Century Of Scents Winner AND New Give-Away
Persolaise Massive thanks to everyone who entered my recent draw for a signed copy of the new book by Lizzie Ostrom, Perfume: A Century Of Scents (published by Hutchinson). The oracle…
Give-Away: Win A Signed Copy Of Lizzie Ostrom’s Perfume – A Century Of Scents
The arrival of any perfume book is an exciting prospect, as there are so few around. But this year, the pre-Christmas season brings us a particularly enticing treat in the…
Persolaise Review: Dior – The Perfumes by Chandler Burr (Rizzoli; 2014)
This article originally appeared in issue 3 of ODOU magazine under the title Meeting In The Garden Christian Dior is one of a tiny number of brands capable of striking…
Non-Perfume Post: The Pumpkin Seed – A Children’s Book By Dariush Alavi
cover illustration: Joy Richardson Many of you will be aware that I hardly ever post anything on this blog which isn’t related to perfume in some way, so I hope…
‘My Most Important Ally’ – Chandler Burr On Dior
As someone who owns very well-thumbed copies of The Perfect Scent and The Emperor Of Scent, I was excited to discover that Chandler Burr’s distinctive prose style has once again…
Give-Away: Win Roja Dove’s The Essence Of Perfume
image: Roja Dove / Black Dog Publishing Roja Dove‘s much-loved coffee-table tome, The Essence Of Perfume, has just been re-printed in an extensively updated form. I haven’t yet seen its…
Perfume Event: Alyssa Harad In Conversation With Persolaise In London On 20th May
If you’re going to be in or near London on Tuesday 20th May and you fancy a scented evening in the company of fellow perfume-lovers, please come along to Dirty…
Persolaise Review: Coming To My Senses by Alyssa Harad (2012) + A Give-Away!
In her Author’s Note at the start of Coming To My Senses, Texas-based Alyssa Harad explains that she decided not to reveal the identity of some of the perfumes she…
Le Snob: Perfume On Volatile Fiction
Pia Long, editor and author of the new Volatile Fiction blog, recently posted a wonderful review of my book, in which she described it as “the equivalent of taking a…
Review Of Le Snob: Perfume On The Unseen Censer
My thanks to Judith of The Unseen Censer for a great review of my book. Here’s a brief extract: It’s beautifully made and clearly, helpfully written, and very rewarding whether…
Le Snob Perfume On The Non-Blonde
Please click here for Gaia Fishler’s great review of my book on The Non-Blonde. I love the idea of a side-by-side comparison of Tommy Girl with Tom Of Finland! And…
Book Launch At L’Artisan Parfumeur + Signing At The End Of November
In today’s uncharacteristically visual post, I’ve attempted to give you a flavour of a launch party that was held for my book last Thursday night at L’Artisan Parfumeur’s Covent Garden…
Have Book, Will Sign
Image: Google I realise some of you may be fed up with reading about my book, but the rest of you might find this brief anecdote mildly amusing… Whilst I…
Win A Copy Of My Book!
Image: Tonwen Jones The countdown begins! In exactly one week, my book – Le Snob: Perfume – should be available on Amazon UK. But if you can’t wait until the…
The First Review Of My Book + The Work Of Tonwen Jones
Image: Tonwen Jones As I can’t take any credit for the visual design of my book, I think it’s all right for me to say that it looks absolutely wonderful.…
Jean-Claude Ellena Winner + My Book’s Arrived!
Many thanks to all of you who entered last week’s draw and left such interesting, thought-provoking comments. It’s always fascinating to discover how other people approach the ‘art vs craft’…
Any Questions For Jean-Claude Ellena? + Guess What: More Oud
Just a few quickies from me today. Firstly, it was wonderful to see an article on Basenotes last Tuesday reporting the imminent publication of my perfume guide. Please click here…
My Baby's Called Le Snob – More Details About My Perfume Book
Okay folks, here’s the announcement I’ve been dying to make. The book on which I’ve been working (aka the Top Secret Writing Project) is Le Snob: Perfume and it’s due…