Don’t Mind My Shoulder Pads – Top 10 Perfumes Leading The Eighties Revival
Persolaise Please click on the following link for my Substack post on new scents that are taking us back to the eighties: Top 10 modern eighties perfumes. Persolaise
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More Matches Made In Heaven – Top 10 Perfumes For Valentine’s Day 2026
For this year’s Valentine’s Day list, I’ve gone back to the library and matched some famous fictional couples with perfumes. Here’s a link to the YouTube video: Perfumes for iconic…
The Slow Burn – Top 10 Best Tobacco Perfumes
Smoking may be a socially dubious activity these days — and rightly so — but there’s no doubt whatsoever about the allure of tobacco perfumes, which is why I featured…
Top 10 Best Perfumes For Winter 2025 – A Light In The Darkness
Perfume as a light with which to combat the darkness — that was the theme of my latest seasonal Top 10 broadcast, in which I presented my scented recommendations for…
Scents For Classic Halloween Characters – Top 10 Perfumes For 2025
For this year’s Halloween list, I paired perfumes with some classic costume ideas, and enlisted a bit of visual assistance from Google Gemini. Here’s a link to the video: Top…
Parfum D’Empire Madagascar Le Baume Vanille, Diptyque Lazulio, Le Labo Osmanthus 19 and other reviews – 2025
Osmanthus 19 4:10Eucalyptus 20 15:20 One of the few enjoyable things about summer ending is that it means I get to resume my YouTube broadcasts and my interactions with all…
Top 10 Modern Retro Perfumes + Guerlain Vetiver Fauve review (Delphine Jelk; 2025)
I suspect Guerlain didn’t think that a vetiver composition would turn out to be polarising, but this is exactly what seems to be happening with Vetiver Fauve, their latest addition…
Top 10 Perfumes For Summer 2025 – Super-Joy Scents!
Perfume feels increasingly trivial at a time when more corners of the world are being plunged into darkness. But joy is never trivial. So as spring turns to summer, I…
Top 10 Perfumes For Spring 2025 – Scents Of Peace
It feels as though peace is in short supply at the moment. And although it’s probably safe to predict that no perfumers will be winning any Nobel prizes any time…
The Top 25 Perfumes Of The 21st Century… So Far
As 2024 came to an end, many of you asked if I’d compile a rundown of the best perfumes of the decade so far. I found the idea appealing —…
Christmas 2024 Perfume Gift Guide
I have no doubt that the vast majority of you are forward-thinking, super-organised, careful-planning types, so I expect you finished all your Christmas shopping in October. However, if some of…
Top 10 Perfumes For Halloween 2024 – Scents Of Darkness
It’s that time of year again when demons, witches and goblins take over the world. I’ve never been one for ‘celebrating’ Halloween, but as you know, I can’t resist a…
Crivelli Cuir Infrarouge, Parfum D’Empire Un Bel Amour D’Ete, Buly Jardins Francais and other reviews – 2024
From late-night clubs to herbal gardens via steamy summer trysts — all sorts of carnal pleasures were on offer during my recent session of Love At First Scent episodes, in…
Top 10 Perfumes For Summer 2024 – Energising Scents
As I type these words, the summer solstice is just a few hours away, which means it’s the perfect time to present my latest seasonal list: Top 10 perfumes for…
Akro Infuse, Rendez-Vous, Parfum D’Empire showcase and other reviews – 2024
An unusual cup of tea was on offer in a recent episode of Love At First Scent, in the form of the new Akro Infuse (Olivier Cresp). In the same…
Top 10 Challenging Perfumes – Scents That Aren’t Always Easy To Pull Off
Things got a little bit whiffy in my virtual studio the other day… but in the most compelling way. Taking my cue from a suggestion made by one of you,…
Hermes H24 edp, Byredo Eyes Closed, Parfum D’Empire Vetiver Bourbon and other reviews – 2022
Hermes H24 edp (Christine Nagel), Byredo Eyes Closed, Parfum D'Empire Vetiver Bourbon (Marc-Antoine Corticchiato), Pierre Guillaume Tonka Bodykon (Pierre Guillaume), Bogue 10 edt and 20 edp (Antonio Gardoni) and MDCI…
Top 10 Best Green Perfumes 2021
Top 10 best green perfumes chosen by award-winning critic Persolaise( feat. Guerlain, Chanel, Olfactive Studio, Cartier, Hermes, Tom Ford, Parfum D'Empire, Ulrich Lang; 2021)
More Parfum D’Empire, Diorella and Frederic Malle Discontinuations – Skin Time July 2021
Skin Time July 2021 – Persolaise reviews Parfum D’Empire, Diorella and Un Jardin Sur Le Nil, with some thoughts on Frederic Malle discontinuations
Best Perfumes For Summer 2021 – The Sultry Summer Of Love
Best perfumes for summer 2021, selected by award-winning critic Persolaise (feat. Chanel, Frederic Malle, Serge Lutens, Tom Ford, Penhaligon's and others)