Frederic Malle Synthetic Jungle Review – Anne Flipo; 2021
Persolaise Frederic Malle Synthetic Jungle review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Anne Flipo, 2021)
Comme Des Garcons Copper Review – Alienor Massenet; 2019
Comme Des Garcons Copper review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Alienor Massenet; 2019)
Karen Timson Hermia Review – Karen Timson; 2019
Karen Timson Hermia review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Karen Timson, 2019)
Persolaise Review: Dryad from Papillon (Liz Moores; 2017)
It’s so wonderful to behold a perfumer maturing right under your nose. With her debut trio, Papillon’s Liz Moores proved that hers is a considerable talent, even though at least…
Persolaise Review: Myths Woman (Nathalie Lorson) & Myths Man (Karine Vinchon, Dorothée Piot & Daniel Visentin) from Amouage (2016)
The soundbites Myths Man If it were a colour, it would be: metallic grey If it were a piece of music, it would be: Holst’s Mars If it were a…
Alberto Morillas On Making Amouage’s Opus VII
When I chatted with Alberto Morillas at the London launch of Penhaligon’s Iris Prima (the full interview will appear on Basenotes) I asked him about co-authoring Amouage‘s Opus VII with…
Persolaise Review: Opus VII from Amouage (Pierre Negrin & Alberto Morillas; 2013)
When my sample of Opus VII was delivered, Madame Persolaise’s parents were chez nous for tea and cakes. Such cross-generational, bi-gender opportunities are not to be missed: I immediately extricated…
Is That A Curry I Smell Before Me?
I managed to find some time this weekend to work on a couple of formulae I’m trying to develop, which means the air in my study is now a bizarre…
I Need My Hit
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…