Etat Libre D’Orange She Was An Anomaly Review – Daniela Andrier; 2019
Persolaise Etat Libre D'Orange She Was An Anomaly review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Daniela Andrier, 2019)
“Your Claims Have To Be Honest” – An Interview With Rodrigo Flores-Roux
With no fewer than 12 Fragrance Foundation Awards under his belt – the first one being for Clinique‘s Happy – Rodrigo Flores-Roux is unquestionably one of the most successful and…
Persolaise Review: Roland Mouret – Une Amourette from Etat Libre D’Orange (Daniela Andrier; 2017)
Three aspects of the new Une Amourette – an Etat Libre D’Orange collaboration with fashion designer Roland Mouret – are worthy of attention. The first is that it marks a…
Stepping Over To The Other Side – Chandler Burr On You Or Someone Like You
A double-whammy for you today, you lucky, lucky people. Over on Basenotes (click here), you can read my interview with Etienne De Swardt of Etat Libre D’Orange, conducted at the…
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…
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…
“Seventeen Families” – An Exclusive Interview With Francis Kurkdjian [part 2]
Part 1 of this exclusive interview with Francis Kurkdjian was published yesterday on Now Smell This; please click here to read it. Persolaise: If you could place perfume anywhere in…
“Treading In Funny Territory” – Rodrigo Flores-Roux At The Launch Of John Varvatos Dark Rebel
I haven’t had many opportunities to meet Givaudan‘s Rodrigo Flores-Roux (Neroli Portofino, Anima Dulcis, Oeillet Bengale, amongst several others), but each time our paths have crossed, I’ve bemoaned the fact…
“Our Job Is To Listen” – Antoine Maisondieu At The Launch Of Bottega Veneta Pour Homme Extreme
It’s always dangerous to draw conclusions about an artist from their work. By most accounts, T S Eliot wasn’t a grey-faced depressive, Charlie Chaplin wasn’t exactly child-like and Toni Morrison…
Everything Is Personal – An Interview With Antoine Maisondieu
Anyone who’s a fan of the output of Etat Libre D’Orange owes a debt of gratitude to Antoine Maisondieu: working either on his own or with Antoine Lie, he has…
Persolaise Review: Oeillet Bengale from Aedes De Venustas (Rodrigo Flores-Roux; 2014)
Wearing Oeillet Bengale makes it clear why the collective noun for a group of carnations is usually ‘spray’. Rodrigo Flores-Roux has put together this new release from Aedes De Venustas…
Persolaise Review: Wonderoud from Comme Des Garçons (Antoine Maisondieu; 2014)
I know, I know, it was only a few weeks ago that I vowed never again to review any scent with ‘oud’ in its name, and here I am, going…
The Smell Of Your Soul – Persolaise Visits The Fragrance Lab At Selfridges London
image: Hufton + Crow It turns out I’d got it all wrong. When I agreed to delve into Selfridges‘ Fragrance Lab – part of their current Beauty Project – I…
No Lies, No Compromises – An Interview With Perfumer Quentin Bisch
Quentin Bisch (left) with Etienne De Swardt at the Etat Libre D’Orange shop in Paris Quentin Bisch’s connection with Etat Libre D’Orange goes back to the days before the young…
“You Have A Brand Here” – An Interview With Carlos Huber Of Arquiste
You never know who you’re going to bump into at Harrods. A few weeks ago, I had some time to kill in London, so I decided to pop up to…
Carlos Huber & Rodrigo Flores-Roux On The Magic Behind Arquiste
I’ve already hinted at the fact that Rodrigo Flores-Roux is a great interview subject: he talks at length, but he doesn’t waffle, and he remains focussed on each question he’s…
Persolaise Review: Sahara Noir from Tom Ford (Rodrigo Flores-Roux; 2013)
Is Tom Ford on a gender-bending mission? Last year he energised the masculine market with the female-friendly Noir (recent winner of the Perfume Extraordinaire award at the UK’s FiFis). Now…
Twenty Blotters For… Rodrigo Flores-Roux
Pick a blotter… read the question… give a short, snappy answer! I mean this as a compliment: Rodrigo Flores-Roux loves to talk. The Givaudan perfumer is a bundle of anecdotes,…
FiFi 2013 Perfume Extraordinaire Shortlist
As the date for the FiFi awards ceremony draws closer, the people at Fragrance Foundation UK are busily releasing the final category shortlists. One of the latest to emerge is…
Twenty Blotters For… Aurelien Guichard
Pick a blotter… read the question… give a short, snappy answer! It was probably inevitable that Aurelien Guichard would become a perfumer. His family has had close ties with Grasse…