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Armani Prive Cypres Pantelleria Review – Alberto Morillas; 2021

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Armani Prive Cypres Pantelleria review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Alberto Morillas, 2021)

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Bulgari Le Gemme Azaran Review – Jacques Cavallier; 2021

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

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Dior Tobacolor Review – Francois Demachy; 2021

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

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Serge Lutens Perilleusement Votre Review – Christopher Sheldrake; 2020

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Serge Lutens Perilleusement Votre review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Christopher Sheldrake, 2020)

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Diptyque Orpheon Review – Olivier Pescheux; 2021

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Diptyque Orpheon review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Olivier Pescheux, 2021)

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Best Perfumes Of The 80s With Max Forti

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Best perfumes of the 80s, chosen by Max Forti and award-winning perfume critic Persolaise

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Cartier Oud & Pink, L’Heure Osee and Pure Rose Review – Mathilde Laurent; 2021

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Cartier Oud & Pink, Pure Rose and L’Heure Osee reviews by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Mathilde Laurent, 2021)

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Tom Ford Tubereuse Nue Review – 2021

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Tom Ford Tubereuse Nue review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

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L’Artisan Parfumeur Nuit De Tubereuse Review (Bertrand Duchaufour; 2010) & 11 Years Of Persolaise

Persolaise 15th March 2021 2 Comments

L’Artisan Parfumeur Nuit De Tubereuse review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Bertrand Duchaufour, 2010)

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Olfactive Studio Violet Shot Review – Dominique Ropion; 2019

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Olfactive Studio Violet Shot review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Dominique Ropion, 2019)

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Brioni Review – Michel Almairac; 2021

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Brioni 2021 eau de parfum review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Michel Almairac, 2021)

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Top 10 Best Exciting Perfumes With Max Forti

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Top 10 best exciting perfumes, with Persolaise and Max Forti (feat, Serge Lutens, Frederic Malle, Tom Ford, Faberge, Amouroud, YSL, Daniel Josier, Byredo, Parfumerie Generale, Olactive Studio)

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Serge Lutens La Dompteuse Encagee Review – Christopher Sheldrake; 2021

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Serge Lutens La Dompteuse Encagee review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Christopher Sheldrake, 2021)

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Versace Eros edp Review – Olivier Pescheux; 2020

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Versace Eros edp review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Olivier Pescheux, 2020)

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Best Perfumes Of The 70s and Estee Lauder Private Collection Review – Vincent Marcello; 1974

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Best perfumes of the 1970s selected by award-winning critic Persolaise & review of Estee Lauder Private Collection (Vincent Marcello, 1974)

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Hermes H24 Review – Christine Nagel; 2021

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Hermes H24 review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Christine Nagel, 2021)

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Guerlain Embruns D’Ylang Review – Thierry Wasser; 2019

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Guerlain Embruns D’Ylang review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Thierry Wasser, 2019)

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Guerlain L’Heure De Nuit Review – Thierry Wasser; 2012

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Guerlain L'Heure De Nuit review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Thierry Wasser, 2012)

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The House Of Oud Crop 2017 Review – Andrea Thero Casotti; 2017

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House Of Oud Crop 2017 review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Andrea Thero Casotti, 2017)

Interview Video

Lush Perfumer Emma Dick Live Interview

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Lush perfumer Emma Dick live interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

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.

To read my award winning London Perfume Shopping Guide, please click here.

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.

Basenotes
Black Narcissus
Bois De Jasmin
Now Smell This
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Armani Prive Cypres Pantelleria Review – Alberto Morillas; 2021

Bulgari Le Gemme Azaran Review – Jacques Cavallier; 2021

Dior Tobacolor Review – Francois Demachy; 2021

Serge Lutens Perilleusement Votre Review – Christopher Sheldrake; 2020

Diptyque Orpheon Review – Olivier Pescheux; 2021

Cartier Oud & Pink, L’Heure Osee and Pure Rose Review – Mathilde Laurent; 2021

Tom Ford Tubereuse Nue Review – 2021

L’Artisan Parfumeur Nuit De Tubereuse Review (Bertrand Duchaufour; 2010) & 11 Years Of Persolaise

Olfactive Studio Violet Shot Review – Dominique Ropion; 2019

Brioni Review – Michel Almairac; 2021

Serge Lutens La Dompteuse Encagee Review – Christopher Sheldrake; 2021

Versace Eros edp Review – Olivier Pescheux; 2020

Hermes H24 Review – Christine Nagel; 2021

Guerlain Embruns D’Ylang Review – Thierry Wasser; 2019

Guerlain L’Heure De Nuit Review – Thierry Wasser; 2012

The House Of Oud Crop 2017 Review – Andrea Thero Casotti; 2017

Lush Perfumer Emma Dick Live Interview

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