MDCI La Surprise (Cecile Zarokian) & L’Aimee (Nathalie Feisthauer) Review – 2020
Persolaise MDCI La Surprise and L’Aimee review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Cecile Zarokian, Nathalie Feistahuer, 2020)
Escentric Molecules 05 Review – Geza Schoen; 2020
Escentric Molecules 05 perfume review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Geza Schoen, 2020)
Hermes Voyage D’Hermes Review – From The Archive
Hermes Voyage D'Hermes review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Jean-Claude Ellena, 2010, from the archive)
Nez 1+1 Hong Kong Oolong Review – Maurice Roucel; 2019
Nez 1+1 Hong Kong Oolong review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Maurice Roucel, 2019)
Buly Louvre Collection Review – 2019
Buly Louvre perfume collection review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Nymph With A Scorpion by Annick Menardo, The Lock by Delphine Lebeau, 2019)
Maison Francis Kurkdjian L’Eau A La Rose Review – Francis Kurkdjian; 2019
Maison Francis Kurkdjian L'Eau A La Rose review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Francis Kurkdjian, 2019)
Etat Libre D’Orange She Was An Anomaly Review – Daniela Andrier; 2019
Etat Libre D'Orange She Was An Anomaly review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Daniela Andrier, 2019)
L’Artisan Parfumeur Le Chant De Camargue Review – Alberto Morillas; 2019
L'Artisan Parfumer Chant De Camargue review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Alberto Morillas, 2019)
Frederic Malle Cologne Indelebile Review – From The Archive
Frederic Malle Cologne Indelebile review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Dominique Ropion, 2015, from the archive)
Persolaise Review: Joy from Christian Dior (Francois Demachy; 2018)
Dior Joy review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Francois Demachy; 2018)
Persolaise Review: 50 ml D’Ambiguité from Marlou (2017)
I do love a perfume name that makes me laugh. In much the same way that Etat Libre D’Orange’s Rien always elicits a chuckle – because, in fact, it contains…
Persolaise Review: Cardamusc from Hermès (Christine Nagel; 2018)
I have spent a disgraceful amount of time trying to write this particular piece, as I have never been in the position of composing anything quite like it. One false…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: Alien Musc Mysterieux from Mugler (Dominique Ropion; 2017)
Time for a dose of Sixty Second Scents. Today it’s the turn of yet another Mugler flanker: Alien Musc Mysterieux. If you’d prefer to watch it on the YouTube site,…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: CK All from Calvin Klein (Alberto Morillas & Harry Fremont; 2017)
Do we need another flanker to CK One? Turns out that we do. Here’s my Sixty Second Scents review of the brand new CK All, put together by Alberto Morillas…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents – Outrageous from Editions De Parfums Frederic Malle (Sophia Grojsman; 2007/2017
Here’s another Sixty Second Scents video review for you: Sophia Grojsman‘s Outrageous for Frederic Malle, which has just come out of its exclusivity to Barneys and joined the brand’s regular…
Persolaise Review: Cologne Indelebile from Editions De Parfums Frederic Malle (Dominique Ropion; 2015)
Frederic Malle Cologne Indelebile review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Dominique Ropion, 2015)
Persolaise Review: No. 10 White Oud from Agonist (2014)
Before you scream in horror at the sight of that dreaded three-letter word, let me tell you one thing: No. 10 White Oud is an oud which doesn’t even pretend…
Persolaise Review: Aromatics In White from Clinique (Nicolas Beaulieu; 2015)
By the pricking of my thumbs, something musky this way comes. Or should that be, “something snowy”? Two trends seem to be gaining momentum in the perfume world – i)…
Persolaise Review: Oumma from 777 (Stéphane Humbert-Lucas; 2013)
If you’re going to do something that’s been done before, you’d better do it well. And if the thing you’re going to do is artistically suspect and quite possibly mercenary,…
Persolaise Review: Thirty Three from Ex Idolo (perfumer unknown; 2013)
This was one I approached with dread. “It’s an oud,” I was told. ‘Just kill me now,’ I thought to myself. “It’s exceptionally good,” they said. ‘Please, make it quick,’…