Best Perfumes For Autumn 2019 – Keeping An Open Mind
Persolaise Best perfumes for autumn 2019 by award-winning critic Persolaise (featuring Tom Ford, Gucci, Chanel, Hermes, Tauer, Cartier, Etat Libre D'Orange)
Hermes Twilly Eau Poivree Review in Love At First Scent Episode 43
Hermes Twilly Eau Poivree review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2019, Christine Nagel)
Persolaise Review: Un Jardin Sur La Lagune from Hermès (Christine Nagel; 2019) and 1957 from Chanel (Olivier Polge; 2019)
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…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 27 Now On YouTube – featuring Un Jardin Sur La Lagune from Hermès, 1957 from Chanel and Perfume by Neil Chapman, The Black Narcissus
Live perfume reviews of Chanel 1957, Hermès Un Jardin Sur La Lagune, and others (scent, 2019)
Scents For Millennials: Persolaise In Harper’s Bazaar India
Illustration: Bonzer Muivah for Harper’s Bazaar India I’m excited to announce that the 10th anniversary issue of Harper’s Bazaar India features an article by yours truly on the subject of…
Persolaise Love At First Scent: Eau De Citron Noir from Hermès (Christine Nagel; 2018)
For the latest single-perfume instalment of Love At First Scent (which was actually streamed on Instagram before the one I first mentioned here on Persolaise.com) the focus is on Eau…
The Moment Of Doubt: An Interview With Christine Nagel Of Hermès + The Next Episode Of Love At First Scent
Towards the end of 2017, the current in-house perfumer at Hermès, Christine Nagel – whose past credits include Eau De Cartier, Archives 69 for Etat Libre D’Orange and more than…
Persolaise Review: Cardamusc from Hermès (Christine Nagel; 2018)
I have spent a disgraceful amount of time trying to write this particular piece, as I have never been in the position of composing anything quite like it. One false…
Maiden Call: Thoughts On Chanel Gabrielle, Twilly D’Hermès, Mugler Aura & Gucci Bloom
Reviews of Chanel Gabreille, Hermes Twilly, Gucci Bloom & Mugler Aura by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise
The Zest Of Life – Persolaise On Colognes In The Scented Letter
The latest issue of The Scented Letter – the award-winning magazine of The Perfume Society – contains a piece by yours truly on the current revival of the eau de…
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: Galop D’Hermès from Hermès (Christine Nagel; 2016)
THIS POST WAS SHORTLISTED IN THE ‘INDEPENDENT – SOUNDBITE’ CATEGORY OF THE 2016/17 UK JASMINE AWARDS The soundbites If Galop D’Hermès were a painting, it would be Two Dancers In…
Persolaise Review: Eau De Rhubarbe Écarlate (Christine Nagel) & Eau De Néroli Doré (Jean-Claude Ellena) from Hermès (2016)
Today’s review takes the form of a conversation between the outgoing, in-house perfumer at Hermès, Jean-Claude Ellena, and his replacement, Christine Nagel. It is entirely fictional. Probably. — Christine Nagel…
“I Try To Take You By The Hand” – An Interview With Jean-Claude Ellena, Perfumer At Hermès
image: Hermès “My perfumes are sensual like the women of Hitchcock. I love Kim Novak. I can watch the same Kim Novak movie several times. And Grace Kelly too. There’s…
Perfumes For 2013: Girls From Berlin, Screaming Directioners… And More Naked Men
Poor chap didn’t get any socks for Christmas Happy New Year to one and all! I hope those of you who had a festive break were able to rest, relax…
Review: Archives 69 from État Libre D’Orange (2011)
You can’t accuse ÉLdO of cowardice. The instant accessibility of last year’s commendable Like This may have raised fears that one of perfumery’s cockiest houses was starting to play it…