Renaud Salmon Amouage Interview – 2022
Persolaise Renaud Salmon Amouage live interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)
Persolaise Review: Scent Of A Dream from Charlotte Tilbury (Francois Robert; 2016)
The soundbites If Scent Of A Dream were a song, it would be Le Freak by Chic. If it were a colour, it would be pale yellow. If it were…
Getting A Masterpiece
Bulgari’s Le Gemme Orientali Perfume prices continue to leap with a vigour that’s normally the preserve of Olympic athletes. Last year, Serge Lutens made a brave jump with the first…
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…
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…
Who’s Paying For Your Magazine?
In June, Andy Tauer published some thoughts on his blog about the relationship between the media and the perfume world. If any of you are interested in the many ways…
Perfume Course – Design With Scents Is Back!
image: Design With Scents Design With Scents – which, in the words of its organisers, is “the world’s only workshop about the design of places through the sense of smell”…
Thierry Wasser On Habit Rouge
For my final interview to mark the 50th anniversary of Jean-Paul Guerlain’s Habit Rouge, we turn to the scent’s current guardian: Thierry Wasser. In his role as the venerable fragrance…
Persolaise Review: Smoke For The Soul from Kilian (Fabrice Pellegrin; 2014)
I’ve always thought there was something hollow at the heart of the Kilian brand. It goes without saying that it certainly isn’t the only perfume house which tries to seduce…
Perfume Course – Design With Scents 2014 At Kingston University
image: S Sense If you’re on the lookout for a perfume-related course and you’re going to be in the London area in mid-July, then you’d do well to consider enrolling…
The Achilles Heel In Our Business: An Exclusive Interview With Frederic Malle (part 1)
If there’s one figure in the niche world who needs no introduction, it’s Frederic Malle. This is more than a little ironic, as the Frenchman owes his status and reputation…
Death By Candy: Eva Wiseman On The Power Of Scent
A few weeks ago, the consistently readable Eva Wiseman addressed the topic of scent in her Observer Magazine column. Here’s an extract: I often think about M&M’s World. It’s a…
A New Face For L’Artisan Parfumeur
Image: L’Artisan Parfumeur Those of you who pay attention to such matters may have noticed that the publicity campaign for L’Artisan Parfumeur‘s upcoming Caligna (see above) marks a shift in…
Today’s Miss Dior Is Not Quite The Same As Yesterday’s
I rarely paste excerpts from press releases on this blog; there are other sites that do a far better job than I ever could of keeping up with the stream…
Win A Sample Of 1932, Chanel’s New Exclusif + Penhaligon’s Goes Glam
Penhaligon’s Singapore store (Image: Penhaligon’s Singapore Facebook page) Have the lovely folks at Penhaligon’s finally settled on a direction for the look and feel of their brand? If preview images…
The Enigmatic Illusionist – An Interview With Jean-Claude Ellena
It’s interesting to consider why Jean-Claude Ellena attracts as much reverence as he does. The simplest explanation might be that he deserves it for his work. After all, Déclaration, Terre…
The Lynx Effect – Episode 3 Of The BBC’s Perfume Documentary
If divisiveness is a measure of the quality of a piece of work, then Ian Denyer’s final entry in his Perfume documentary is probably the best of the series. Whilst…
To Snub Or To Scathe?
You know you’re exhausted when you place an order for what you think is a new raw material only to discover that you’ve already got it in your lab. In…
Wake Up And Smell The PR – Episode 1 Of The BBC’s Perfume Documentary
Irony is alive and well… at least in the world of TV documentaries. After months of anticipation, those of us based in the UK finally got to watch part 1…
Guest Post: Fragrance Companies – Beware Of Men And Older Women by Elena Vosnaki
It’s a known fact that the fragrance industry generates the majority of its profits from purchases made by women. But men are buyers too, with the need to have their…