Vintage YSL Opium, Faberge Brut & Shulton Old Spice reviews
Persolaise The time warps went into overdrive on my YouTube channel the other day when I presented reviews of not one, but three vintage versions of some of the best known…
20,000 Subscribers On YouTube! – Special ‘Ask Me Anything’ Episode Of Love At First Scent
Numbers aren’t everything. But they’re not to be sneezed at either. So I was truly delighted the other day when my YouTube app showed me that I’d gone over the…
Best Classic Perfumes 1 – Scented Memory Lane
A selection of the best classic perfumes, chosen by award-winning critic Persolaise (feat. YSL Opium, Dior Dune)
The Revolution Of Niche – An Interview With Michael Edwards
Soon after I interviewed Guerlain’s Sylvaine Delacourte at the launch of the DFS Masters Of Fragrances exhibition in Abu Dhabi, I managed to snatch a few minutes of conversation with…
Perfume, Poland And The Past – Scented Memories On All Saints’ Day
“Sometimes, this is not easy,” she says. “You know, after a long day at work, when you’re far away from home and nobody has much time for you, the last…
Persolaise Review: Ylang 49 (Frank Voelkl) and Lys 41 (Daphné Bugey) from Le Labo (2013)
THIS POST WAS SHORTLISTED IN THE ‘DIGITAL’ CATEGORY OF THE 2013 JASMINE AWARDS Wearing Ylang 49 has reminded me of a claim several perfumers have made about fragrance critics: apparently…
Is Poison On Its Way Back? – A Perfume Trend For Winter 2013
Predicting trends is a dubious business: as long as you do it often enough, a few of your pronouncements will inevitably turn out to be correct. That’s one of the…
Tauer Advent Give-Away + Quentin Bisch Interview
Ian Denyer‘s 2011 Perfume documentaries featured many prominent members of the fragrance industry. Jean-Paul Guerlain, Thierry Wasser, Jean-Claude Ellena, Chandler Burr, Roja Dove and several others were all allowed considerable…
Persolaise Review: Noir from Tom Ford + Blackberry & Bay from Jo Malone + Loretta from Tableau De Parfums (2012)
Loretta has a secret, but she hides it in plain sight. The first time she digs her claws into your neck, you experience a moment of fear, but you quickly…
Houston, I Think We Have A Training Issue
One of the joys of going perfume shopping is that you never know quite what you’re going to get from an encounter with a Sales Assistant. The other day I…
Guest Post: A Brief Exploration Of The Sense Of Smell by Ronny Geller
What was the first smell of significance you remember? And the first perfume you loved? When Persolaise asked whether I might be interested in doing a guest post on his…
Perfume Regulation On The BBC
UK readers may like to click on this link to listen to the latest podcast of BBC Radio 4’s You & Yours. About 27 minutes into the episode you’ll find…
More Opium
Some of you may recall my brief lament for the loss of YSL’s majestic Opium. Well, in the name of courteous reciprocal linking, I’d like to draw your attention to…
I Need My Hit
Further to my last post, I can’t help mentioning that, at the airport, en route to the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque, I actually sampled some of what’s being…
Somewhere Between Europe And Asia
This blog will be quiet for a little while, because I’ll soon be rummaging through the wares on offer at Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar. Wifi permitting, I might upload a few…