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Perfume reviews from award-winning critic, Persolaise, featuring Dior, Chanel, YSL, Amouage, Miller Harris, Puredistance, Estee Lauder, scent, fragrance

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Persolaise Review: Kouros from Yves Saint Laurent (Pierre Bourdon; 1981)

Persolaise 7th June 2019 14 Comments

Award-winning perfume critic, Persolaise, reviews the classic Kouros from Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Bourdon, 1981, scent, masculine, beauty, male grooming

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Persolaise Review: Marcelle from Marie Jeanne (2018)

Persolaise 31st May 2019 0 Comments

Perfume critic, Persolaise, reviews Marcelle and Marcel, the colognes from Marie Jeanne (perfume, fragrance, scent, 2018)

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Persolaise Love At First Scent Episodes 31 & 32 Now On YouTube – featuring Cuir Intense from Guerlain, Musc Shamal from Armani Privé & Naughty Fruity from Mugler, amongst others

Persolaise 24th May 2019 4 Comments

Guerlain, Armani Prive, Mugler and Tom Ford perfumes reviewed by critic, Persolaise

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Persolaise Review: Sunday Brunch, Santal Sky, Nitro Noir and 10 a.m. Flirt from Kierin (Mathieu Nardin; 2018)

Persolaise 17th May 2019 4 Comments

Perfume reviews of Kierin NYC Sunday Brunch, Santal Sky, Nitro Noir, 10 am Flirt, by critic Persolaise (fragrance, scent, 2019)

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Persolaise Review: Oud & Menthe from Cartier (Mathilde Laurent; 2019)

Persolaise 3rd May 2019 0 Comments

Persolaise reviews the perfume Oud & Menthe from Cartier (composed by Mathilde Laurent, 2019, fragrance, scent)

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Easter Wishes 2019 And The Remainder Of Love At First Scent Episode 30 On YouTube – featuring Amouage, Bulgari & Serge Lutens

Persolaise 18th April 2019 0 Comments

Live perfume reviews featuring Serge Lutens, Amouage, Bulgari, Diptyque and Parle Moi De Parfum (2019, scent)

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Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 30, Scenes 1 & 2 On YouTube – featuring Perfumer H and Experimentum Crucis from Etat Libre D’Orange

Persolaise 12th April 2019 0 Comments

Live reviews of Experimentum Crucis from Etat Libre D'Orange & Suede and Dust from Perfumer H

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Persolaise Review: Un Jardin Sur La Lagune from Hermès (Christine Nagel; 2019) and 1957 from Chanel (Olivier Polge; 2019)

Persolaise 5th April 2019 0 Comments

One of the main drawbacks of my Love At First Scent videos is hinted at in their name: they’re all about first impression. I often try to point out during…

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Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 29 On YouTube – featuring L’Iris De Fath, BDK and New Colognes from Mugler

Persolaise 29th March 2019 0 Comments

Persolaise presents live perfume reviews of L'Iris De Fath, BDK and Mugler (2019, scent, fragrance)

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Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 28 On YouTube – featuring Holy Peony, Lucky, Purple Oud, Thé Cachemire & Eau Noire from Maison Christian Dior

Persolaise 22nd March 2019 0 Comments

Live perfume reviews of Dior's Holy Peony, Purple Oud, Thé Cachemire, Lucky and Eau Noire (scent, 2019)

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Persolaise Review: Perfume – In Search Of Your Signature Scent by Neil Chapman (Hardie Grant; 2019)

Persolaise 15th March 2019 2 Comments

Perfume by Neil Chapman reviewed by Persolaise

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Persolaise In Business Traveller + 9th Anniversary Of Blog

Persolaise 11th March 2019 0 Comments

Award-winning critic, Persolaise, on oud perfumes in Business Traveller (2019, scent)

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Persolaise Mini-Reviews: October to December 2018 [part 2]

Persolaise 8th March 2019 2 Comments

Perfume reviews of Chanel oils, Creed, Hermetica, Givenchy and others (scent, 2018)

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Persolaise Review: Mont De Narcisse (Anne Flipo; 2018) and Bana Banana (Celine Ellena; 2019) from L’Artisan Parfumeur

Persolaise 1st March 2019 2 Comments

Perfume review of Mont De Narcisse and Bana Banana from L'Artisan Parfumeur (scent, 2019)

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Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 26 Now On YouTube – featuring Gentle Fluidity from Francis Kurkdjian and Alien Fusion from Mugler

Persolaise 1st February 2019 0 Comments

Perfume review: Maison Francis Kurkdjian Gentle Fluidity, Mugler Alien Fusion, Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan, from award-winning critic Persolaise (scent, 2019)

I am a four-time Jasmine Award winning writer with a lifelong interest in the world of fine fragrance.

I have written for Harrods Magazine, The Sunday Times, Conde Nast Traveller, Wallpaper*, Business Traveller, Grazia, Feelunique, Glass, The Scented Letter, Basenotes.net and Now Smell This, amongst others. I have been a regular columnist for Esprit Magazine and ParfumPlus.

My knowledge and expertise have been recommended by the Financial Times, the BBC, The Guardian, The Observer, Die Zeit and several other publications.

My perfume guide, Le Snob: Perfume, is published by Hardie Grant. For more information and to order a copy, please click here.

To read my award winning London Perfume Shopping Guide, please click here.

Please feel free to write to me at persolaise at gmail dot com or by using the email form on my Contact page.

Persolaise.com features reviews of perfumes, interviews with fragrance industry figures and general articles related to the world of scent. The site is not affiliated in any way to any brands*, wholesalers, retailers or organisations involved with the fragrance industry.

All reviews are entirely independent. The content of posts is never ‘sponsored’ by any external agencies.

Some reviews are based on samples provided by brands; others are based on samples obtained by the author. This has no bearing on the content of the reviews.

* I am occasionally commissioned by brands to carry out specific projects, such as consultancy or copywriting. In such situations, I do not review the relevant brands’ perfumes for an extended period of time, nor do I mention the brands in any posts/articles where perfumes from several brands are presented as part of a selection/collection.

Regrettably, my current site provider doesn’t offer an automatically-updated blogroll facility, so the best I can do is this set of links to the other blogs I try to read. I believe many of the below have some kind of subscription function that works either through email or social media, so perhaps you could use that to receive updates about new posts. If anyone knows of some way to include a ‘live’ blogroll widget on WordPress, please get in touch.

Andy Tauer
Basenotes
Black Narcissus
Bois De Jasmin
Grain De Musc
Now Smell This
Perfume Posse
Perfume Shrine

Persolaise On Film And Perfume In The Scented Letter

Changes At Persolaise.com

Taking The Layered Approach – An Interview With Emmanuelle Moeglin Of Experimental Perfume Club

Persolaise Review: Lavender Extrême from Tom Ford (2019)

Persolaise Mini-Reviews: January to March 2019

Persolaise Review: Kouros from Yves Saint Laurent (Pierre Bourdon; 1981)

Persolaise Review: Marcelle from Marie Jeanne (2018)

Persolaise Love At First Scent Episodes 31 & 32 Now On YouTube – featuring Cuir Intense from Guerlain, Musc Shamal from Armani Privé & Naughty Fruity from Mugler, amongst others

Persolaise Review: Sunday Brunch, Santal Sky, Nitro Noir and 10 a.m. Flirt from Kierin (Mathieu Nardin; 2018)

Persolaise Review: Oud & Menthe from Cartier (Mathilde Laurent; 2019)

Easter Wishes 2019 And The Remainder Of Love At First Scent Episode 30 On YouTube – featuring Amouage, Bulgari & Serge Lutens

Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 30, Scenes 1 & 2 On YouTube – featuring Perfumer H and Experimentum Crucis from Etat Libre D’Orange

Persolaise Review: Un Jardin Sur La Lagune from Hermès (Christine Nagel; 2019) and 1957 from Chanel (Olivier Polge; 2019)

Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 29 On YouTube – featuring L’Iris De Fath, BDK and New Colognes from Mugler

Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 28 On YouTube – featuring Holy Peony, Lucky, Purple Oud, Thé Cachemire & Eau Noire from Maison Christian Dior

Persolaise Review: Perfume – In Search Of Your Signature Scent by Neil Chapman (Hardie Grant; 2019)

Persolaise In Business Traveller + 9th Anniversary Of Blog

Persolaise Mini-Reviews: October to December 2018 [part 2]

Persolaise Review: Mont De Narcisse (Anne Flipo; 2018) and Bana Banana (Celine Ellena; 2019) from L’Artisan Parfumeur

Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 26 Now On YouTube – featuring Gentle Fluidity from Francis Kurkdjian and Alien Fusion from Mugler

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