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L’Occitane Osmanthus Review – Mary Pierre Julien & Michel Girard; 2021

Persolaise 23rd February 2021 2 Comments

L'Occitane Osmanthus review by award-winning perfume critic, Persolaise (Mary Pierre Julien & Michel Girard, 2021)

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Best Perfumes Of The 70s and Estee Lauder Private Collection Review – Vincent Marcello; 1974

Persolaise 22nd February 2021 4 Comments

Best perfumes of the 1970s selected by award-winning critic Persolaise & review of Estee Lauder Private Collection (Vincent Marcello, 1974)

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Hermes H24 Review – Christine Nagel; 2021

Persolaise 18th February 2021 7 Comments

Hermes H24 review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Christine Nagel, 2021)

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Chanel Cristalle Review – Henri Robert; 1974

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Chanel Cristalle review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Henri Robert, 1974)

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Guerlain Embruns D’Ylang Review – Thierry Wasser; 2019

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Guerlain Embruns D’Ylang review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Thierry Wasser, 2019)

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Guerlain L’Heure De Nuit Review – Thierry Wasser; 2012

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Guerlain L'Heure De Nuit review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Thierry Wasser, 2012)

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Lush Perfumer Emma Dick Live Interview

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Lush perfumer Emma Dick live interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

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Top 10 Best Romantic Perfumes – Valentine’s Day 2021

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Top 10 best romantic perfumes chosen by award-winning critic Persolaise for Valentine’s Day 2021, feat. Guerlain, Hermes, Acqua Di Parma, Neela Vermeire, Frederic Malle, Arquiste, Swiss Arabian, Comme Des Garcons,…

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Antoine Lie Live Interview

Persolaise 28th January 2021 1 Comments

Antoine Lie interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise, 2021, feat. Secretions Magnifiques, Rien, Green Spell, Pharrell Williams

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Estee Lauder White Linen Review – Sophia Grojsman; 1978

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Estee Lauder White Linen review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Sophia Grojsman, 1978)

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Skandinavisk Kapitel 4, 12 & 17 Review – 2020

Persolaise 25th January 2021 2 Comments

Skandinavisk Kapitel 4, 12 and 17 review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2020)

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Hermes Eau D’Hermes Review – Edmond Roudnitska; 1951

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Hermes Eau D’Hermes review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Edmond Roudnitska, 1951)

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Les Indemodables Remi & Valerie Pulverail Live Interview

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Les Indemodables Remi & Valerie Puverail live interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

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Juliette Has A Gun Musc Invisible Review – 2020

Persolaise 18th January 2021 2 Comments

Juliette Has A Gun Musc Invisible review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

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Tom Ford Lost Cherry Review – Louise Turner; 2019

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Tom Ford Lost Cherry review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Louise Turner, 2019)

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Chanel Le Lion De Chanel Review – Olivier Polge; 2020

Persolaise 7th January 2021 5 Comments

Chanel Le Lion De Chanel review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Olivier Polge, 2020)

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Top 10 Best Patchouli Perfumes 2020

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Top 10 best patchouli perfumes selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (2020; feat. Chanel, Serge Lutens, Tom Ford, YSL, Frederic Malle and others)

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Masque Milano Ray-Flection Review – Alex Lee; 2020

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Masque Milano Ray-Flection review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Alex Lee, 2020)

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Lush 2020 Sample Sets Review Featuring Breath Of God

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Lush 2020 sample sets review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (feat. Breath Of God, Mark & Simon Constantine)

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Serge Lutens Tarab Review – Christopher Sheldrake; 2020

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Serge Lutens Tarab review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Christopher Sheldrake, 2020)

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

L’Occitane Osmanthus Review – Mary Pierre Julien & Michel Girard; 2021

Hermes H24 Review – Christine Nagel; 2021

Chanel Cristalle Review – Henri Robert; 1974

Guerlain Embruns D’Ylang Review – Thierry Wasser; 2019

Guerlain L’Heure De Nuit Review – Thierry Wasser; 2012

Lush Perfumer Emma Dick Live Interview

Antoine Lie Live Interview

Estee Lauder White Linen Review – Sophia Grojsman; 1978

Skandinavisk Kapitel 4, 12 & 17 Review – 2020

Hermes Eau D’Hermes Review – Edmond Roudnitska; 1951

Les Indemodables Remi & Valerie Pulverail Live Interview

Juliette Has A Gun Musc Invisible Review – 2020

Tom Ford Lost Cherry Review – Louise Turner; 2019

Chanel Le Lion De Chanel Review – Olivier Polge; 2020

Masque Milano Ray-Flection Review – Alex Lee; 2020

Lush 2020 Sample Sets Review Featuring Breath Of God

Serge Lutens Tarab Review – Christopher Sheldrake; 2020

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