Guerlain Habit Rouge, Vetiver & L’Homme Ideal parfums review – Delphine Jelk; 2024
Why entice us with just one scent when three bottles lined up next to each other look so much better in a photo? Perhaps that’s what the Powers That Be…
Why entice us with just one scent when three bottles lined up next to each other look so much better in a photo? Perhaps that’s what the Powers That Be…
Guerlain Habit Rouge - Rouge Prive review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Delphine Jelk; 2023)
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)
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Guerlain Habit Rouge perfume review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Jean-Paul Guerlain, 1965)
On Friday 30th November, I broadcast the 23rd episode of Love At First Scent: a special instalment celebrating the 190th anniversary of Guerlain. It’s now available on YouTube and you…
image: Feelunique Following on from my bridal perfume piece a few weeks ago, Feelunique have now published the bridegroom counterpart: please click here to read it. Persolaise
Thierry Wasser has had the thankless task of creating flankers for classics such as Shalimar, L’Heure Bleue and Habit Rouge (could any other perfumery endeavour be more worthy of the…
Guerlain Habit Rouge perfume review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Jean-Paul Guerlain; 1965; edt, edp, L'Eau, Sport and extrait)
For my final interview to mark the 50th anniversary of Jean-Paul Guerlain’s Habit Rouge, we turn to the scent’s current guardian: Thierry Wasser. In his role as the venerable fragrance…
As soon as she graduated from ISIPCA, Cartier‘s current in-house perfumer, Mathilde Laurent, started working at Guerlain. So when I met up with her in Paris a few weeks ago,…
One of the most prolific and highly-respected perfumers of our time, Bertrand Duchaufour has never concealed his admiration for the work of Guerlain. Here’s his contribution to my series of…
Here’s another one of my ‘soundbite posts’ as part of Habit Rouge Week. This time, the focus is on Guerlain‘s Creative Director, Sylvaine Delacourte, whom I had the pleasure of…
If there’s anything Michael Edwards doesn’t know about perfume, then it probably isn’t worth knowing: the author of Fragrances Of The World is a walking, talking database of all things…
Patricia De Nicolaï has Guerlain flowing through her veins: she is the great-granddaughter of Pierre Guerlain and the niece of Jean-Paul Guerlain. So it’s fitting that I begin my week-long…
One of my favourite perfumes of all time, Guerlain‘s Habit Rouge, turns 50 this year. To mark the occasion, this week will see the publication of a series of special…
A few months ago, I was interviewed by Lucia Van Der Post for an article she was writing about fragrances for men. Her piece was published in the FT’s How…
Thierry Wasser was on fine form during a recent visit to London. When one of the writers in attendance suggested that Boots is the British equivalent of Sephora, he begged…
Is bitterness now seen as old-fashioned in masculine scents? I asked myself the question the other day when I decided to wear Chanel’s Pour Monsieur. Don’t get me wrong, I…