Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 3 On YouTube
Persolaise Episode 3 of my Love At First Scent series is now on YouTube, so you can watch it either by clicking above or going to the YouTube site (please click…
Persolaise Review: Scent Of A Dream from Charlotte Tilbury (Francois Robert; 2016)
The soundbites If Scent Of A Dream were a song, it would be Le Freak by Chic. If it were a colour, it would be pale yellow. If it were…
Persolaise Review: Aromatics In White from Clinique (Nicolas Beaulieu; 2015)
By the pricking of my thumbs, something musky this way comes. Or should that be, “something snowy”? Two trends seem to be gaining momentum in the perfume world – i)…
Persolaise Review: Ylang 49 (Frank Voelkl) and Lys 41 (Daphné Bugey) from Le Labo (2013)
THIS POST WAS SHORTLISTED IN THE ‘DIGITAL’ CATEGORY OF THE 2013 JASMINE AWARDS Wearing Ylang 49 has reminded me of a claim several perfumers have made about fragrance critics: apparently…
Is Poison On Its Way Back? – A Perfume Trend For Winter 2013
Predicting trends is a dubious business: as long as you do it often enough, a few of your pronouncements will inevitably turn out to be correct. That’s one of the…
Twenty Blotters For… Olivier Cresp + A Story About Angel
Although the man himself may need an introduction, his work almost certainly doesn’t. Elle (YSL), Dune Pour Homme (Dior), Midnight Poison (Dior), Light Blue (Dolce & Gabbana) and of course…
Persolaise Review: Wrappings from Clinique (1990) + Eau De Lacoste L. 12. 12 Rouge from Lacoste (2012)
Clinique’s PR people call Wrappings their best kept secret, and they may well be right. Since its original release in 1990, it’s been available solely at top-end department stores, often…