Le Labo Tabac 28 & Bigarade 18 Review in Love At First Scent Episode 42
Persolaise Le Labo Tabac 28 & Bigarade 18 review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (City Exclusive, 2019)
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Persolaise Review: Marcelle from Marie Jeanne (2018)
Perfume critic, Persolaise, reviews Marcelle and Marcel, the colognes from Marie Jeanne (perfume, fragrance, scent, 2018)
Persolaise Review: Les Eaux De Chanel – Paris-Biarritz, Paris-Deauville & Paris-Venise from Chanel (Olivier Polge; 2018)
Chanel - Paris-Biarritz, Paris-Venise, Paris-Deauville - Les Eaux review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2018, Olivier Polge)
Persolaise Review: Blu Mediterraneo – Chinotto Di Liguria from Acqua Di Parma (2018)
As I write this, those of us living in the UK are going through another one of our all-too-rare bursts of a three-day summer (I expect that, as you read…
Persolaise Review: Mandarino Di Amalfi Acqua from Tom Ford (2017)
I guess it’s fair to assume that Tom Ford found gold at the bottom of his pool of water: last year’s release of an Acqua version of Neroli Portofino must…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: L’Eau from Tauer Perfumes (Andy Tauer; 2017) + Love At First Scent Is Back On Friday!
My latest Sixty Second Scents review is on a new release from Andy Tauer: a modern cologne called L’Eau. To watch it on the YouTube site, please click here. —…
The Zest Of Life – Persolaise On Colognes In The Scented Letter
The latest issue of The Scented Letter – the award-winning magazine of The Perfume Society – contains a piece by yours truly on the current revival of the eau de…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents – Hot Cologne from Mugler (Jean-Christophe Hérault; 2016)
Here’s my YouTube review of the latest addition to Mugler’s Les Exceptions range, Hot Cologne, by Jean-Christophe Hérault. To view the video on the YouTube site, please click here. Persolaise
Persolaise Review: Eau De Rhubarbe Écarlate (Christine Nagel) & Eau De Néroli Doré (Jean-Claude Ellena) from Hermès (2016)
Today’s review takes the form of a conversation between the outgoing, in-house perfumer at Hermès, Jean-Claude Ellena, and his replacement, Christine Nagel. It is entirely fictional. Probably. — Christine Nagel…
Persolaise Review: Bottega Veneta Pour Homme Essence Aromatique (Amandine Marie; 2016)
Where’s the line between old-school masculines which are too… well… old-school and those which don’t feel out of place in a contemporary setting? Is it somewhere near notions of transparency:…
Persolaise Review: Neroli Portofino Forte & Neroli Portofino Acqua from Tom Ford (2016)
Until now, I’ve been ambivalent towards Tom Ford‘s Neroli Portofino (2011). On the one hand, I’ve always felt suspicious about and appalled by its price (£145 for 50 ml as…
Persolaise Review: Eau Parfumée Au Thé Bleu from Bulgari (Daniela Andrier; 2015)
What’s commendable about Bulgari‘s tea scents isn’t so much that they offer a literal representation of the smell of the drink – which, to varying degrees, they all do –…
Goldfish, Rice And Musky Teleporters – Perfume Recommendations For A Sunny Day
Best summer, sunny day perfume selection by award-winning critic Persolaise, with Chanel, Tom Ford, Frederic Malle, Guerlain, Hermes and others
Persolaise Review: Cologne Indelebile from Editions De Parfums Frederic Malle (Dominique Ropion; 2015)
Frederic Malle Cologne Indelebile review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Dominique Ropion, 2015)
Persolaise Review: Colonia Leather from Acqua Di Parma (François Demachy; 2014) & Ginepro Di Sardegna (2014)
One of the pleasures of smelling new perfumes is that they sometimes jolt you into spotting undiscovered facets of older favourites. When I first encountered François Demachy‘s suave Colonia Leather…
Persolaise Review: Eau De Magnolia from Editions De Parfums Frederic Malle (Carlos Benaïm, 2014)
There’s a moment in a short promotional film for Eau De Magnolia in which Frederic Malle raises his hand into the air and mimes running a fine thread through his…
Persolaise Review: Cédrat Enivrant from Atelier Cologne (Ralf Schwieger; 2014)
So far, I haven’t been entirely convinced by Atelier Cologne. The brand’s founders are charming (click here for an interview), and their entry into the fragrance world has been marked…
Persolaise Review: Laine De Verre from Serge Lutens (Christopher Sheldrake; 2014)
Uncle Serge is playing the trickster again. When he released the first of his Eaux (L’Eau De Serge Lutens, 2010) you could almost picture the wry smile on his face…
Persolaise Review: Eau De Narcisse Bleu from Hermès (Jean-Claude Ellena; 2013)
Jean-Claude Ellena followed a somewhat more traditional path with Eau De Mandarine Ambrée, one of two ‘light’ scents released by Hermès this year. But he clearly wanted Eau De Narcisse…
Persolaise Review: Eau De Mandarine Ambrée from Hermès (Jean-Claude Ellena; 2013)
You can’t blame me for getting excited by the prospect of two new colognes from Jean-Claude Ellena. If there’s one thing the man knows how to do well, it’s producing…