Top 10 Best Perfumes For Winter 2025 – A Light In The Darkness
Persolaise Perfume as a light with which to combat the darkness — that was the theme of my latest seasonal Top 10 broadcast, in which I presented my scented recommendations for…
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Scented Kylie – Perfumes For Her 10 Best Songs
Kylie Minogue has long maintained an image as one of pop music’s most fun-loving characters, so I suspect she would have approved of a recent episode of Love At First…
Guerlain Habit Rouge Spirit, Maison Crivelli Safran Secret, Armani Acqua Di Gio Elixir and other reviews – 2025
There was a good deal of heat in the air during my recent set of Love At First Scent broadcasts, thanks to the new Spirit flanker of Guerlain Habit Rouge,…
Maison Francis Kurkdjian Absolue Pour Le Soir and Le Matin, Maison Crivelli Oud Cadenza, Roger & Gallet Cologne Twist, Le Labo and Eau De Boujee reviews – 2024
Since it bowed out of circulation a few years ago, Francis Kurkdjian’s Absolue Pour Le Soir has been high on many people’s lists of the perfumes they’d most like to…
Celestial Scents – Persolaise In Harper’s Bazaar UK
If you’re based in Britain, you might be interested to learn that the September 2024 issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK (out now) contains an article by yours truly on the…
Crivelli Cuir Infrarouge, Parfum D’Empire Un Bel Amour D’Ete, Buly Jardins Francais and other reviews – 2024
From late-night clubs to herbal gardens via steamy summer trysts — all sorts of carnal pleasures were on offer during my recent session of Love At First Scent episodes, in…
Hermes Paddock, Crivelli Tubereuse Astrale, Ffern Spring 2024 and Eau D’Italie reviews – 2024
Despite the (extremely off-putting) technical glitches, I broadcast a few more reviews over on YouTube the other day, including one of an entirely unexpected Hermes exclusive called Paddock, composed by…
Top 10 Perfumes For Spring 2024 – The Power Of Nature
As I type these words, hailstones are tapping away on our roof, but never mind — spring is here, right? Ever the optimist, I presented my list of the Top…
Roberto Greco Rauque, Aesop Ouranon, Crivelli Oud Stallion and other reviews – 2023
From exploding stars to imploding bodies — there was no shortage of curious concepts and bold ideas in the perfumes I reviewed in episode 416 of Love At First Scent,…
Top 10 Perfumes For Halloween 2023 – Scents For The Vampire In You
Halloween didn’t feature at all in my childhood, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have a bit of perfumed fun with it now. And lots of you have written to…
Maison Crivelli Patchouli Magnetik (Quentin Bisch; 2022) & Oud Maracuja (Jordi Fernandez; 2023) Review
Quentin Bisch is running the risk of becoming overly associated with his love of Akigalawood (the weirdly sour, unbearably strident patchouli-esque material so beloved at Givaudan, the company for which…
Maison Crivelli Neroli Nasimba, L’Objet, Dolce & Gabbana Q and other reviews – 2023
Dolce & Gabbana K edp (Daphne Bugey & Nathalie Lorson), Q edp (Daphne Bugey), L'Objet Rose Noir, Bois Sauvage, Cote Maquis, Oh Mon Dieu (Yann Vasnier), Maison Crivelli Neroli Nasimba…
Maison Crivelli, Byredo Mumbai Noise, Vintage Dior Fahrenheit – Skin Time January 2022
Skin Time January 2022 - Persolaise reviews Maison Crivelli, Byredo Mumbai Noise, vintage Dior Fahrenheit, Comme Des Garcons Blackpepper
Best Perfumes For Autumn 2021
Best perfumes for autumn 2021, selected by award-winning critic Persolaise, feat. Dior, Chanel, Serge Lutens, Goutal, Maison Crivelli, Le Labo, Les Indemodables, L'Artisan Parfumeur, Costume National, Comme Des Garcons