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Dior Eau Noire, Cologne Blanche and Bois D’Argent 2022 re-issue Review

Persolaise 4th September 2022 1 Comments

Dior Eau Noire, Cologne Blanche (Francis Kurkdjian) and Bois D’Argent (Annick Menardo) 2022 review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise.

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Penhaligon’s Sports Car Club Review – 2022

Persolaise 3rd August 2022 0 Comments

Penhaligon’s Sports Car Club review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)

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Louis Vuitton Imagination Review – Jacques Cavallier; 2021

Persolaise 29th August 2021 0 Comments

Louis Vuitton Imagination review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Jacques Cavallier, 2021)

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Olfactive Studio Violet Shot Review – Dominique Ropion; 2019

Persolaise 14th March 2021 1 Comments

Olfactive Studio Violet Shot review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Dominique Ropion, 2019)

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Brioni Review – Michel Almairac; 2021

Persolaise 10th March 2021 0 Comments

Brioni 2021 eau de parfum review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Michel Almairac, 2021)

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Etat Libre D’Orange Exit The King Review – Ralf Schwieger & Cecile Matton; 2020

Persolaise 22nd December 2020 2 Comments

Etat Libre D'Orange Exit The King review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Ralf Schwieger, Cecile Matton; 2020)

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Persolaise Review: Sauvage from Christian Dior (François Demachy; 2015)

Persolaise 4th September 2015 6 Comments

Sigh sigh sigh. There are several springboards from which I could leap into my review of Dior‘s new Sauvage (composed by in-house perfumer, François Demachy), but despite my best efforts…

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I Do Not Pretend I’m A Perfumer: An Interview With Romano Ricci

Persolaise 4th April 2012 8 Comments

A few months ago, Romano Ricci popped over to London to talk about his fragrance line, Juliette Has A Gun, and his latest release, Romantina, which was reviewed on Persolaise.com…

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

Dior Eau Noire, Cologne Blanche and Bois D’Argent 2022 re-issue Review

Penhaligon’s Sports Car Club Review – 2022

Louis Vuitton Imagination Review – Jacques Cavallier; 2021

Olfactive Studio Violet Shot Review – Dominique Ropion; 2019

Brioni Review – Michel Almairac; 2021

Etat Libre D’Orange Exit The King Review – Ralf Schwieger & Cecile Matton; 2020

Persolaise Review: Sauvage from Christian Dior (François Demachy; 2015)

I Do Not Pretend I’m A Perfumer: An Interview With Romano Ricci

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