Christian Dior Poison Review – The Favourites – Edouard Flechier & Jean Guichard; 1985
Persolaise Christian Dior Poison review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Edouard Flechier, Jean Guichard, 1985)
Renaud Salmon Amouage Interview – 2022
Renaud Salmon Amouage live interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)
Hermes H24, Akro Smoke and Eris Mxxx – Skin Time April 2022
Skin Time April 2022 - Persolaise reviews Hermes H24, Akro Smoke, Eris Mxxx
Histoires De Parfums Interview Now On YouTube
Histoires De Parfums Brand Ambassador Alexandre Helwani live interview by award-winning perfume critic, Persolaise, 2020
Once Upon A Scent – Persolaise On Romantic Perfumes In ParfumPlus
My latest article in the Middle East’s ParfumPlus magazine turns to the not-unfamiliar connection between perfume and romance. To read it, please click on this link which will take you…
Persolaise Review: The Night ‘الليل’ from Editions De Parfums Frederic Malle (Dominique Ropion; 2014)
Frederic Malle The Night perfume review by award-winning critic, Persolaise (Dominique Ropion, scent, oud, 2014)
Persolaise’s Scents For Winter 2016 In Parfum Plus
Please click here to read my latest piece for ParfumPlus magazine, in which I run through my scented recommendations for winter 2016*. If you flick through to the next page…
The Persolaise Guide To The Best Oud Perfumes In ParfumPlus
Some of you may remember that in 2014 I published my guide to the best oud perfumes (please click here to read it). An edited version of that post has…
Persolaise’s Scents For Summer 2016 In Parfum Plus
Please click here to read my latest piece for the Middle East’s ParfumPlus magazine, featuring a travel-inspired selection of perfumes for the summer*. You may be interested to learn that…
French Coca-Cola In New York – Cartier’s Mathilde Laurent On Working With Oud
In 2014, when Cartier launched their three oud scents – Oud & Rose, Oud & Musc and Oud & Oud (yes, really) – I confess I was rather disappointed. Yet…
Uplifting Scents On ParfumPlus
Please click on this link to read my latest piece for the Middle East’s ParfumPlus magazine. Some of you may recognise it as an edited version of my recent post…
Persolaise’s Winter Perfumes In ParfumPlus Magazine
I’m very pleased that the UAE’s ParfumPlus magazine has published a piece I wrote about some of my favourite perfumes of the last winter. To read the article in ‘flip…
Persolaise Review: Oumma from 777 (Stéphane Humbert-Lucas; 2013)
If you’re going to do something that’s been done before, you’d better do it well. And if the thing you’re going to do is artistically suspect and quite possibly mercenary,…
Persolaise Gets Angry In ParfumPlus
I’m pleased to announce that the latest issue of Dubai-based ParfumPlus magazine features a piece by yours truly. Some of you may recognise the article: it was first published here…
Persolaise Review: Cuir 28 from Le Labo (Nathalie Lorson; 2013)
Those who take an interest in such matters will be aware that Le Labo mentioned the arrival of its Dubai exclusive quite some time ago; at one point it seemed…
Persolaise In Parfum Plus, The Middle East’s New Perfume Magazine
ParfumPlus, a brand new perfume magazine, has been launched in the Middle East, and I’m pleased to announce that its debut issue contains an article by yours truly (regular readers…
Perfume Broadens The Mind – Top Travel Scents
We’re fast approaching the longest day of the year (Christmas is only 27 weeks away, folks!) which means it’s time for me to join forces with my fragrant side-kicks again…
What Do Arab Women Carry In Their Handbags? – An Interview With The Chairman Of Fragrance Foundation Arabia
During my recent trip to Dubai, I had the pleasure of meeting Shahzad Haider, the Chairman of Fragrance Foundation Arabia. He took some time out from preparing for the second…
How Hard Would You Work For Vintage Diorissimo?
I think it’s time for a bit of fun! During my recent trip to Dubai, I was overjoyed to discover that Mamma Persolaise had been looking after several miniature flacons…
Surfin’ UAE
Yesterday, the temperature first thing in the morning was -2° Celsius and we had to scrape ice off the cars. A few days ago, we were driving around in 33°…