Lush Perfumer Emma Dick Live Interview
Lush perfumer Emma Dick live interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)
Lush perfumer Emma Dick live interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)
Lush 2020 sample sets review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (feat. Breath Of God, Mark & Simon Constantine)
Simon Constantine And Fragrance interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2020)
Lush Sappho, Fresh As perfume reviews by award-winning critic Persolaise (Emma Dick, 2020)
Mark Constantine interview at Lush Florence Perfume Library opening, November 2019
Persolaise presents live perfume reviews of L'Iris De Fath, BDK and Mugler (2019, scent, fragrance)
For more mini-reviews, please click here. Declaration Parfum from Cartier (Mathilde Laurent; 2018)* I do declare, I think Cartier are on to another winner. This is the new parfum version…
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…
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…
Here’s another instalment of my regular compilation of mini-reviews from Twitter, covering October to December 2014. Nevermore from Frapin (Anne Sophie Behaghel; 2014)*** Curious mix of metallic rose, ozonic note…
Violet leaf absolute is one of those materials which serve to show how utterly impossible it is to describe smells with words. In perfumer-shorthand, it’s called ‘green’, but that places…
When Aramis released their commendable Perfume Calligraphy, I saw the move as an attempt to corner the Arabic sector of the chest-beating, alpha-male, testosterone-fuelled territory the brand has long claimed…
This time, I seriously considered throwing in the towel. When Carrie asked us to pick one of the seven deadly sins for our next joint-list project, I immediately claimed ‘wrath’…
The Constantines’ love of using heady naturals comes to the fore in this highlight from last year’s mixed bag of scents under the collective name Volume 2. A compelling tale…
Hellstone neatly sums up both what’s right and wrong with Gorilla‘s Volume 2 scents. On the one hand, it features an excellent accord: vetivert, cumin and opoponax brought together by…
If you had to make a list of perfumery ingredients which convey intense excitement, what would be on it? Sparkling citrus oils? Fizzy aldehydes? Sensuous vanilla? How about clary sage?…
It’s one thing to start a perfume range with a large number of scents, but it’s quite another to add 10 fragrances overnight to an existing – and well-regarded –…
If you’re in or near London on Wednesday 6th Feb, you might like to make your way to Rivington Street for a Gorilla Perfume event at which I’m going to…
It’s joint-list-making time again. On this occasion, it’s Barney‘s turn to choose our theme and he’s drawn inspiration from that touch of dampness in the air… the plunging temperatures… the…
ON 8th FEBRUARY 2012 THIS POST WON THE 2011 JASMINE AWARD FOR ‘BEST WEBSITE FEATURE ON FRAGRANCE’ *** THIS PARTICULAR VERSION OF THE LONDON PERFUME SHOPPING GUIDE IS NO LONGER…