Japan Archives - https://persolaise.com/tag/japan Independent perfume reviews and thoughts on the world of scent from a multi award winning writer Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:02:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://i0.wp.com/persolaise.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/PersolaiseTwitterLogo.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Japan Archives - https://persolaise.com/tag/japan 32 32 163821299 Etat Libre D’Orange The Ghost In The Shell Review – Julie Masse; 2021 https://persolaise.com/2021/10/etat-libre-dorange-the-ghost-in-the-shell-review-julie-masse-2021.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=etat-libre-dorange-the-ghost-in-the-shell-review-julie-masse-2021 https://persolaise.com/2021/10/etat-libre-dorange-the-ghost-in-the-shell-review-julie-masse-2021.html#respond Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:30:00 +0000 https://persolaise.com/?p=7194 Etat Libre D'Orange The Ghost In The Shell review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Julie Masse, 2021)

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]]> https://persolaise.com/2021/10/etat-libre-dorange-the-ghost-in-the-shell-review-julie-masse-2021.html/feed 0 7194 The House Of Oud Crop 2017 Review – Andrea Thero Casotti; 2017 https://persolaise.com/2021/02/the-house-of-oud-crop-2017-review-andrea-thero-casotti-2017.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-house-of-oud-crop-2017-review-andrea-thero-casotti-2017 https://persolaise.com/2021/02/the-house-of-oud-crop-2017-review-andrea-thero-casotti-2017.html#respond Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://persolaise.com/?p=6226 House Of Oud Crop 2017 review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Andrea Thero Casotti, 2017)

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]]> https://persolaise.com/2021/02/the-house-of-oud-crop-2017-review-andrea-thero-casotti-2017.html/feed 0 6226 Persolaise Review: Kimonanthe from Diptyque (Fabrice Pellegrin; 2016) https://persolaise.com/2016/12/persolaise-review-kimonanthe-from.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=persolaise-review-kimonanthe-from https://persolaise.com/2016/12/persolaise-review-kimonanthe-from.html#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2016 12:00:00 +0000 http://box5880.temp.domains/~persolai/persolaise-review-kimonanthe-fro/ The soundbites If Kimonanthe were an item of food, it would be marmalade shot through with slivers of charcoal. If it were a painting, it would be Untitled (Violet, Black, Orange, Yellow On White And Red) by Mark Rothko. If it were a person, it would be the linguistics professor who never quite seems to […]

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]]> https://persolaise.com/2016/12/persolaise-review-kimonanthe-from.html/feed 2 223 Persolaise Review: Nanban from Arquiste (Rodrigo Flores-Roux; 2015) https://persolaise.com/2015/09/persolaise-review-nanban-from-arquiste.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=persolaise-review-nanban-from-arquiste https://persolaise.com/2015/09/persolaise-review-nanban-from-arquiste.html#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:00:00 +0000 http://box5880.temp.domains/~persolai/persolaise-review-nanban-from-arquiste/ After a side-step that saw him produce two scents in collaboration with J Crew, Arquiste‘s Carlos Huber returns to his signature range and quells fears that his sensibilities may have been growing too mainstream with the release of Nanban* (composed by Rodrigo Flores-Roux). Nocturnal, tempestuous and grandiose, it’s inspired by a period in Japan’s 17th […]

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]]> https://persolaise.com/2015/09/persolaise-review-nanban-from-arquiste.html/feed 2 349 Japan’s Traditional ‘Kodo’ Incense Ceremony Comes To London https://persolaise.com/2013/07/japans-traditional-kodo-incense.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japans-traditional-kodo-incense https://persolaise.com/2013/07/japans-traditional-kodo-incense.html#respond Thu, 25 Jul 2013 05:30:00 +0000 http://box5880.temp.domains/~persolai/japans-traditional-kodo-incense/ image: Cristina Jaleru – lifeofvenus.com A few months ago, I had the tremendous good fortune to witness a Japanese incense ceremony conducted by Souhitsu Isshikenn Hachiya, Junior Master at Japan’s Shino School of Kodo. My account of the event has now been published on Basenotes, so please click here to read it. Here’s an extract, to whet […]

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]]> https://persolaise.com/2013/07/japans-traditional-kodo-incense.html/feed 0 615 Melon Feta… And Other Cultural Matters https://persolaise.com/2011/05/melon-feta-and-other-cultural-matters.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=melon-feta-and-other-cultural-matters https://persolaise.com/2011/05/melon-feta-and-other-cultural-matters.html#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 06:45:00 +0000 http://box5880.temp.domains/~persolai/melon-feta-and-other-cultural-matters/ If you’ve come here hoping to find out who my next guest blogger is, I’m sorry to say that, this week, you’re going to have to put up with me. As the Invasion Of The Day Job is going through a momentary lull, I thought I’d put together a brief post about an issue that’s been […]

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