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Creed Carmina, Akro Rise, Grandiflora Saskia and other reviews – 2023

Persolaise 26th September 2023 2 Comments

It’s not often that the C-word is uttered on my YouTube channel, but in the interests of public service, I decided I had to share my thoughts on the new…

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Escentric Molecules H01, Aesop Gloam, Juliette Has A Gun Lust For Sun and other reviews – 2023

Persolaise 17th July 2023 0 Comments

It was a tale of contrasting landscapes over on YouTube the other day when I reviewed new releases from Aesop and Goldfield & Banks, as well as a Harrods exclusive…

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Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Nuit Review – 2022

Persolaise 19th April 2022 2 Comments

Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess Nuit review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)

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Persolaise 11th March 2010 2 Comments

No preambles… except to say welcome to the blog if you’ve only just got here. The plan is for this to be a space where I chronicle my attempts to…

I am a four-time Jasmine Award winning writer with a lifelong interest in the world of fine fragrance.

I have written for Harrods Magazine, The Sunday Times, Conde Nast Traveller, Wallpaper*, Business Traveller, Grazia, Feelunique, Glass, The Scented Letter, Basenotes.net and Now Smell This, amongst others. I have been a regular columnist for Esprit Magazine and ParfumPlus.

My knowledge and expertise have been recommended by the Financial Times, the BBC, The Guardian, The Observer, Die Zeit and several other publications.

My perfume guide, Le Snob: Perfume, is published by Hardie Grant. For more information and to order a copy, please click here.

To read my award winning London Perfume Shopping Guide, please click here.

Please feel free to write to me at persolaise at gmail dot com or by using the email form on my Contact page.

Persolaise.com features reviews of perfumes, interviews with fragrance industry figures and general articles related to the world of scent. The site is not affiliated in any way to any brands*, wholesalers, retailers or organisations involved with the fragrance industry.

All reviews are entirely independent. The content of posts is never ‘sponsored’ by any external agencies.

Some reviews are based on samples provided by brands; others are based on samples obtained by the author. This has no bearing on the content of the reviews.

* I am occasionally commissioned by brands to carry out specific projects, such as consultancy or copywriting. In such situations, I do not review the relevant brands’ perfumes for an extended period of time, nor do I mention the brands in any posts/articles where perfumes from several brands are presented as part of a selection/collection.

Regrettably, my current site provider doesn’t offer an automatically-updated blogroll facility, so the best I can do is this set of links to the other blogs I try to read. I believe many of the below have some kind of subscription function that works either through email or social media, so perhaps you could use that to receive updates about new posts. If anyone knows of some way to include a ‘live’ blogroll widget on WordPress, please get in touch.

Andy Tauer
Basenotes
Black Narcissus
Bois De Jasmin
Grain De Musc
Now Smell This
Perfume Posse
Perfume Shrine

Creed Carmina, Akro Rise, Grandiflora Saskia and other reviews – 2023

Escentric Molecules H01, Aesop Gloam, Juliette Has A Gun Lust For Sun and other reviews – 2023

Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Nuit Review – 2022

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