Frederic Malle Contre-Jour review – Annick Menardo; 2026
Persolaise – For years, the arrival of a Frederic Malle perfume has been a cue for a total nerd-fest. But the brand’s latest release, Contre-Jour, pushes the opportunities for geekery to…
Annick Menardo
Maison Francis Kurkdjian Absolue Pour Le Soir and Le Matin, Maison Crivelli Oud Cadenza, Roger & Gallet Cologne Twist, Le Labo and Eau De Boujee reviews – 2024
Since it bowed out of circulation a few years ago, Francis Kurkdjian’s Absolue Pour Le Soir has been high on many people’s lists of the perfumes they’d most like to…
Top 10 Perfumes For Autumn 2024 – Scents To Bring Us Together
If all the spam advertising emails are to be believed, autumn is the time for curling up on a sofa with a warm blanket and a mug of hot chocolate.…
Hermes Barenia, Le Labo Coriandre 39 and other City Exclusives reviews – 2024
As though determined to send us fragrance nerds into fits of apoplexy, Hermes are calling their latest release, Barenia, their very first chypre. Yes, you may well gasp. But dubious…
14 Years Of Persolaise + Christian Dior Miss Dior parfum, Nez 1+1, Gucci A Reason To Love and L’Artisan Parfumeur La Botanique reviews – 2024
Dior have now created so many versions and flankers of Miss Dior, they must surely have enough to make up a football team, with plenty of players left over for…
Lalique Encre Indigo review – Annick Menardo; 2023
The number of flankers released by Lalique for their successful 2006 Encre Noire has been commendably low. It suggests a desire to proceed with caution and not follow most other…
Dior Hypnotic Poison 25th Anniversary Review – Annick Menardo; 1998
Dior Hypnotic Poison review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Annick Menardo, 1998)
Dior Eau Noire, Cologne Blanche and Bois D’Argent 2022 re-issue Review
Dior Eau Noire, Cologne Blanche (Francis Kurkdjian) and Bois D’Argent (Annick Menardo) 2022 review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise.
Miss Dior Rose Essence 2021, Atelier Versace, Masque Milano Sleight Of Fern & White Whale reviews
Dior Miss Dior Rose Essence 2021, Masque Milano Sleight Of Fern and White Whale, Atelier Versace reviews by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)
Amouage Overture Woman Review – Annick Menardo; 2020
Amouage Overture Woman review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Annick Menardo, 2020)
Buly Louvre Collection Review – 2019
Buly Louvre perfume collection review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Nymph With A Scorpion by Annick Menardo, The Lock by Delphine Lebeau, 2019)
Mugler Alien Mirage & Chloe Nomade absolu de parfum Review – 2020
Mugler Alien Mirage, Chloe Nomade absolu de parfum, Papillon Bengale Rouge, Calvin Klein CK Everyone, Boucheron Jaipur Homme reviews by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2020)
Persolaise Review: Opus X from Amouage (Pierre Negrin & Annick Menardo; 2016)
If the number of comments a perfume receives is a direct measure of the distinctiveness of its personality, then Amouage‘s Opus X (composed by Pierre Negrin and none other than…
Luxury Is About Privacy – An Audience With Frederic Malle (part 2)
For part 1 of this record of Frederic Malle’s Q&A session with an audience at Liberty, please click here. Could you tell us a bit about your collaboration with Dries…