Non-Perfume Post: Looking For Hope Beyond The Broken Facade
Persolaise Please note the subject of today’s post is not perfume. Scented service resumes tomorrow with a review of Chanel’s new Boy. — I realise no-one visiting this site during their…
EU Amendments To Cosmetics Regulation – Deadline Approaches!
A brief reminder that the 14th of May is the deadline for the submission of messages to the EU’s public consultation on proposed amendments to the Cosmetics Regulation. Some of…
The Osmothèque Reviews: Iris Gris from Jacques Fath (Vincent Roubert; 1946)
THIS POST WAS SHORTLISTED IN THE ‘BLOGGERS AWARD’ CATEGORY OF THE 2014 JASMINE AWARDS *** For background information on my Osmothèque Reviews, please click here *** Iris Gris had the…
A Letter To The EU’s Public Consultation On Proposed Amendments To The Cosmetics Regulation
I’m sure most of you are aware that the ever-contentious issue of allergens in perfumery has raised its head again. As has been reported on various sites, the EU is…
Crisis? What Crisis? Just Hand Out The Awards
The UK FiFis came and went in a fizz of pink champagne and several semi-embarrassed murmurs of “Who’s Kim Kardashian?” Personally, I was disappointed that nobody informed me that Ms…
Persolaise Review: Oud from Maison Francis Kurkdjian (2012) + Give-away Reminder
THIS POST WAS SHORTLISTED IN THE ‘DIGITAL’ CATEGORY OF THE 2012 JASMINE AWARDS When I announced the news that Francis Kurkdjian’s next perfume would be an oud, the responses I…
The Lynx Effect – Episode 3 Of The BBC’s Perfume Documentary
If divisiveness is a measure of the quality of a piece of work, then Ian Denyer’s final entry in his Perfume documentary is probably the best of the series. Whilst…
Still In India…
All this talk of Arctic winds makes me feel like sticking to the Indian theme I started yesterday. Visiting the perfume shops on Muhammed Ali Road is probably similar to…
Preview: Portrait Of A Lady by Editions De Parfums Frederic Malle (2010) + Sample Giveaway Reminder
Whilst I’m in preview mode, I ought to mention that a recent visit to the ever-enchanting Les Senteurs led to a sniff of Frederic Malle’s new Portrait Of A Lady,…
Give People Credit
Here’s a conversation between a couple overheard in Boots the other day: She: What about this one? He: Umm… don’t know… too sweet, maybe? She: Yeah, you’re probably right. And…
European Perfumery At Harrods Perfume Diaries
Some of you may be aware that Harrods recently hosted an evening of presentations on European perfumery. If you’d like to read my Basenotes article about the event, please click…
Interview With Roja Dove
Please click here to be taken to my exclusive Basenotes interview with Roja Dove, curator of the Perfume Diaries exhibition at Harrods. Persolaise.
Blissful Attack
It really is impossible to over-emphasise the prominence and importance of smells in Mumbai. My last post was just a brief, tip-of-the-iceberg sample of the stream of chemicals that constantly…