Persolaise Thierry Wasser On Habit Rouge
For my final interview to mark the 50th anniversary of Jean-Paul Guerlain’s Habit Rouge, we turn to the scent’s current guardian: Thierry Wasser. In his role as the venerable fragrance…
Mathilde Laurent On Habit Rouge
As soon as she graduated from ISIPCA, Cartier‘s current in-house perfumer, Mathilde Laurent, started working at Guerlain. So when I met up with her in Paris a few weeks ago,…
Bertrand Duchaufour On Habit Rouge
One of the most prolific and highly-respected perfumers of our time, Bertrand Duchaufour has never concealed his admiration for the work of Guerlain. Here’s his contribution to my series of…
Sylvaine Delacourte On Habit Rouge
Here’s another one of my ‘soundbite posts’ as part of Habit Rouge Week. This time, the focus is on Guerlain‘s Creative Director, Sylvaine Delacourte, whom I had the pleasure of…
Michael Edwards on Habit Rouge
If there’s anything Michael Edwards doesn’t know about perfume, then it probably isn’t worth knowing: the author of Fragrances Of The World is a walking, talking database of all things…
Patricia De Nicolaï On Habit Rouge
Patricia De Nicolaï has Guerlain flowing through her veins: she is the great-granddaughter of Pierre Guerlain and the niece of Jean-Paul Guerlain. So it’s fitting that I begin my week-long…
Habit Rouge 50th Anniversary On Persolaise.com
One of my favourite perfumes of all time, Guerlain‘s Habit Rouge, turns 50 this year. To mark the occasion, this week will see the publication of a series of special…
‘Fake It Till You Make It’ – An Interview With Papillon’s Liz Moores
image: Liz Moores When Papillon‘s debut trio emerged last year, it immediately caused a stir amongst scentusiasts in the UK. Tobacco Rose was the crowd pleaser, but the deadly Anubis…
Persolaise Review: Fève Délicieuse from Christian Dior (François Demachy; 2015)
François Demachy still seems to be in something of a retro mood, at least while working on Dior‘s Collection Privée. Last year, his gorgeous Cuir Cannage was an olfactory teleporter…
“Our Job Is To Listen” – Antoine Maisondieu At The Launch Of Bottega Veneta Pour Homme Extreme
It’s always dangerous to draw conclusions about an artist from their work. By most accounts, T S Eliot wasn’t a grey-faced depressive, Charlie Chaplin wasn’t exactly child-like and Toni Morrison…
Persolaise Review: Smoke For The Soul from Kilian (Fabrice Pellegrin; 2014)
I’ve always thought there was something hollow at the heart of the Kilian brand. It goes without saying that it certainly isn’t the only perfume house which tries to seduce…
“I Try To Take You By The Hand” – An Interview With Jean-Claude Ellena, Perfumer At Hermès
image: Hermès “My perfumes are sensual like the women of Hitchcock. I love Kim Novak. I can watch the same Kim Novak movie several times. And Grace Kelly too. There’s…
Persolaise Review: Cologne Indelebile from Editions De Parfums Frederic Malle (Dominique Ropion; 2015)
Frederic Malle Cologne Indelebile review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Dominique Ropion, 2015)
"A Concept Is Paramount" – Oksana Polyakova On The Opening Of Bloom At Covent Garden
image: Bloom It doesn’t seem possible that London’s Bloom perfumery has been around for less than three years. Since it opened its doors at Hanbury Street, it has established itself…
Happy Easter 2015
Another Lent comes to an end! Happy Easter to everyone out there celebrating it. Don’t be stingy with the Lindor. And may the start of another spring fill your days…
Persolaise Review: A*Men Ultra Zest from Thierry Mugler (Jacques Huclier & Quentin Bisch; 2015)
What’s that you’re saying? You want to stick a slice of orange in my coffee? Feel free. If it works as well as it does in this new fragrance, it’ll…
Persolaise Review: Misia from Chanel (Olivier Polge; 2015)
I confess my heart sank a little when I discovered that Misia, Olivier Polge‘s debut for Chanel (he’s gradually taking over from his father Jacques as the brand’s in-house perfumer)…
Persolaise Review: Pichola from Neela Vermeire Creations (Bertrand Duchaufour; 2015)
Only the sunlight moves. As it rises above the bamboos and the white rooftops, it casts everything it touches into immobility. Even the waters of the lake appear to quieten,…
Persolaise Review: Home Scents From L’Artisan Parfumeur, Acqua Di Parma, Diptyque & Alex Simone
I never need an excuse to purchase a new home scent for Maison Persolaise, but the arrival of spring always seems to make candles, reed diffusers and room sprays especially…
ODOU Needs YOU – Make Issue 4 Happen
Although only three issues of ODOU magazine have been printed so far, the publication has won the admiration and respect of many scentusiasts for its original handling of the topic…