Persolaise Give-Away: Win Roja Dove’s The Essence Of Perfume
image: Roja Dove / Black Dog Publishing Roja Dove‘s much-loved coffee-table tome, The Essence Of Perfume, has just been re-printed in an extensively updated form. I haven’t yet seen its…
Persolaise Review: Sotto La Luna Gardenia from Tauer Perfumes (Andy Tauer; 2014)
Even though it was published just last week, my review of Cartier’s new gardenia scent, La Panthère, was written quite some time ago, whilst I was in the process of…
“Suddenly It’s There” – An Interview With Andy Tauer (part 3)
image: Andy Tauer In the third and final instalment of this exclusive interview, Andy Tauer talks about innovation, the blogosphere and formal perfumery training. For part 1, please click here…
“We Get What We Ask For” – An Interview With Andy Tauer (part 2)
image: Andy Tauer In today’s instalment of this exclusive interview with Andy Tauer, the focus is firmly on the brand new fragrance, Sotto La Luna Gardenia. For part 1, please…
“Everything Is Fluid” – An Interview With Andy Tauer (part 1)
An odd little fact. Over the course of the last four years, I’ve been fortunate enough to publish interviews with several prominent industry figures here on Persolaise.com, but amongst their…
Back To It — Tauer’s Sotto La Luna Gardenia Comes To Persolaise
Try as hard as I might, I can no longer deny that the summer is over and that it’s time to get back to work… in more ways than one.…
Persolaise Review: La Panthère from Cartier (Mathilde Laurent; 2014)
Mathilde Laurent‘s La Panthère for Cartier is a curious beast. Several commentators have been coaxed into blissful submission by what they’ve discerned as a warm, seductive purr emanating from the…
Persolaise Review: Journey Woman and Journey Man from Amouage (Alberto Morillas and Pierre Negrin, 2014)
In the non-perfume-related aspects of my professional life, I’m frequently reminded of a wise proverb: punish the sin, not the sinner. Journey Woman and Journey Man (both by Alberto Morillas…
Persolaise Review: Rozy from Vero Profumo (Vero Kern; 2014)
Here’s how you can tell that Vero Kern really loves perfume: the drydowns of all her creations – the epilogues of their existence – are always gorgeous. Like most die-hard…
Persolaise Review: 11 Semma from Odin (Phillippe Romano; 2014)
Serge Lutens‘ L’Orpheline recently impressed me with the endearing way it linked distinctiveness and quietness. And now, a very similar vibe appears in Phillippe Romano’s 11 from Odin, the newest…
A Clearer Vision – Guerlain’s Thierry Wasser At Selfridges
A few weeks ago, Guerlain‘s in-house perfumer, Thierry Wasser, breezed into London. The main purpose of his visit was to begin the process of promoting the brand’s latest masculine creation,…
Persolaise Review: Jour D’Hermès Absolu from Hermès (Jean-Claude Ellena; 2014)
I still haven’t made up my mind about the original, 2012 edp of Jour D’Hermès. Those of you who saw my post on it may remember that several readers who’d…
Caron’s Pour Un Homme Celebrates 80th Birthday
One of the most beloved perfumes ever made, Ernest Daltroff’s Pour Un Homme De Caron, turns 80 this year. To celebrate the occasion – and to pay homage to what…
Persolaise’s Favourite Rose Perfumes In The Scented Letter
I’m very pleased to announce that the second issue of The Scented Letter – the e-magazine of the newly-founded Perfume Society – features a piece by me in which I…
Persolaise Review: Otis & Me, How You Love, Neon Graffiti and Led IV from Jazmin Saraï (Dana El Masri, 2014)
Today, in the world of book publishing, agents and editors often bemoan the fact that they no longer have the time to nurture their writers’ talents: there is tremendous pressure…
Persolaise Quoted In The Chicago Tribune – Summer Break 2014
The Chicago Tribune’s Life & Style section recently published a piece by Bill Daley about wearing tomato-centred perfumes in warmer weather. The article contains a few insights from yours truly,…
Seeing The Signs – An Interview With Dana El Masri Of Jazmin Saraï
The perfume world is small at the best of times, but there are some occasions when its proportions seem laughably minute. A few months ago, a Montreal-based perfumer called Dana…
Persolaise Review: Colonia Leather from Acqua Di Parma (François Demachy; 2014) & Ginepro Di Sardegna (2014)
One of the pleasures of smelling new perfumes is that they sometimes jolt you into spotting undiscovered facets of older favourites. When I first encountered François Demachy‘s suave Colonia Leather…
Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter – April to June 2014 [part 2]
More mini-reviews from Twitter. For part 1 of this latest digest, please click here. La Petite Robe Noire Couture from Guerlain (Thierry Wasser, 2014)* Flanker that isn’t sure what to…
Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter – April to June 2014 [part 1]
Here’s another ‘digest’ of the reviews I’ve posted on Twitter. To read the first instalment of this occasional series (which focussed on reviews published between January and March) please click…