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Aurelien Guichard Matiere Premiere Interview

Persolaise 8th May 2022 0 Comments

Aurelien Guichard live interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)

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Veronique Gabai Interview

Persolaise 29th March 2022 0 Comments

Veronique Gabai interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)

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Christopher Yu Ostens Live Interview

Persolaise 10th July 2021 0 Comments

Christopher Yu Ostens interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

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David Benedek BDK Parfums Live Interview

Persolaise 7th July 2021 0 Comments

David Benedek BDK Parfums interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

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Rodrigo Flores-Roux Live Interview

Persolaise 29th April 2021 6 Comments

Rodrigo Flores-Roux interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

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Acqua Di Parma Interview – Bergamotto Di Calabria La Spugnatura

Persolaise 24th April 2021 1 Comments

Interview with Paola Paganini, Product Development & Innovation Manager at Acqua Di Parma, by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

Perfume review Video

Bulgari Le Gemme Azaran Review – Jacques Cavallier; 2021

Persolaise 14th April 2021 1 Comments

Bulgari Le Gemme Azaran review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Jacques Cavallier, 2021)

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Dior Tobacolor Review – Francois Demachy; 2021

Persolaise 12th April 2021 4 Comments

Dior Tobacolor review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Francois Demachy, 2021)

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Masque Milano Alessandro Brun Interview

Persolaise 6th April 2021 1 Comments

Masque Milano Alessandro Brun interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

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Escentric Molecules Molecule + Geza Schoen Interview

Persolaise 20th March 2021 1 Comments

Geza Schoen Escentric Molecules Molecule + interview 2021 by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise

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Les Indemodables Remi & Valerie Pulverail Live Interview

Persolaise 19th January 2021 0 Comments

Les Indemodables Remi & Valerie Puverail live interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

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Ella K Sonia Constant Live Interview

Persolaise 25th September 2020 3 Comments

Live interview with Ella K perfumer Sonia Constant by award-winning critic Persolaise (2020)

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Renaud Salmon Amouage Interview Now On YouTube

Persolaise 30th June 2020 3 Comments

Renaud Salmon Amouage Creative Experience Officer live interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise, 2020

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Nick Steward Gallivant Interview Now On YouTube

Persolaise 14th May 2020 2 Comments

Nick Steward, founder of Gallivant, interviewed by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise

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Live Interview With Amouage’s Christopher Chong – Featuring New Scents: Love Mimosa, Rose Incense and Overture

Persolaise 27th June 2019 0 Comments

A live interview with Christopher Chong (Amouage's Creative Director) by perfume critic, Persolaise (scent, fragrance, 2019)

Perfume review Video

Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 29 On YouTube – featuring L’Iris De Fath, BDK and New Colognes from Mugler

Persolaise 29th March 2019 0 Comments

Persolaise presents live perfume reviews of L'Iris De Fath, BDK and Mugler (2019, scent, fragrance)

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Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 28 On YouTube – featuring Holy Peony, Lucky, Purple Oud, Thé Cachemire & Eau Noire from Maison Christian Dior

Persolaise 22nd March 2019 0 Comments

Live perfume reviews of Dior's Holy Peony, Purple Oud, Thé Cachemire, Lucky and Eau Noire (scent, 2019)

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Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 26 Now On YouTube – featuring Gentle Fluidity from Francis Kurkdjian and Alien Fusion from Mugler

Persolaise 1st February 2019 0 Comments

Perfume review: Maison Francis Kurkdjian Gentle Fluidity, Mugler Alien Fusion, Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan, from award-winning critic Persolaise (scent, 2019)

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Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 23 Now On YouTube – 190 Years Of Guerlain – Anniversary Special

Persolaise 3rd December 2018 0 Comments

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…

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Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 20 Now On YouTube

Persolaise 21st September 2018 4 Comments

Episode 20 of Love At First Scent – streamed on Friday 7th September 2018 on Facebook Live – is now available on YouTube; watch it above or by clicking here.…

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.

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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
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Grain De Musc
Now Smell This
Perfume Posse
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Aurelien Guichard Matiere Premiere Interview

Veronique Gabai Interview

Christopher Yu Ostens Live Interview

David Benedek BDK Parfums Live Interview

Rodrigo Flores-Roux Live Interview

Acqua Di Parma Interview – Bergamotto Di Calabria La Spugnatura

Bulgari Le Gemme Azaran Review – Jacques Cavallier; 2021

Dior Tobacolor Review – Francois Demachy; 2021

Masque Milano Alessandro Brun Interview

Escentric Molecules Molecule + Geza Schoen Interview

Les Indemodables Remi & Valerie Pulverail Live Interview

Ella K Sonia Constant Live Interview

Renaud Salmon Amouage Interview Now On YouTube

Nick Steward Gallivant Interview Now On YouTube

Live Interview With Amouage’s Christopher Chong – Featuring New Scents: Love Mimosa, Rose Incense and Overture

Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 29 On YouTube – featuring L’Iris De Fath, BDK and New Colognes from Mugler

Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 28 On YouTube – featuring Holy Peony, Lucky, Purple Oud, Thé Cachemire & Eau Noire from Maison Christian Dior

Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 26 Now On YouTube – featuring Gentle Fluidity from Francis Kurkdjian and Alien Fusion from Mugler

Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 23 Now On YouTube – 190 Years Of Guerlain – Anniversary Special

Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 20 Now On YouTube

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