Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Rosa Magnifica Review – Mathilde Laurent; 1999
Persolaise I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I learn at least as much from all of you as you do from me. The latest evidence of this was…
Top 10 Best Alternative Perfumes For Summer 2022
Best perfumes for summer 2022 selected by award-winning critic Persolaise, feat. Cartier, Guerlain, Frederic Malle, Etat Libre D'Orange, Les Indemodables, Comme Des Garcons, Perris, Histoires De Parfums, The Different Company,…
Veronique Gabai Interview
Veronique Gabai interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)
Cartier Declaration Haute Fraicheur Review – Mathilde Laurent; 2022
Cartier Declaration Haute Fraicheur review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Mathilde Laurent, 2022)
Cartier Oud & Pink, L’Heure Osee and Pure Rose Review – Mathilde Laurent; 2021
Cartier Oud & Pink, Pure Rose and L’Heure Osee reviews by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Mathilde Laurent, 2021)
The Ecstasy Of The Extrait – Persolaise In The Scented Letter
Award-winning perfume critic Persolaise on extraits in The Scented Letter, with Thierry Wasser, Mathilde Laurent, Francis Kurkdjian
Cartier La Panthere Parfum Review – Mathilde Laurent; 2020
Cartier La Panthere Parfum review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Mathilde Laurent, 2020)
Guerlain Shalimar 95th Anniversary Video Now On YouTube
Guerlain Shalimar review video by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise now on YouTube
Persolaise Review: Oud & Menthe from Cartier (Mathilde Laurent; 2019)
Persolaise reviews the perfume Oud & Menthe from Cartier (composed by Mathilde Laurent, 2019, fragrance, scent)
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: L’Envol eau de toilette from Cartier (Mathilde Laurent; 2017)
Here comes another Sixty Second Scents review: the new eau de toilette of Cartier‘s L’Envol, composed by Mathilde Laurent. To watch it on YouTube.com, please click here. Persolaise
Father’s Day Inspiration – Persolaise Joins The Perfume Pros On YouTube
A short while ago, I was honoured to be invited by the Perfume Pros to join them for a series of videos on their YouTube channel about masculine perfumery. The…
French Coca-Cola In New York – Cartier’s Mathilde Laurent On Working With Oud
In 2014, when Cartier launched their three oud scents – Oud & Rose, Oud & Musc and Oud & Oud (yes, really) – I confess I was rather disappointed. Yet…
A New Type Of Femininity – Cartier’s Mathilde Laurent On Female Perfumers, Guerlain & L’Heure Perdue
“With La Panthère, I really wanted to renew the femininity you can find on the market. I wanted to offer something different. Because I thought at that moment that femininity…
Mathilde Laurent On Habit Rouge
As soon as she graduated from ISIPCA, Cartier‘s current in-house perfumer, Mathilde Laurent, started working at Guerlain. So when I met up with her in Paris a few weeks ago,…
Bertrand Duchaufour On Habit Rouge
One of the most prolific and highly-respected perfumers of our time, Bertrand Duchaufour has never concealed his admiration for the work of Guerlain. Here’s his contribution to my series of…
Persolaise Review: La Panthère extrait from Cartier (Mathilde Laurent; 2014)
Cartier‘s menagerie is growing. Less than a year since the eau de parfum of La Panthère was released, the brand has just revealed the extrait version – in an equally…
Persolaise Review: La Panthère from Cartier (Mathilde Laurent; 2014)
Mathilde Laurent‘s La Panthère for Cartier is a curious beast. Several commentators have been coaxed into blissful submission by what they’ve discerned as a warm, seductive purr emanating from the…
Persolaise Review: Dior Homme Eau For Men from Christian Dior (François Demachy), Déclaration L’Eau from Cartier (Mathilde Laurent) & Terre D’Hermès Eau Très Fraîche from Hermès (Jean-Claude Ellena)
I still haven’t signed up to the policy which says that the arrival of warmer weather means we can wear only light scents. I always enjoy a spritz of sharp…
Happy 2014!
A lemon blossom photographed in 2013 a short distance from Maison Persolaise Okay, it’s time to pack away the fairy lights and get this blog-shaped ball rolling again. A very…
Persolaise Review: L’Heure Vertueuse from Cartier (Mathilde Laurent; 2012)
Over the course of the festive season, I thought I could smell Mathilde Laurent‘s L’Heure Vertueuse everywhere. When I was chopping sprigs of thyme, tarragon and rosemary to go into…