Ask Me Anything To Mark 600 Episodes Of Love At First Scent
Persolaise The other day I reached episode 600 of my Love At First Scent series, but as I didn’t want to devote any portion of that instalment to anything other than…
Perfume
Before & After – Quentin Bisch – La Fin Du Monde & Aldebaran
– I first became aware of Quentin Bisch not by smelling one of his works but by seeing him on my TV screen. In the second episode of Ian Denyer’s…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 23 Now On YouTube – 190 Years Of Guerlain – Anniversary Special
On Friday 30th November, I broadcast the 23rd episode of Love At First Scent: a special instalment celebrating the 190th anniversary of Guerlain. It’s now available on YouTube and you…
Persolaise On Feelunique Instagram Live This Thursday
For my next live video stream, I’m going to be joining the wonderful people at Feelunique and broadcasting a perfume Q&A session through their Instagram channel, so please do try…
Persolaise Mini-Reviews: August to September 2018 [part 1]
For more mini-reviews, please click here. Aura eau de toilette from Mugler (2018)* Plays it even safer than the edp, toning down the vine-y greenness to make more room for…
6 Perfume Styles Everyone Should Own – Persolaise On Feelunique
In my latest article for Feelunique, I provide a few recommendations for ensuring that your perfume wardrobe contains at least one example of each of the main scent styles.To see…
Who Am I Today? – Persolaise On Feelunique
image: Feelunique The mood-shifting – or should that be ‘mood-reflecting? – power of perfume is the subject of my first article of the year for Feelunique. Please click here to…
Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter: April to June 2017 [part 2]
For more mini-reviews, please click here. Orange Leaf from Perfumer H (Lyn Harris; 2017)* Cologne-like presentation of a vivid citrus leaf on a smouldering bark of wood. Displays typical Harris…
Knowing How To Seduce – Interview With Nathalie Feisthauer On Basenotes
image: Basenotes At the recent London launch of Aedes De Venustas‘ Pelargonium, I managed to interview its creator, Nathalie Feisthauer (Eau Des Merveilles, Honour Man, Putain Des Palaces). Our lively…
Luxury Perfumes – Persolaise On Fashionbeans
image: Fashionbeans Male grooming expert and award-winning writer Lee Kynaston has just published a piece on Fashionbeans about ‘luxury’ perfumes for men. It features a few contributions from me, so…
Live Coverage Of 2017 Fragrance Foundation UK Awards – But Will It Be Twitter Or Facebook?
By the time this post pops up I’ll be on the way to London for tonight’s Fragrance Foundation UK Awards ceremony. I hope to bring you live coverage of the…
Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter: April to June 2016 [part 2]
Here’s the second part of my latest round-up of mini-reviews: Eau Parfumée Au Thé Noir from Bulgari (Jacques Cavallier; 2015)** Excellent attempt to create oud cologne. The agar-rose-leather heart is…
The Persolaise Guide To The Best Oud Perfumes In ParfumPlus
Some of you may remember that in 2014 I published my guide to the best oud perfumes (please click here to read it). An edited version of that post has…
Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter – January to March 2015 [part 2]
Here’s part 2 of my digest of mini-reviews from Twitter, spanning January to March 2015. For part 1, please click here. À La Rose from Maison Francis Kurkdjian (Francis Kurkdjian;…
Best Perfumes Of 2014 – A Time For Looking Back
If a pining for the past is a sign of social disquiet, then 2014 must have been a worrying year for the perfume industry: a significant proportion of new releases…
Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter – July to September 2014 [part 1]
Here’s another round-up of my mini-reviews from Twitter, this time spanning the period July to September 2014. Royal Extract from Guerlain (Thierry Wasser (& Mathilde Laurent?); 2014)** This new Harrods…
Kicking Up A Stink – The Definitive Guide To The Best Oud Perfumes
Guide to the best oud perfumes by award-winning critic Persolaise (feat. Tom Ford, Amouage, Dior, Le Labo, Montale, Nicolai, Ajmal, Francis Kurkdjian)
Persolaise’s Summer 2014 Perfumes In ParfumPlus
An edited version of my post on perfumes for summer 2014 has appeared in the latest issue of ParfumPlus magazine. If you’d like to read it, please click on this…
Change Is Here – Estée Lauder Buys Frederic Malle
It’s been only a few days since the announcement was made that Editions De Parfums Frederic Malle is to be bought by Estée Lauder, but already the finger-waggers are crawling…
What We Really Wore This Summer – 2014
Guess what, I think we have a regular feature on our hands. About a year ago, I posted an article about the scents which Madame Persolaise and I actually wore…