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Veronique Gabai Interview

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Veronique Gabai interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)

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The Ghost Perfumer By Gabe Oppenheim Book Review

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The Ghost Perfumer by Gabe Oppenheim book review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)

Perfume review Video

Chanel No. 1 L’Eau Rouge (2022)

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Chanel No. 1 L’Eau Rouge review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Olivier Polge, 2022)

Interview Video

Gabe Oppenheim, The Ghost Perfumer, Live Interview

Persolaise 18th January 2022 4 Comments

Gabe Oppenheim, The Ghost Perfumer author, interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)

List Perfume review Video

Top 10 Best Perfumes Of 2021 – Hovering In Limbo

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Top 10 best perfumes of 2021 selected by award-winning critic Persolaise

Interview Video

Bayly Ledes – Robert Piguet Parfums – Live Interview

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Interview with Bayly Ledes (Robert Piguet, Fashion Fragrances & Cosmetics CEO) by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

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Thierry Wasser Interview Now On YouTube

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Guerlain perfumer Thierry Wasser interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

Interview Video

Olivier Cresp Live Interview

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Interview with master perfumer Olivier Cresp by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

Interview

Persolaise Interview On @fragrenturesofmark

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Award-winning perfume critic Persolaise interviewed by @fragrenturesofmark October 2021

Interview Video

Christopher Yu Ostens Live Interview

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Christopher Yu Ostens interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

Interview Video

David Benedek BDK Parfums Live Interview

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David Benedek BDK Parfums interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

Interview Video

Acqua Di Parma Interview – Bergamotto Di Calabria La Spugnatura

Persolaise 24th April 2021 1 Comment

Interview with Paola Paganini, Product Development & Innovation Manager at Acqua Di Parma, by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

Interview Video

Masque Milano Alessandro Brun Interview

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Masque Milano Alessandro Brun interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2021)

Interview Video

Escentric Molecules Molecule + Geza Schoen Interview

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Geza Schoen Escentric Molecules Molecule + interview 2021 by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise

Cinema Scent

Nose Film Review (dir. Clement Beauvais; 2021)

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Nose perfume documentary review by award-winning writer Persolaise (2021)

List Perfume review

Best Perfumes Of 2020 – A Time For Seeking Beauty

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Best perfumes of 2020 selected by award-winning critic Persolaise

Interview Video

And Fragrance Simon Constantine Live Interview

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Simon Constantine And Fragrance interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2020)

Interview Perfume review

Histoires De Parfums Interview Now On YouTube

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Histoires De Parfums Brand Ambassador Alexandre Helwani live interview by award-winning perfume critic, Persolaise, 2020

Interview

Persolaise On Max Forti – Interview

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Persolaise interviewed by YouTube perfume channel host, Max Forti, 2020

Interview Video

Renaud Salmon Amouage Interview Now On YouTube

Persolaise 30th June 2020 3 Comments

Renaud Salmon Amouage Creative Experience Officer live interview by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise, 2020

I am a four-time Jasmine Award winning writer with a lifelong interest in the world of fine fragrance.

I have written for Harrods Magazine, The Sunday Times, Conde Nast Traveller, Wallpaper*, Business Traveller, Grazia, Feelunique, Glass, The Scented Letter, Basenotes.net and Now Smell This, amongst others. I have been a regular columnist for Esprit Magazine and ParfumPlus.

My knowledge and expertise have been recommended by the Financial Times, the BBC, The Guardian, The Observer, Die Zeit and several other publications.

My perfume guide, Le Snob: Perfume, is published by Hardie Grant. For more information and to order a copy, please click here.

To read my award winning London Perfume Shopping Guide, please click here.

Please feel free to write to me at persolaise at gmail dot com or by using the email form on my Contact page.

Persolaise.com features reviews of perfumes, interviews with fragrance industry figures and general articles related to the world of scent. The site is not affiliated in any way to any brands*, wholesalers, retailers or organisations involved with the fragrance industry.

All reviews are entirely independent. The content of posts is never ‘sponsored’ by any external agencies.

Some reviews are based on samples provided by brands; others are based on samples obtained by the author. This has no bearing on the content of the reviews.

* I am occasionally commissioned by brands to carry out specific projects, such as consultancy or copywriting. In such situations, I do not review the relevant brands’ perfumes for an extended period of time, nor do I mention the brands in any posts/articles where perfumes from several brands are presented as part of a selection/collection.

Regrettably, my current site provider doesn’t offer an automatically-updated blogroll facility, so the best I can do is this set of links to the other blogs I try to read. I believe many of the below have some kind of subscription function that works either through email or social media, so perhaps you could use that to receive updates about new posts. If anyone knows of some way to include a ‘live’ blogroll widget on WordPress, please get in touch.

Basenotes
Black Narcissus
Bois De Jasmin
Now Smell This
Parfumo

perfume industry

Veronique Gabai Interview

The Ghost Perfumer By Gabe Oppenheim Book Review

Chanel No. 1 L’Eau Rouge (2022)

Gabe Oppenheim, The Ghost Perfumer, Live Interview

Bayly Ledes – Robert Piguet Parfums – Live Interview

Thierry Wasser Interview Now On YouTube

Olivier Cresp Live Interview

Persolaise Interview On @fragrenturesofmark

Christopher Yu Ostens Live Interview

David Benedek BDK Parfums Live Interview

Acqua Di Parma Interview – Bergamotto Di Calabria La Spugnatura

Masque Milano Alessandro Brun Interview

Escentric Molecules Molecule + Geza Schoen Interview

Nose Film Review (dir. Clement Beauvais; 2021)

And Fragrance Simon Constantine Live Interview

Histoires De Parfums Interview Now On YouTube

Persolaise On Max Forti – Interview

Renaud Salmon Amouage Interview Now On YouTube

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