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Top 10 best perfumes for winter 2021 selected by award-winning critic Persolaise, feat. Serge Lutens, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, Hermes, Tom Ford, Akro, Robert Piguet, Eris, Ostens, Histoires De Parfums, Comme…

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Akro Giveaway Winner

Persolaise 15th November 2021 2 Comments

Akro perfume giveaway winner

Interview Video

Olivier Cresp Live Interview

Persolaise 14th November 2021 No Comments

Interview with master perfumer Olivier Cresp by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

Competition

Giveaway – Win a Bottle Of Any Akro Perfume (UK only)

Persolaise 12th November 2021 42 Comments

Akro perfume giveaway on Persolaise.com (2021)

List Perfume review

Why I Wear Perfume – Top 10 Reasons

Persolaise 10th November 2021 31 Comments

Why I Wear Perfume - Top 10 reasons from award-winning critic Persolaise (2021)

Interview

Persolaise Interview On @fragrenturesofmark

Persolaise 2nd November 2021 No Comments

Award-winning perfume critic Persolaise interviewed by @fragrenturesofmark October 2021

Perfume review Video

Akro Smoke, Haze, Night, Dark, Awake and Malt Review – Olivier Cresp; 2018

Persolaise 23rd October 2021 7 Comments

Akro Smoke, Night, Dark, Haze, Awake, Malt reviews by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Olivier Cresp, 2018)

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.

Basenotes
Black Narcissus
Bois De Jasmin
Now Smell This
Parfumo

Akro

Akro Ink review – Olivier Cresp; 2022

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Akro Giveaway Winner

Olivier Cresp Live Interview

Giveaway – Win a Bottle Of Any Akro Perfume (UK only)

Persolaise Interview On @fragrenturesofmark

Akro Smoke, Haze, Night, Dark, Awake and Malt Review – Olivier Cresp; 2018

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