Purvi Joshi, Peosym, Live Interview
Persolaise I was joined in my virtual studio the other day by Purvi Joshi, founder of Peosym, an Australia-based brand which currently has three perfumes in its portfolio: Lost Wonderer, Nirmohee…
Van Cleef & Arpels Encens Precieux, 27 87 Per Se, Arcadia London and other reviews – 2024
I presented a mixed bag of delights over on Love At First Scent the other day: new releases from Montblanc, Van Cleef & Arpels, 27 87, the UAE-based brand Arcadia…
14 Years Of Persolaise + Christian Dior Miss Dior parfum, Nez 1+1, Gucci A Reason To Love and L’Artisan Parfumeur La Botanique reviews – 2024
Dior have now created so many versions and flankers of Miss Dior, they must surely have enough to make up a football team, with plenty of players left over for…
Guerlain Neroli Plein Sud, Aqua Allegoria Florabloom, Hermes H24 Herbes Vives and Ffern reviews – 2024
An air of bracing freshness swept through my most recent episode of Love At First Scent, thanks to the sunny vitality of Guerlain’s new Neroli Plein Sud, their blossom-focussed Florabloom,…
Hermes Oud Alezan, Diptyque Do Son and other reviews – 2024
It was a mix of old and new (in more senses that one) over on Love At First Scent the other day, when I reviewed the latest addition to the…
Estee Lauder Legacy Collection review – Carlos Benaim, Anne Flipo & Bruno Jovanovic; 2024
Talk about opening a can of worms. At first glance, the project seems quite simple: Frederic Malle wants to reimagine a few classic Estee Lauder scents, so he enlists the…
Top 10 Perfumes For Valentine’s Day 2024 – Paint The Town Red!
For this year’s Valentine’s Day list on Love At First Scent I decided to take a synesthetic approach and present a rundown of the Top 10 perfumes that evoke the…
Obey What The Fragrance Is Telling You — Frederic Malle On The Estee Lauder Legacy Collection
“The ideas were great, but the formulas were very, very long. I mean, Azuree was more than 200 products. We just had to shorten the formula, take all of the…
Moschino Toy 2 Pearl, Penhaligon’s Ominscient Mr Thompson, Bulgari Pour Homme edp and other reviews – 2024
Elephants, teddy bears and a virtual barnyard of lascivious beasts featured in a recent episode of Love At First Scent, where I reviewed new releases from Bulgari, Penhaligon’s and Moschino,…
Top 10 Baroque Perfumes – Rich, Detailed, Ornate Scents
Few things can dispel the winter gloom as effectively as perfume — especially if you choose a scent that’s distinctive, dramatic and full of striking contrasts. A Baroque perfume, you…
Knize Ten 100th Anniversary Review – Francois Coty & Vincent Roubert; 1924
Perfume databases on the internet aren’t 100% accurate. And although many state that Knize Ten first appeared in 1924, it’s important to point out that some claim the launch date…
Headspace Showcase Review – 2024
Nicolas Chabot knows perfume. He’s had a long career in the industry, he’s pulled off an acclaimed revival of Le Galion and he’s had considerable success with Aether. So I…
Barbara Herman & Antoine Lie Live Interview
One of the most exciting brands to have emerged in recent years is unquestionably Eris. So I was delighted to be able to interview the two people responsible for its…
Widian Luban, BDK Pas Ce Soir extrait, Ojar Encens Cuivre and other reviews – 2024
For the year’s first regular episode of Love At First Scent, we had an incense theme running through many of the scents, notably the new releases from Widian and Ojar.…
Chanel Coco review – Jacques Polge; 1984
It’s currently cool to be dismissive of Coco, in much the same way that it’s deemed acceptable to be snooty about Chance. Curiously, there’s a whiff of ageism in the…
Sophie Maisant, Bastille, Live Interview
For my first YouTube broadcast of the year, I did one of my favourite things: ask lots of questions. The person at the receiving end of my nosiness was Sophie…