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Guerlain Tobacco Honey review – Delphine Jelk; 2023

Persolaise 13th November 2023 4 Comments

Goodness me, the folks at Guerlain have been keeping busy. Not only have they given us new Shalimar, La Petite Robe Noire, L’Homme Ideal and Habit Rouge flankers this year,…

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Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Nerolia Vetiver Forte & Harvest Review – Delphine Jelk; 2023

Persolaise 22nd May 2023 2 Comments

Why stick with one Aqua Allegoria when you can have three? That certainly seems to be the thinking over at Guerlain at the moment, because they’ve just added two variants…

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Jo Malone London Starlit Mandarin & Honey Review – Yann Vasnier; 2021

Persolaise 13th December 2021 0 Comments

Jo Malone London Starlit Mandarin & Honey review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Yann Vasnier, 2021)

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Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Flora Salvaggia & Nettare Di Sole Review – Thierry Wasser & Delphine Jelk; 2021

Persolaise 21st June 2021 0 Comments

Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Flora Salvaggia & Nettare Di Sole review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Thierry Wasser & Delphine Jelk, 2021)

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Bulgari Le Gemme Astrea Review – Alberto Morillas; 2021

Persolaise 6th May 2021 0 Comments

Bulgari Le Gemme Astrea review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Alberto Morillas, 2021)

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Tom Ford Soleil Brulant Review – 2021

Persolaise 5th May 2021 2 Comments

Tom Ford Soleil Brulant review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

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Masque Milano Ray-Flection Review – Alex Lee; 2020

Persolaise 20th December 2020 0 Comments

Masque Milano Ray-Flection review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Alex Lee, 2020)

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Persolaise Review: Oud & Menthe from Cartier (Mathilde Laurent; 2019)

Persolaise 3rd May 2019 0 Comments

Persolaise reviews the perfume Oud & Menthe from Cartier (composed by Mathilde Laurent, 2019, fragrance, scent)

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.

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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.

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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
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Now Smell This
Perfume Posse
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Guerlain Tobacco Honey review – Delphine Jelk; 2023

Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Nerolia Vetiver Forte & Harvest Review – Delphine Jelk; 2023

Jo Malone London Starlit Mandarin & Honey Review – Yann Vasnier; 2021

Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Flora Salvaggia & Nettare Di Sole Review – Thierry Wasser & Delphine Jelk; 2021

Bulgari Le Gemme Astrea Review – Alberto Morillas; 2021

Tom Ford Soleil Brulant Review – 2021

Masque Milano Ray-Flection Review – Alex Lee; 2020

Persolaise Review: Oud & Menthe from Cartier (Mathilde Laurent; 2019)

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