom Ford (2015)
I don’t know where Tom Ford has been eating his kulfi, but I’m pretty sure it isn’t the same place where I’ve been eating my kulfi. The taste of the…
French Coca-Cola In New York – Cartier’s Mathilde Laurent On Working With Oud
In 2014, when Cartier launched their three oud scents – Oud & Rose, Oud & Musc and Oud & Oud (yes, really) – I confess I was rather disappointed. Yet…
Uplifting Scents On ParfumPlus
Please click on this link to read my latest piece for the Middle East’s ParfumPlus magazine. Some of you may recognise it as an edited version of my recent post…
Persolaise Review: Marni Spice from Marni (Daniela Andrier; 2015)
Hats off to the people at Marni for the way in which they’re handling their perfume portfolio. They hired an excellent creator, Daniela Andrier, to put together their first scent.…