Live Coverage Of 2017 Fragrance Foundation UK Awards – But Will It Be Twitter Or Facebook?
Persolaise 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…
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 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).…
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…
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,…
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…
Heads Up: Persolaise On Facebook Live Friday 28th April 2017 & In The First Issue Of Tauer Magazine
image: Andy Tauer The realm of scent is probably the most enigmatic territory in which the Ape and the Angel meet: it somehow manages to be both entirely primal and…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents – Eau Des Merveilles Bleue from Hermès (Christine Nagel; 2017)
Another Sixty Second Scents video review for you: Christine Nagel‘s Eau Des Merveilles Bleue for Hermès… complete with painful French pronunciation. To view the video on the YouTube site, please…
Persolaise Review: Pour Homme Parfum from Bottega Veneta (Daniela Andrier & Antoine Maisondieu; 2017)
I can’t help but envy Italian men their sense of style. Yes, I know I’m making a generalisation as broad as the shoulders of Michelangelo’s David, but spend a few…
Persolaise Review: Superstitious from Editions De Parfums Frederic Malle & Alber Elbaz (Dominique Ropion; 2017)
Frederic Malle Superstitious review by award-winning perfume critic, Persolaise (Dominique Ropion, 2017)
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents – Dior Homme Sport from Christian Dior (François Demachy; 2017)
Here’s my latest Sixty Second Scents review: the 2017 version of Dior Homme Sport, composed by François Demachy. To view the video on the YouTube site, please click here. Persolaise
She’s More Than Mum – Perfume Choices For Mother’s Day 2017
It’s all too easy to forget that before she had you, your mum had a life of her own. You may have grown used to seeing her just as the…
Persolaise Review: Gucci Guilty Absolute Pour Homme (Alberto Morillas; 2017)
Woah! Don’t ever let me say that mainstream masculine scents can’t be surprising any more. After years of fobbing us off with various editions of the amoeboid dross that is…
NEWS: Major Perfumery Exhibition At Somerset House, London, 21 June – 17 September 2017
This year’s perfume calendar just became much more exciting: Somerset House have announced an exhibition they’re calling ‘Perfume – A Sensory Journey Through Contemporary Scent’. In itself, this would have…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents – Outrageous from Editions De Parfums Frederic Malle (Sophia Grojsman; 2007/2017
Here’s another Sixty Second Scents video review for you: Sophia Grojsman‘s Outrageous for Frederic Malle, which has just come out of its exclusivity to Barneys and joined the brand’s regular…
National Fragrance Day 2017 – Share Your #ScentMemories
Dior Fahrenheit reminds me of my Dad on family summer holidays. Of nights together for family meals, enjoying the warm summers without a care in the world and my brothers…