Hermes Oud Alezan, Diptyque Do Son and other reviews – 2024
It was a mix of old and new (in more senses that one) over on Love At First Scent the other day, when I reviewed the latest addition to the…
It was a mix of old and new (in more senses that one) over on Love At First Scent the other day, when I reviewed the latest addition to the…
It is to his credit that Frederic Malle continues to make us wait a whole year between new releases: he could so easily have given in to the temptation to…
Diptyque L'Eau Papier review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Fabrice Pellegrin, 2023)
Aesop Eidesis review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Barnabe Fillion, 2022)
Penhaligon's Legacy Of Petra (Nathalie Gracia-Cetto; 2022) and Hammam Bouquet (William Penhaligon; 1872) reviews by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise
Diptyque Opsis review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Fabrice Pellegrin, 2022)
Chanel Paris-Paris review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Olivier Polge, 2022)
Penhaligon’s Constantinople review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)
Tom Ford Ebene Fume review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)
Tom Ford Tubereuse Nue review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)
Etat Libre D'Orange Exit The King review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Ralf Schwieger, Cecile Matton; 2020)
Comme Des Garcons Rouge review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2020)
Serge Lutens Fils De Joie review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Christopher Sheldrake, 2020)
Moschino Toy Boy review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Yann Vasnier, 2020)
Tom Ford Rose Prick perfume review by award-winning critic, Persolaise (2020)
It’s not often in perfumery that you’re given an opportunity to witness a scent-maker revisiting and honing a particular idea. Two examples that come to mind are Edmond Roudnitska following…
On the eve of the 7th anniversary of this blog (doesn’t seem possible!) here’s my next Sixty Second Scents video review. This one is of a perfume which I first…
The soundbites If Apsu were a colour, it would be jungle green. If it were a texture, it would be the flesh of a honeydew melon. If it were a…
Ah, dear old lavender. When it’s misused – as it so often is – it’s a whopping clanger of a cliche, plunging a composition into the depths of the generic,…
Wearing Oeillet Bengale makes it clear why the collective noun for a group of carnations is usually ‘spray’. Rodrigo Flores-Roux has put together this new release from Aedes De Venustas…