Love At First Scent Archives

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.

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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

Serge Lutens Des Clous Pour Une Pelure Review – Christopher Sheldrake; 2020

Penhaligon’s Babylon (2019) & The Favourite (2020) Review

Top 10 Best Frederic Malle Perfumes – Super Scent

Lush Sappho & Fresh As Review – Emma Dick; 2019

Escentric Molecules 05 Review – Geza Schoen; 2020

Tom Ford Rose Prick Review – 2020

Guerlain Patchouli Ardent Review – Thierry Wasser; 2020

Guerlain Nahema Review – Jean-Paul Guerlain; 1979 – #Smellfie

Dior Homme edt Review – Francois Demachy; 2020

Nez 1+1 Hong Kong Oolong Review – Maurice Roucel; 2019

Maison Francis Kurkdjian L’Eau A La Rose Review – Francis Kurkdjian; 2019

Hermes L’Ombre Des Merveilles Review – Christine Nagel; 2020

Diptyque Eau Capitale Review – Olivier Pescheux; 2020

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