Timothee Chalamet, Martin Scorsese & John Galliano – Thoughts On Bleu and High & Low
Persolaise — To be clear: I could not be happier about the impact of feminism and the improvements to the lives of women made over the course of the last few…
Les Abstraits La Douleur Exquise, Belle Ame, Givenchy Foudroyant, Goldfield & Banks Island Lush and other reviews – 2022
Les Abstraits La Douleur Exquise and Belle Ame (Antoine Lie), Givenchy Noctambule (Ane Ayo) and Foudroyant, Goldfield & Banks Island Lush (Amelie Jacquin), Purple Suede (Ilias Ermenidis) and Silky Woods…
Gucci A Reason To Love, Juliette Has A Gun Ego Stratis, Marc-Antoine Barrois Encelade and other reviews – 2022
Juliette Has A Gun Ego Stratis, Gucci A Reason To Love (Alberto Morillas), Givenchy Equivoque, Laboratorio Olfattivo (Jean-Claude Ellena), Ginori 1835 Rajathra Palace, Marc-Antoine Barrois Encelade (Quentin Bisch) and Dior…
Guerlain Habit Rouge L’Instinct, L’Artisan Parfumeur Abyssae, Givenchy Gentleman Reserve Privee, Sana Jardin Venus Of Verbena reviews
Guerlain Habit Rouge L’Instinct, Givenchy Gentleman Reserve Privee, Sana Jardin Venus Of Verbena, L’Artisan Parfumeur Abyssae and Frederic Malle Le Parfum De Therese reviews by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)
Givenchy Collection Particuliere Review – 2020
Givenchy Collection Particuliere review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise, featuring Indompte, Garcon Manque, Sans Merci, Sans Artifice (2022)
Givenchy Gentleman Eau De Parfum Boisee Review – 2020
Givenchy Gentleman eau de parfum boisee review by award-winning critic Persolaise (2020)
Persolaise Mini-Reviews: October to December 2018 [part 2]
Perfume reviews of Chanel oils, Creed, Hermetica, Givenchy and others (scent, 2018)
Persolaise Mini-Reviews: August to September 2018 [part 2]
For more mini-reviews, please click here. Mr Burberry Indigo from Burberry (Francis Kurkdjian; 2018)* When you’ve spent 10 days crawling through a desert, even the muddiest water is refreshing. Enter:…
The Complete Persolaise Perfume Gift Guide – Christmas 2018
While putting together my 2018 list of Christmas perfume gift recommendations, I discovered that Storify is no longer with us, which is a bit of a shame, because several of…
Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter: April to June 2017 [part 2]
For more mini-reviews, please click here. Orange Leaf from Perfumer H (Lyn Harris; 2017)* Cologne-like presentation of a vivid citrus leaf on a smouldering bark of wood. Displays typical Harris…
Italians Don’t Like Shalimar + End Of Summer Give-Away
I need a few lessons in basic Buddhism. One of the main problems with having an extremely busy Day Job and a tendency to go away on long holidays is…
What’s My Credit Card Limit Again…?
It’s always at this point in our epic summer holidays that Madame Persolaise and I wish we could slow down time. There’s still so much to do, so much to…
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…