Persolaise Mini-Reviews: January to March 2018 [part 1]
Persolaise For more mini-reviews, please click here. Agar Ebene from Hermès (Christine Nagel; 2018)* One of five new entries in the Hermessence collection composed by Christine Nagel. This one takes a…
Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter – April to June 2015 [part 2]
Here’s part 2 of my round-up of Twitter mini-reviews, from April to June 2015. La Panthère Eau Légère from Cartier (Mathilde Laurent; 2015)* Lighter, more accessible version of the growling…
Mona Di Orio (1969-2011)
Photo: Les Senteurs I’m sure most of you have heard the sad news that Mona Di Orio unexpectedly passed away on Friday. Several blogs, Facebook pages and Twitter feeds have…
Review: The Disappointments (2011)
Here’s something that doesn’t happen very often: I don’t have a perfume I’d like to review this week. To be more precise, I’ve got plenty which I could review, but…
New Cure For Insomnia: Counting Perfume Releases
It’s the final week of August, the holiday’s nearly over and life will soon have to return to normal at Maison Persolaise. It’s going to take a little while for…
Mona Di Orio Draw Winner + Impossible Potion – Episode 2 Of The BBC’s Perfume Documentary
Despite the best efforts of an eccentric, pipe-smoking, kilt-wearing American, the trans-Atlantic battle in the second episode of BBC Four’s Perfume documentary is again won by France. In this instalment,…
Sample Give-Away + Review: Vanille from Mona Di Orio (2011)
A perfume should be able to speak for itself. But on some occasions, hearing its creator explain the logic behind its formulation adds considerable depth to how the scent is…