I reached a celebration-worthy milestone over on YouTube the other day when I crossed the 25,000 subscriber mark. So, to mark the occasion, I broadcast a special, ‘Ask Me Anything’…
Guerlain Apres L'Ondee vintage extrait review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Jacques Guerlain, 1906)
Guerlain Apres L’Ondee (Jacques Guerlain, 1906), Liu (Jacques Guerlain, 1929) and Nahema (Jean-Paul Guerlain, 1979) reviews by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)
Guerlain perfumer Thierry Wasser interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)
Rodrigo Flores-Roux interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)
In recent weeks, I’ve had cause to think about Apres L’Ondee and the famously heartbreaking manner in which it combines iris and violet. With that seamless magic peculiar to perfumery,…
On Friday 30th November, I broadcast the 23rd episode of Love At First Scent: a special instalment celebrating the 190th anniversary of Guerlain. It’s now available on YouTube and you…
Thierry Wasser was on fine form during a recent visit to London. When one of the writers in attendance suggested that Boots is the British equivalent of Sephora, he begged…
Image: ahem… Persolaise I’m not quite sure where the last few weeks have gone, but it seems that it’s time for another joint list with my partners in perfumed compilation.…
It was only after I’d actually stepped inside Harrods the other day that my brain suddenly decided to remind me of the words ‘January’ and ‘sale’. I considered walking straight…
If there’s one characteristic that Amouage‘s first three Library Collection scents have in common, it is a gauzy sheerness. Opus I conjures an image of florals preserved in a delicate…
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