Christopher Chong Archives - https://persolaise.com/tag/christopher-chong Independent perfume reviews and thoughts on the world of scent from a multi award winning writer Tue, 20 Jun 2023 08:10:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://i0.wp.com/persolaise.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/PersolaiseTwitterLogo.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Christopher Chong Archives - https://persolaise.com/tag/christopher-chong 32 32 163821299 Thameen Bohemian Infusion Review – Maurice Roucel & Alexandra Carlin; 2023 https://persolaise.com/2023/06/thameen-bohemian-infusion-review-maurice-roucel-2023.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thameen-bohemian-infusion-review-maurice-roucel-2023 https://persolaise.com/2023/06/thameen-bohemian-infusion-review-maurice-roucel-2023.html#respond Tue, 20 Jun 2023 19:00:00 +0000 https://persolaise.com/?p=12264 After Insignia, The Rose and Fanfare, Creative Director Christopher Chong asserts his own taste and style with what could be called more overt clarity in the new Thameen Bohemian Infusion, composed by Maurice Roucel and Alexandra Carlin. I reviewed the fragrance in a recent episode of Love At First Scent, which you can find at […]

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]]> https://persolaise.com/2023/06/thameen-bohemian-infusion-review-maurice-roucel-2023.html/feed 0 12264 Renaud Salmon Amouage Interview Now On YouTube https://persolaise.com/2020/06/renaud-salmon-amouage-interview-now-on-youtube.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=renaud-salmon-amouage-interview-now-on-youtube https://persolaise.com/2020/06/renaud-salmon-amouage-interview-now-on-youtube.html#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2020 06:30:00 +0000 https://persolaise.com/?p=5191 Renaud Salmon Amouage Creative Experience Officer live interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise, 2020

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]]> https://persolaise.com/2020/06/renaud-salmon-amouage-interview-now-on-youtube.html/feed 3 5191 Live Interview With Amouage’s Christopher Chong – Featuring New Scents: Love Mimosa, Rose Incense and Overture https://persolaise.com/2019/06/live-interview-with-amouages.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=live-interview-with-amouages https://persolaise.com/2019/06/live-interview-with-amouages.html#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2019 07:00:00 +0000 http://box5880.temp.domains/~persolai/live-interview-with-amouages/ A live interview with Christopher Chong (Amouage's Creative Director) by perfume critic, Persolaise (scent, fragrance, 2019)

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]]> https://persolaise.com/2019/06/live-interview-with-amouages.html/feed 0 7 Persolaise Review: Imitation Woman (Pierre Negrin) and Imitation Man (Leslie Girard) from Amouage (2018) https://persolaise.com/2018/08/persolaise-review-imitation-woman.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=persolaise-review-imitation-woman https://persolaise.com/2018/08/persolaise-review-imitation-woman.html#respond Fri, 17 Aug 2018 11:00:00 +0000 http://box5880.temp.domains/~persolai/persolaise-review-imitation-woman/ I wonder if Christopher Chong – Amouage’s unfailingly flamboyant Creative Director – wanted to call his latest scent duo Nostalgia. If he did, perhaps the more fiscally-minded forces at the brand persuaded him to move away from such a wistful word; after all, scent marketeers try to avoid sorrow as much as movie studios shy […]

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]]> https://persolaise.com/2018/08/persolaise-review-imitation-woman.html/feed 0 61 Persolaise Interviews Christopher Chong In The Latest Nez + Next Facebook Live This Friday https://persolaise.com/2018/01/persolaise-interviews-christopher-chong.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=persolaise-interviews-christopher-chong https://persolaise.com/2018/01/persolaise-interviews-christopher-chong.html#respond Wed, 10 Jan 2018 12:00:00 +0000 http://box5880.temp.domains/~persolai/persolaise-interviews-christopher-chong/ “I don’t think any of my perfumes are strange, maybe because I live with them every single second of my life. It’s like having a child. Even if your child is a little bit odd, you don’t see it. They seem normal to you. I have heard a lot of people telling me that my […]

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]]> https://persolaise.com/2018/01/persolaise-interviews-christopher-chong.html/feed 0 108 Persolaise Review: Beach Hut Man from Amouage (Elise Benat; 2017) https://persolaise.com/2017/09/persolaise-review-beach-hut-man-from.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=persolaise-review-beach-hut-man-from https://persolaise.com/2017/09/persolaise-review-beach-hut-man-from.html#comments Fri, 15 Sep 2017 10:00:00 +0000 http://box5880.temp.domains/~persolai/persolaise-review-beach-hut-man-fro/ I think it’s safe to assume that Christopher Chong has a sense of fun. In order to preserve the seriousness of Amouage’s signature range, the brand’s Creative Director has avoided populating it with any fragrances that could be seen as lightweight. Nevertheless, he possesses an understandable desire to explore ‘easier’ olfactory codes, so in recent […]

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]]> https://persolaise.com/2017/09/persolaise-review-beach-hut-man-from.html/feed 1 149 Luxury Perfumes – Persolaise On Fashionbeans https://persolaise.com/2017/06/luxury-perfumes-persolaise-on.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=luxury-perfumes-persolaise-on https://persolaise.com/2017/06/luxury-perfumes-persolaise-on.html#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2017 11:00:00 +0000 http://box5880.temp.domains/~persolai/luxury-perfumes-persolaise-on/ image: Fashionbeans Male grooming expert and award-winning writer Lee Kynaston has just published a piece on Fashionbeans about ‘luxury’ perfumes for men. It features a few contributions from me, so if you’d like to read it, please click here. Persolaise

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]]> https://persolaise.com/2017/06/luxury-perfumes-persolaise-on.html/feed 0 184 Persolaise Sixty Second Scents – Bracken Woman from Amouage (Dorothée Piot & Karine Vinchon Spehner; 2017) https://persolaise.com/2017/02/persolaise-sixty-second-scents-bracken.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=persolaise-sixty-second-scents-bracken https://persolaise.com/2017/02/persolaise-sixty-second-scents-bracken.html#respond Wed, 15 Feb 2017 12:00:00 +0000 http://box5880.temp.domains/~persolai/persolaise-sixty-second-scents-bracken/ Time for another YouTube review: this one’s for Amouage‘s Bracken Woman, composed by Karine Vinchon Spehner and Dorothée Piot, under the Creative Directorship of Christopher Chong. To view the video on the YouTube site, please click here. And for my thoughts on Bracken Man, please click here. Persolaise

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]]> https://persolaise.com/2017/02/persolaise-sixty-second-scents-bracken.html/feed 0 209 Persolaise Review: Myths Woman (Nathalie Lorson) & Myths Man (Karine Vinchon, Dorothée Piot & Daniel Visentin) from Amouage (2016) https://persolaise.com/2016/06/persolaise-review-myths-woman-nathalie.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=persolaise-review-myths-woman-nathalie https://persolaise.com/2016/06/persolaise-review-myths-woman-nathalie.html#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2016 11:00:00 +0000 http://box5880.temp.domains/~persolai/persolaise-review-myths-woman-nathalie/ The soundbites Myths Man If it were a colour, it would be: metallic grey If it were a piece of music, it would be: Holst’s Mars If it were a texture, it would be: baked carbon  Myths Woman If it were a colour, it would be: livid green, with facets of earthy brown If it […]

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]]> https://persolaise.com/2016/06/persolaise-review-myths-woman-nathalie.html/feed 9 263 Persolaise Review: Opus X from Amouage (Pierre Negrin & Annick Menardo; 2016) https://persolaise.com/2016/03/persolaise-review-opus-x-from-amouage.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=persolaise-review-opus-x-from-amouage https://persolaise.com/2016/03/persolaise-review-opus-x-from-amouage.html#respond Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:00:00 +0000 http://box5880.temp.domains/~persolai/persolaise-review-opus-x-from-amouage/ 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 Annick Menardo) is an early contender for Most Striking Fragrance of 2016. When I took it out for its test drive, the observations that were thrown […]

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