Tom Ford Santal Blush Review – From The Archive
Persolaise Tom Ford Santal Blush review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (from the archive, Yann Vasnier, 2011)
Vero Kern Interview 2011 – From The Archive
Vero Kern interview by perfume critic Persolaise (2011, From The Archive, Vero Profumo)
Persolaise Review: Habit Rouge from Guerlain (Jean-Paul Guerlain; 1965)
Guerlain Habit Rouge perfume review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Jean-Paul Guerlain; 1965; edt, edp, L'Eau, Sport and extrait)
Persolaise Review: Autoportrait from Olfactive Studio (Nathalie Lorson; 2011)
Most of the scents in the photography-inspired Olfactive Studio range possess an ingenuous, translucent signature which failed to seize my interest, but Nathalie Lorson‘s Autoportrait is an exception. Even though…
Playing Catch-Up: Autumn/Winter 2012 (part 2) – from Balmain to Liz Earle
As promised last week, here’s the second phase of my move to tick a few names off my ‘Should Review’ list. Apart from oud, if there was one trend that…
Persolaise Review: Ambre Doré from Maître Parfumeur Et Gantier (2012) + La Petite Robe Noire extrait from Guerlain (2012) + Miss Dior Le Parfum from Dior (2012) + Cloon Keen Atelier (2011)
In the same way that theatre producers use Macbeth to get bums on seats, perfume houses tend to use vanilla-based scents as their cash cows. And more often than not,…
Persolaise Review: Hommage À L’Homme from Lalique (2011) + Volutes from Diptyque (2012)… And Some More Thoughts On A*Men Pure Leather
Please click here to be taken to my Glass Magazine reviews of Diptyque’s Volutes, Lalique’s 2011 masculine, Hommage À L’Homme and Mugler’s new A*Men Pure Leather. If you’ve got a…
Persolaise Review: Arquiste (2011) + Jovoy (2011) + Terry De Gunzburg (2012)
Of all the new niche brands that have popped up recently, three keep returning to my thoughts as they seem to represent the broad categories into which emerging perfume houses…
Persolaise Review: Peoneve from Penhaligon’s (2012) + Sepia (2012) + Secret Garden (2011) from Aftelier
In the catalogue of olfactory families, there’s a sub-set of florals that do everything they should with no unnecessary fanfare. They’re clever without being show-offs. They display excellent tenacity without…
Penhaligon’s Twitter Give-Away + Persolaise Review: Oud Ispahan from Christian Dior (2012) + Wood Mystique from Estée Lauder (2011)
It wasn’t too long ago that I was lamenting the inexorable rise in the number of oud-based releases. Although many people are willing to concede that some of these fragrances…
Persolaise Review: Precious One from Precious + Idole eau de parfum from Lubin + Flora By Gucci Gracious Tuberose from Gucci (2011)
Somewhere, tucked away in an inconspicuous building not far from the City of London, is a perfumer who delights in reminding us what fragrance used to be like. And she…
Persolaise Review: Reckless from Roja Parfums (2011) + Yellow Diamond from Versace (2012)
It’s all very well encouraging fragrance houses to propel the art of perfumery towards the future, but sometimes, it’s beneficial to look back to the past. Most other art forms…
Persolaise Review: Diorling from Christian Dior (2011)
The re-release of Diorling provides 2012’s first opportunity to raise the thorny subject of reformulation. To his credit, François Demachy – the man behind this re-working of Paul Vacher’s original…
Persolaise Review: Idylle extrait (2011) + Shalimar Parfum Initial L’Eau and Guerlain Homme L’Eau Boisée from Guerlain
I’ve always had time for Idylle. Its original, 2009 eau de parfum incarnation angered many critics – who proclaimed that Thierry Wasser had driven yet another nail into the Guerlain…
Persolaise.com Up For Escentual’s Blog Of The Year
Some of you may be aware that last year, Escentual.com – one of the UK’s best online perfume retailers – ran a ‘Blog Of The Week’ feature for which I…
Persolaise Review: Myrrhiad from Huitième Art (2011) + Cuir Fétiche from Maître Parfumeur Et Gantier
I find this hard to credit from the vantage point of a chilly winter in Britain, but when I was a child growing up in the Middle East, temperatures of…
The Best Perfumes Of 2011 & Thoughts On Independence
Although I sometimes complain about a lack of interesting perfume releases, I must admit that I found it difficult to whittle today’s list down to ten. Looking back over my…
Christmas Wishes 2011
I’d like to wish all my readers and supporters who celebrate the yuletide season a peaceful, memorable and fragrant Christmas. Enjoy the food. Enjoy the festivities. Enjoy the company of…
Christmas Break 2011
I’m just checking in today to say that posts will be a bit thin on the ground for the next two weeks as our focus at Maison Persolaise turns from…
Persolaise Review: Patchouli Impérial from Christian Dior and Sharif from Profumo Italia (2011)
Andy Tauer recently wrote on his blog about a distillation of patchouli oil which is particularly rich in patchoulol. The substance is,