Jovoy’s Francois Henin On Changing His Brand’s Look & Making New Perfume, Ha Long Bay
Persolaise – We are under stress. We have many players selling stock. They are discounting. We don’t know where they got the product from. It could be on social networks, it…
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Waiting For The Right Time – Christine Nagel On The Creation Of Hermes Barenia Intense
– Some perfumes arrive on the market not at the right time. I have a good example — Wrappings from Clinique. I love this perfume. But it arrived too early.…
Amouage’s Renaud Salmon In Conversation With Persolaise – Harrods Event On 14th July 2025
– This has been a long time coming. Over the last few years, Amouage’s Creative Director, Renaud Salmon, has been kind enough to give me several interviews on my YouTube…
Persolaise And Chanel – Harrods Event On 10th July 2025
If you’re free on Thursday 10th July and you’re going to be in or near London, please come along to Harrods for a special Chanel event I’ll be co-hosting with…
Personal Post – One More Run For Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital
A few months ago, I embarked on my own fundraiser for Great Ormond Street Hospital, to which many of you responded with tremendous, extremely touching generosity. I recently discovered that…
Sometimes Magic Happens – An Interview With Guerlain’s Delphine Jelk
– I thought about two lovers hanging out in Paris, during the night. I imagined that patchouli is my lover and that I have to tame it, to make it…
An Artificial Perfume – Olivier Polge On The Creation Of Chanel Comete
— There’s this sentence that I always repeat: she asked for “an artificial perfume.” Artificial in the sense that she didn’t want the scent to smell exactly like a rose…
Van Cleef & Arpels Encens Precieux, 27 87 Per Se, Arcadia London and other reviews – 2024
I presented a mixed bag of delights over on Love At First Scent the other day: new releases from Montblanc, Van Cleef & Arpels, 27 87, the UAE-based brand Arcadia…
Christine Nagel On The Creation Of The New Hermes Oud Alezan And H24 Herbes Vives
“In my entire career, I’d made only one oud perfume. I didn’t like oud; I never had a passion for it. If you look on the market, there are many…
Guerlain Neroli Plein Sud, Aqua Allegoria Florabloom, Hermes H24 Herbes Vives and Ffern reviews – 2024
An air of bracing freshness swept through my most recent episode of Love At First Scent, thanks to the sunny vitality of Guerlain’s new Neroli Plein Sud, their blossom-focussed Florabloom,…
Obey What The Fragrance Is Telling You — Frederic Malle On The Estee Lauder Legacy Collection
“The ideas were great, but the formulas were very, very long. I mean, Azuree was more than 200 products. We just had to shorten the formula, take all of the…
Persolaise Interviews Thierry Wasser – Harrods Wednesday 12th July 2023 – Book Tickets Now
He’s the guardian of Shalimar. The man responsible for protecting the integrity of some of the most important perfumes ever made. The creator of Iris Ganache, Tonka Imperiale and Epices…
Persolaise Amouage Masterclass At Harrods – 17th March 2023
Persolaise Amouage Masterclass at Harrods 17 March 2023, with Karine Vinchon-Spehner, creator of the brand's new scent, Lineage.
Penhaligon’s Fragrance Profiling Service Live From London – 2023
Penhaligon's fragrance profiling live from London with award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2023)
Diptyque Opsis Review – Fabrice Pellegrin; 2022
Diptyque Opsis review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Fabrice Pellegrin, 2022)
Thierry Wasser Interview Now On YouTube
Guerlain perfumer Thierry Wasser interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)
The New Guerlain L’Art Et La Matiere – 2021
Guerlain new L'Art Et La Matiere video by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)
Persolaise & Amouage At Harrods 21st July 2021
Award-winning perfume critic Persolaise presents masterclass on Amouage Boundless and Material at Harrods London 21 July 2021
Escentric Molecules M+, Tom Ford London, Pierre Guillaume Animal Mondain and other reviews – Skin Time March 2021
Skin Time March 2021 - Persolaise reviews Escentric Molecules Molecule +, Tom Ford London, Olfactive Studio Collection Sepia, Pierre Guillaume Animal Mondain, Tauerville Incense Flash, Voyage D’Hermes and House Of…
London Perfume Shopping Guide – 2019 Updates
London perfume shopping guide by award-winning critic, Persolaise (2019 updates, featuring Harrods, Selfridges, Les Senteurs, Amouage, Frederic Malle)