Nicolai Riviera Verbena Review – Patricia De Nicolai; 2022
Persolaise Nicolai Riviera Verbena review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Patricia De Nicolai, 2022)
Hermes H24, Dior Oud Rosewood, Frederic Malle The Night and other reviews – Skin Time August 2021
Skin Time August 2021 - Persolaise reviews Hermes H24, Nicolai Cap Neroli, Olfactive Studio Iris Shot, Chanel Paris-Edimbourg, Dior Oud Rosewood, Frederic Malle The Night
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: Patchouli Sublime from Nicolaï (Patricia De Nicolaï; 2017)
For my latest dose of Sixty Second Scents, I’ve turned to the new release from Patricia De Nicolaï: Patchouli Sublime. You can watch the review above or directly on YouTube…
Persolaise Review: Rose Royale from Nicolaï (Patricia De Nicolaï; 2017)
Perfumery is often an exercise in minor variations. Pick a familiar tune. Give it a subtle twist. Change the tempo. And voila: you’ve ended up with something that manages to…
Persolaise Review: Oud Sublime from Nicolaï (Patricia De Nicolaï; 2016)
The soundbites If Oud Sublime were a colour, it would be deep maroon. If it were a fabric, it would be expensive upholstery velvet. If it were a piece of…
Persolaise Review: L’Eau Corail from Nicolaï (Patricia De Nicolaï; 2015)
Trust Patricia De Nicolaï to prove that ‘fruity’ doesn’t always have to mean ‘loopy’. Had it been put together by a high street brand, her new Eau Corail would almost…
Patricia De Nicolaï On Habit Rouge
Patricia De Nicolaï has Guerlain flowing through her veins: she is the great-granddaughter of Pierre Guerlain and the niece of Jean-Paul Guerlain. So it’s fitting that I begin my week-long…
Persolaise Review: Amber Oud and Rose Oud from Nicolaï (Patricia De Nicolaï; 2013)
Ah, the power of peer pressure! A few years ago, you needed quite a few fingers to count the number of brands who said they’d “never do an oud.” Now,…
Staying Alive – A Trip To The Osmothèque
For a moment, I wonder if the thing is going to leap out and attack me. Curled into the base of a steel box, it’s a tangle of what looks…
Persolaise Review: Lys Du Desert from Decennial + Coeur En Mai from MDCI + J’Adore L’Absolu from Christian Dior (2012)
It’s not often that a perfume brand celebrates the arrival of a reformulation, but that’s exactly what’s happened with MDCI. 2009’s Coeur En Mai recently fell foul of IFRA guidelines,…