Cartier Declaration review – The Favourites – Jean-Claude Ellena; 1998
Persolaise — Back in the 80s, in the UAE, a soap was launched onto the market. Little did we know that it came from a brand that had actually been established…
Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan Review – The Favourites – Christopher Sheldrake; 1993
— I’m pretty sure our first encounter was at a perfumery in Nice. It was part of a large Lutens display — an austere assembly of those slim, rectangular bottles,…
Yves Saint Lauren Paris review – Sophia Grojsman; 1983
The other day, I finally managed to catch Still, the documentary about Michael J Fox’s life and career, the last few decades of which have been affected by the increasingly…
Chanel Coco review – Jacques Polge; 1984
It’s currently cool to be dismissive of Coco, in much the same way that it’s deemed acceptable to be snooty about Chance. Curiously, there’s a whiff of ageism in the…
Serge Lutens Iris Silver Mist Review – The Favourites – Maurice Roucel; 1994
My memory of this may not be accurate, but I’m fairly certain that in a biography of the Pet Shop Boys, which I read a couple of decades ago, there…
Christian Dior Poison Review – The Favourites – Edouard Flechier & Jean Guichard; 1985
Christian Dior Poison review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Edouard Flechier, Jean Guichard, 1985)
The Top 10 Best Perfumes On Me
Top 10 best perfumes on me, as chosen by Madame Persolaise (2022)
Yves Saint Laurent Pour Homme Review – The Favourites – Raymond Chaillan; 1971
YSL Pour Homme perfume review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Raymond Chaillan, 1971)
Guerlain Shalimar 95th Anniversary Review – The Favourites – Jacques Guerlain; 1925
Guerlain Shalimar review on the scent's 95th anniversary, by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Jacques Guerlain; 1925)
Guerlain Habit Rouge Review – The Favourites – Jean-Paul Guerlain; 1965
Guerlain Habit Rouge perfume review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Jean-Paul Guerlain, 1965)
Christian Dior Diorissimo Review – The Favourites – Edmond Roudnitska; 1956
Christian Dior Diorissimo perfume review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Edmond Roudnitska, 1956)
Top Tens
This entry is intended to be a polite nudge… or three nudges, to be precise. Nudge #1: You’ve only got until the end of today to enter my give-away draw…