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Michael Edwards, Fragrances Of The World, Live Interview

Persolaise 13th March 2023 1 Comments

Michael Edwards live interview with award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2023)

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Renaud Salmon Amouage Interview – 2022

Persolaise 10th July 2022 1 Comments

Renaud Salmon Amouage live interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)

Perfume review

Hermes Caleche Soie De Parfum Review – 1992

Persolaise 15th August 2021 4 Comments

Hermes Caleche Soie De Parfum review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (1992)

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Super Scent – The Very Best Of Hermès

Persolaise 4th July 2016 8 Comments

Hermès founder, Thierry Hermès Guess what: I found this Super Scent list very difficult to compile. But for an unexpected reason. As I explained to Candy Perfume Boy when I…

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Persolaise Review: SE1 + N6 + W1X + EC2 from Bex London (2012)

Persolaise 31st August 2012 12 Comments

I don’t envy anyone trying to start a niche perfume brand today. In an environment where over 1000 fragrances are released every year, standing out from the crowd is virtually…

I am a four-time Jasmine Award winning writer with a lifelong interest in the world of fine fragrance.

I have written for Harrods Magazine, The Sunday Times, Conde Nast Traveller, Wallpaper*, Business Traveller, Grazia, Feelunique, Glass, The Scented Letter, Basenotes.net and Now Smell This, amongst others. I have been a regular columnist for Esprit Magazine and ParfumPlus.

My knowledge and expertise have been recommended by the Financial Times, the BBC, The Guardian, The Observer, Die Zeit and several other publications.

My perfume guide, Le Snob: Perfume, is published by Hardie Grant. For more information and to order a copy, please click here.

To read my award winning London Perfume Shopping Guide, please click here.

Please feel free to write to me at persolaise at gmail dot com or by using the email form on my Contact page.

Persolaise.com features reviews of perfumes, interviews with fragrance industry figures and general articles related to the world of scent. The site is not affiliated in any way to any brands*, wholesalers, retailers or organisations involved with the fragrance industry.

All reviews are entirely independent. The content of posts is never ‘sponsored’ by any external agencies.

Some reviews are based on samples provided by brands; others are based on samples obtained by the author. This has no bearing on the content of the reviews.

* I am occasionally commissioned by brands to carry out specific projects, such as consultancy or copywriting. In such situations, I do not review the relevant brands’ perfumes for an extended period of time, nor do I mention the brands in any posts/articles where perfumes from several brands are presented as part of a selection/collection.

Regrettably, my current site provider doesn’t offer an automatically-updated blogroll facility, so the best I can do is this set of links to the other blogs I try to read. I believe many of the below have some kind of subscription function that works either through email or social media, so perhaps you could use that to receive updates about new posts. If anyone knows of some way to include a ‘live’ blogroll widget on WordPress, please get in touch.

Andy Tauer
Basenotes
Black Narcissus
Bois De Jasmin
Grain De Musc
Now Smell This
Perfume Posse
Perfume Shrine

Michael Edwards, Fragrances Of The World, Live Interview

Renaud Salmon Amouage Interview – 2022

Hermes Caleche Soie De Parfum Review – 1992

Persolaise Review: SE1 + N6 + W1X + EC2 from Bex London (2012)

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