1st Anniversary Competition Winners
Persolaise I know everyone always says this, but I can assure you that this time, it’s absolutely true. Choosing my favourite entry in the 1st anniversary competition was no easy task.…
Competition Reminder + A Moment’s Reflection
I realise that at any given time, there are countless awful things happening around the world, but the planet does seem to be particularly unhappy at the moment. Whilst I…
Sharpen Those Knives…
I hope your weekend’s going well so far. I just wanted to remind you that you’ve got until Thursday night (UK time) to enter my special competition marking the first…
Persolaise 1st Anniversary Prize Draw
A year ago today, I plunged into this blog’s inaugural entry with no preamble whatsoever. So I think it’s right that I mark the first anniversary of Persolaise.com by going…
One More Day…
Tomorrow my little blog enters its difficult adolescent years. Don’t forget to come back for its birthday and check out the special prize draw I’ve organised for you, which will…
Advance Warning: Special Prize Draw On Friday
I don’t quite know where the last twelve months have gone, but this blog is just a few days away from being a year old! To mark its first anniversary,…
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…
Tauer Cologne Du Maghreb Winner + Another Giveaway!
Before I announce the winners of the draw, I just want to thank all of you who entered. I did, of course, read and enjoy every single one of your…
Mystery Draw Reminder + Quality Control
Making your own blotter strips can be quite a contemplative experience. Last night, whilst the snow steadily covered the skylights at Maison Persolaise and the temperature plunged below ‘you can’t…
Tauer Giveaway Winner!
Before I announce the winner of last week’s Tauer draw, I’d like to say thank you to everyone who entered and provided such wonderful ideas for perfume names; I hope…
Tauer Perfume Giveaway Reminder
This is just a brief, pre-weekend reminder that you’ve still got a couple of days left to enter the Tauer Perfumes draw for a bottle of either Une Rose Vermeille…
Tauer Perfumes Draw + Review: Eau d'Épices by Tauer Perfumes (2010)
Some truths are worth repeating: excellent fragrances feature a delicate harmony of all their disparate components. Few contemporary perfumers are as acutely aware of this as Andy Tauer, creator of…
Advance Warning: Tauer Perfumes Giveaway
Where did September go? It feels like it was only yesterday that I returned from India, filled with determination to get back to my pungent potions without delay. Time slips…
Advance Warning: Perfume Giveaway + Scentsations of Southampton
This weekend brought a wholly unexpected and very welcome surprise. I was trying to find some information on a company about which all I could remember was that its name…