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Clara Feder & Michel Gutsatz, Le Jardin Retrouve, Live Interview

Persolaise 28th April 2024 0 Comments

It’s generally accepted that the first, true ‘niche’ perfume brand was L’Artisan Parfumeur. But what if the history books have got that little detail wrong and what if the honour…

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Top 10 Best Leather Perfumes – Deserts, Cowboys & Angels

Persolaise 4th June 2023 2 Comments

Things got personal over on YouTube the other day when I finally broadcast the video I’d been avoiding for years: my Top 10 (+1) best leather perfumes. Here’s a link…

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Top 10 Best Chanel Perfumes

Persolaise 16th May 2022 1 Comments

Top 10 best perfumes from Chanel selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (2022)

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Tom Ford Rose De Russie Review – 2022

Persolaise 16th February 2022 0 Comments

Tom Ford Rose De Russie review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)

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Chanel Le Lion De Chanel Review – Olivier Polge; 2020

Persolaise 7th January 2021 5 Comments

Chanel Le Lion De Chanel review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Olivier Polge, 2020)

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Chanel Extraits – Cuir De Russie, Coco, Bois Des Iles, No. 22 & Coromandel Review

Persolaise 20th October 2020 5 Comments

Chanel extraits review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (feat. Cuir De Russie, Coromandel, Bois Des Iles, Coco, No. 22)

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Top 5 Best Chanel Exclusive Perfumes 2020 – Les Exclusifs

Persolaise 10th May 2020 0 Comments

Best Chanel exclusive perfumes selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (2020)

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Super Scent – The Very Best Of Chanel

Persolaise 25th April 2016 17 Comments

The best Chanel perfumes selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (feat. No. 5, No. 19, Cuir De Russie, Antaeus, Coromandel, scent)

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I Need My Hit

Persolaise 9th April 2010 1 Comments

Further to my last post, I can’t help mentioning that, at the airport, en route to the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque, I actually sampled some of what’s being…

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

Clara Feder & Michel Gutsatz, Le Jardin Retrouve, Live Interview

Tom Ford Rose De Russie Review – 2022

Chanel Le Lion De Chanel Review – Olivier Polge; 2020

Chanel Extraits – Cuir De Russie, Coco, Bois Des Iles, No. 22 & Coromandel Review

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