She’s More Than Mum – Perfume Choices For Mother’s Day 2017
Persolaise It’s all too easy to forget that before she had you, your mum had a life of her own. You may have grown used to seeing her just as the…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents – Outrageous from Editions De Parfums Frederic Malle (Sophia Grojsman; 2007/2017
Here’s another Sixty Second Scents video review for you: Sophia Grojsman‘s Outrageous for Frederic Malle, which has just come out of its exclusivity to Barneys and joined the brand’s regular…
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 Complete Persolaise Christmas Gift Guide 2016
Those of you who follow me on Twitter will be aware that, over the last few days, I’ve been posting Christmas gift recommendations under the tag #PersolaiseXmas. All those posts…
Spices, Deserts & Body Heat – Persolaise Perfume Recommendations For Winter 2016
In recent weeks, much of my time has been taken up with writing articles for other platforms, which means that I haven’t had many opportunities to share my scented views…
Event: Frederic Malle At Selfridges London
This chap needs no introduction. Frederic Malle, the man behind one of the most influential perfume brands of the 21st century, will be making a personal appearance at the London…
Ace Of Bases – Persolaise Article In The Latest Scented Letter
I’m really pleased to announce that the latest edition of The Scented Letter – The Perfume Society’s multi-award winning magazine – features an article by yours truly on the subject…
Persolaise Review: Portrait Of A Lady hair & body oil and shower cream from Editions De Parfums Frederic Malle – No. 5 body oil from Chanel (2016)
During the last couple of years, Frederic Malle has added several excellent ancillary products to his perfume range (a consequence of brand owner Estée Lauder‘s considerable skills and experience in…
New Perfume Space At Selfridges & London Perfume Shopping Guide Updates
image: Selfridges As it’s been almost a year since I posted my all-new London Perfume Shopping Guide, I thought I ought to give it a bit of a plug. I’ve…
Gift Recommendations For Father’s Day 2016
It’s that time of year again when dads get their own share of the shopping spotlight. So if you’re looking for gift ideas, please take a moment to scroll through…
The Best Perfumes Of 2015 In ParfumPlus
The latest edition of the Middle East’s ParfumPlus magazine features my run-down of the best perfumes of last year. If you’d like to read it, please click here. For an…
Persolaise Review: Monsieur. from Editions De Parfums Frederic Malle (Bruno Jovanovic; 2016)
My closest friend recently discovered Malle. After decades of not considering perfume to be an important factor in how he presents himself to the world, he got in touch and…
Malle, Oud & Sex – An Interview With Dominique Ropion
A few months ago, when he was in London for an IFF event, I managed to have an all-too-brief conversation with one of the undisputed masters of scent composition: Dominique…
“I Don’t Actually Wear Anything” – An Audience With Luca Turin At The Perfume Society [part 2]
Please click here for part 1 No event involving Luca Turin would have been complete without a sniff of some perfume. So once both speaker and audience were warmed up,…
Best Perfumes Of 2015 – Flankers, Musks & Lots Of Calories
In a year that saw the release of a film about the evils of sugar, mainstream scent compositions seemed to keep getting sweeter and sweeter. Perhaps that’s not surprising: I…
The Complete Persolaise Christmas Gift Guide 2015
As my series of #PersolaiseXmas tweets is now over, I thought I’d put them all together using Storify so that you can peruse them at your leisure. Enjoy! Persolaise
“A Little Italian Girl From Brooklyn” – An Exclusive Interview With Estée Lauder’s Karyn Khoury [part 2]
Karyn Khoury exclusive interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise
Live Stream Of Frederic Malle, Carlos Benaïm Lecture
On Thursday 19th November, Harvard’s Graduate School Of Design will present a live stream of a lecture by Frederic Malle and Carlos Benaïm. According to the official blurb, the lecture…
Making Wasabi – An Interview With Céline Verleure Of Olfactive Studio
Regular readers will be aware that Olfactive Studio‘s Panorama is without question one of my favourite perfume releases of the year so far. With its juxtaposition of a laser-charged, green…