“A Little Italian Girl From Brooklyn” – An Exclusive Interview With Estée Lauder’s Karyn Khoury [part 2]
Persolaise Karyn Khoury exclusive interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise
“When I Fell In Love With The Company” – An Exclusive Interview With Estée Lauder’s Karyn Khoury [part 1]
Karyn Khoury interview exclusive, by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise, 2015
Twenty Blotters For… Karyn Khoury
Exclusive interview with Karyn Khoury, creative director at Estee Lauder
Win VIP Subscription To The Perfume Society + Interview With Co-Founder Jo Fairley
When the UK’s Perfume Society emerged last year, everyone in the ‘fragrance community’ – if there is such a thing – had an opinion about it. Some felt it was…
Persolaise At You Magazine Big Beauty Weekend
I’m extremely excited to announce that on Saturday 10th October, I’ll be taking part in You Magazine’s Big Beauty Weekend in London: Jo Fairley will be chatting to me about…
Making Wasabi – An Interview With Céline Verleure Of Olfactive Studio
Regular readers will be aware that Olfactive Studio‘s Panorama is without question one of my favourite perfume releases of the year so far. With its juxtaposition of a laser-charged, green…
Try To Negotiate
There’s lots and lots to do whilst life and I try to negotiate the most pain-free way of slipping back into regular routines. For one thing, I seem to have…
The Risk And The Reward – Richard E Grant On The Creation Of Jack
In his engrossing online account of the birth of his perfume Jack (I’d urge you to click here and check it out) Richard E Grant describes a creation process rich…
Persolaise In The Observer
If you’re a reader of the UK’s Observer newspaper, you may have noticed that yours truly was quoted in a perfume-related article published on 12th July 2015. The piece, by…
My Favourite Incense Perfumes In The Scented Letter + Brief Word On Olivier Polge Interview
I am genuinely excited to announce that the latest edition of The Scented Letter – the Perfume Society‘s Jasmine-award winning magazine – features a piece I wrote about my all-time…
The Opposite Of Everyone Else – An Interview With Robert Gerstner Of Aedes De Venustas
Maybe it’s the rosé, but when I meet Robert Gerstner at a noisy bar at London’s St Pancras Station, he starts chatting away as though we’ve known each other for…
French Coca-Cola In New York – Cartier’s Mathilde Laurent On Working With Oud
In 2014, when Cartier launched their three oud scents – Oud & Rose, Oud & Musc and Oud & Oud (yes, really) – I confess I was rather disappointed. Yet…
Looking For Something Unique – Harrods’ Mia Collins On The Salon De Parfums
image: Harrods “We had a Portuguese craftsman come to hand paint all of the gold leaf detailing on the oak panels, in the Henry Jacques boutique; we had a team…
A New Type Of Femininity – Cartier’s Mathilde Laurent On Female Perfumers, Guerlain & L’Heure Perdue
“With La Panthère, I really wanted to renew the femininity you can find on the market. I wanted to offer something different. Because I thought at that moment that femininity…
‘Fake It Till You Make It’ – An Interview With Papillon’s Liz Moores
image: Liz Moores When Papillon‘s debut trio emerged last year, it immediately caused a stir amongst scentusiasts in the UK. Tobacco Rose was the crowd pleaser, but the deadly Anubis…
“Our Job Is To Listen” – Antoine Maisondieu At The Launch Of Bottega Veneta Pour Homme Extreme
It’s always dangerous to draw conclusions about an artist from their work. By most accounts, T S Eliot wasn’t a grey-faced depressive, Charlie Chaplin wasn’t exactly child-like and Toni Morrison…
“I Try To Take You By The Hand” – An Interview With Jean-Claude Ellena, Perfumer At Hermès
image: Hermès “My perfumes are sensual like the women of Hitchcock. I love Kim Novak. I can watch the same Kim Novak movie several times. And Grace Kelly too. There’s…
Persolaise On Men’s Scents In How To Spend It
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…
Never At Sephora – Bertrand Duchaufour At The Launch Of Penhaligon’s Ostara
Towards the end of 2014, Bertrand Duchaufour popped into London to launch Ostara, his latest creation for Penhaligon’s. Inspired by a perfume he encountered in Jodhpur – where he was…
“You Have To Be More Direct” – An Interview With Carlos Benaïm
“Frederic Malle is much more directive. But he doesn’t tell you what to do. I would sit with him and he would give ideas. Sometimes I agreed with his ideas,…