Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan Review – The Favourites – Christopher Sheldrake; 1993
Persolaise — I’m pretty sure our first encounter was at a perfumery in Nice. It was part of a large Lutens display — an austere assembly of those slim, rectangular bottles,…
Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan Perfume Confit Review – 2021
Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan perfume confit review by award-winning critic Persolaise (2021)
Best Perfumes Of The 90s With Max Forti
Best perfumes of the 1990s selected by Max Forti and award-winning critic Persolaise, feat. Guerlain, Serge Lutens, Dolce & Gabbana and others
Top 7 Best Serge Lutens Perfumes – Super Scent
Best Serge Lutens perfumes selected by award-winning critic Persolaise
Persolaise Review: Amber Aquilaria from Electimuss (2014)
Far too many brands around today rely on aspirational marketing, bling and hackneyed ideas to try to make an impact on potential buyers. Cue: Electimuss, a perfect example of rather…
A Product Of The Blogosphere – An Interview With Matthew Zhuk Of Ex Idolo
Matthew Zhuk at Fenwick, the latest retailer to pick up Thirty Three Matthew Zhuk is in an interesting position right now: his brand, Ex Idolo, attracted serious attention in 2013,…
Perfume Bottles On Cosmopolitan UK
Since my video interview appeared on Cosmopolitan UK’s website last week, I’ve received several emails asking me to identify the bottles on the table. From left to right, they are:…
Let’s Ban Those Light, Fresh, Aqua Noirs
I appreciate that coming up with a fitting name for a perfume must be almost as difficult as creating the juice itself. Whether we like it or not, a fragrance’s…
Review: Mitzah, Granville, Vetiver and New Look 1947 from Christian Dior (2010)
Dior’s new perfume hall is about to open in the Oxford Street branch of Selfridge’s, which means now’s a good time for me to follow up my review of the…
Review: Kalimantan by Chantecaille (2010)
Do we really need another ambery oriental? The answer’s probably No, but maintaining a negative stance is problematic when you’re faced with as elegant an example of the genre as…