Christmas 2024 Perfume Gift Guide
Persolaise I have no doubt that the vast majority of you are forward-thinking, super-organised, careful-planning types, so I expect you finished all your Christmas shopping in October. However, if some of…
The Ghost Perfumer By Gabe Oppenheim Book Review
The Ghost Perfumer by Gabe Oppenheim book review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)
Givaudan Evaluator Interview – “A Very Sacred Bond” Paula Cantuaria
Givaudan evaluator interview Paula Cantuaria by perfume critic Persolaise (2019)
Taking The Layered Approach – An Interview With Emmanuelle Moeglin Of Experimental Perfume Club
Award-winning perfume critic, Persolaise, interviews Emmanuelle Moeglin of Experimental Perfume Club (scent, fragrance, 2019)
Scent Imitates Art – Basenotes Interview With Evody’s Cerine Vasseur & Perfumer Cecile Zarokian
image: Basenotes Vasseur (left) with Zarokian “What abstract artists did was to use shapes and colours. I thought that if I had to transpose abstraction into my field, my art,…
The Point At Which They Meet: Nicolas Chabot On Æther
You talk with buyers in London, they say, ‘Okay, if you want to get into our stores, you need to use oud, you need to concentrate at 30%, you need…
Knowing How To Seduce – Interview With Nathalie Feisthauer On Basenotes
image: Basenotes At the recent London launch of Aedes De Venustas‘ Pelargonium, I managed to interview its creator, Nathalie Feisthauer (Eau Des Merveilles, Honour Man, Putain Des Palaces). Our lively…
Capturing The Scent Of War + Facebook Live Reminder!
I imagined I was walking in a town, partly destroyed by the war, with some fires burning, but maybe also still with some trees and some flowers around. And I…
Win VIP Subscription To The Perfume Society + Interview With Co-Founder Jo Fairley
When the UK’s Perfume Society emerged last year, everyone in the ‘fragrance community’ – if there is such a thing – had an opinion about it. Some felt it was…
Super Scent – The Very Best Of Christian Dior
The best perfumes from Dior, selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (feat. Poison, Dior Homme, Diorissimo, Dune, Eau Noire, Dioressence)
The 500 Greatest Modern Perfumes On Basenotes
Oh my goodness! Geek fest! Look at what Basenotes are doing. To celebrate their 15th anniversary, they’ve compiled a list of the “greatest perfumes” – as per various criteria described…
Looking For Something Unique – Harrods’ Mia Collins On The Salon De Parfums
image: Harrods “We had a Portuguese craftsman come to hand paint all of the gold leaf detailing on the oak panels, in the Henry Jacques boutique; we had a team…
A New Type Of Femininity – Cartier’s Mathilde Laurent On Female Perfumers, Guerlain & L’Heure Perdue
“With La Panthère, I really wanted to renew the femininity you can find on the market. I wanted to offer something different. Because I thought at that moment that femininity…
News: Persolaise Wins Third Jasmine Award
On Wednesday, I was thrilled to win the Jasmine Bloggers Award for my Basenotes piece on the wonderful work carried out by the Osmothèque (please click here to read it).…
News: Persolaise Shortlisted For 2014 Jasmine Awards
A brief item from me today, just to let you know that my scribblings have been recognised by this year’s Jasmine Award judges. Three of my articles have been shortlisted…
“You Have To Be More Direct” – An Interview With Carlos Benaïm
“Frederic Malle is much more directive. But he doesn’t tell you what to do. I would sit with him and he would give ideas. Sometimes I agreed with his ideas,…
Vote For The Best Perfumes Of 2014
As we sink deeper into the melee affectionately described as ‘awards season’, some of you might like to make your own voices heard about your favourite perfume releases of last…
The Legendary Chantal Roos On The Launch Of Her New Brand, Dear Rose
From left to right: Alexandra and Chantal Roos, co-founders of Dear Rose “Oh, Bloody Rose! Bloody Rose has no rose in it. It’s a hypnotic white flower. It’s the naughty…