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Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere Review – Jacques Polge; 2007

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Chanel No 5 Eau Premiere review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2007, Jacques Polge)

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Tiffany & Love For Him Review – Sophie Labbé & Nicolas Beaulieu; 2019

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Tiffany & Love For Him review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2019, Sophie Labbe, Nicolas Beaulieu)

List Perfume review

Best Perfumes For Autumn 2019 – Keeping An Open Mind

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Best perfumes for autumn 2019 by award-winning critic Persolaise (featuring Tom Ford, Gucci, Chanel, Hermes, Tauer, Cartier, Etat Libre D'Orange)

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Gallivant Los Angeles Review – Karine Chevallier; 2019

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Gallivant Los Angeles review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Karine Chevallier, 2019)

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Tauer L’Air Des Alpes Suisses Review in Love At First Scent Episode 44

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Tauer L'Air Des Alpes Suisses review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2019, Andy Tauer)

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Hermes Twilly Eau Poivree Review in Love At First Scent Episode 43

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Hermes Twilly Eau Poivree review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2019, Christine Nagel)

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BDK Wood Jasmin Review – Camille Leguay; 2016

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BDK Wood Jasmin perfume review by award-wining critic Persolaise (2016, 2019, Camille Leguay, David Benedek, scent)

Archive Perfume review

Grossmith Phul-Nana Review – From The Archive

Persolaise 25th September 2019 No Comments

Grossmith Phul Nana review by award-winning perfume critic, Persolaise, with Hasu-No-Hana & Shem-El-Nessim (from the archive, 2010, 2019)

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Le Labo Tabac 28 & Bigarade 18 Review in Love At First Scent Episode 42

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Le Labo Tabac 28 & Bigarade 18 review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (City Exclusive, 2019)

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Frederic Malle Rose & Cuir Review on Love At First Scent Episode 41

Persolaise 23rd September 2019 1 Comment

Frederic Malle Rose & Cuir review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Jean-Claude Ellena, 2019)

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Miller Harris Blousy Review in Love At First Scent Episode 40

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Miller Harris Blousy review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2019, Bertrand Duchaufour)

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Dior Joy Intense Review – François Demachy; 2019

Persolaise 20th September 2019 2 Comments

Dior Joy Intense review, by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Francois Demachy; 2019)

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Ermenegildo Zegna Essenze Madras Cardamom Review in Love At First Scent Episode 39

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Ermenegildo Zegna Essenze Madras Cardamom review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (video, 2019)

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Louis Vuitton Coeur Battant Review in Love At First Scent Episode 38

Persolaise 11th September 2019 No Comments

Louis Vuitton Coeur Battant review, by perfume critic Persolaise (Jacques Cavallier, 2019, scent)

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Chanel Gabrielle Essence Review in Love At First Scent Episode 37

Persolaise 3rd September 2019 No Comments

Chanel Gabrielle Essence review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Olivier Polge, 2019)

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Persolaise Review: Salvatore Ferragamo – Testa Di Moro (Fabrice Pellegrin; 2018) & Chanel – Antaeus (Jacques Polge; 1981)

Persolaise 23rd August 2019 4 Comments

Salvatore Ferragamo Testa Di Moro review & Chanel Antaeus review by award-winning critic, Persolaise (2019, 2018, 1981, Fabrice Pellegrin, Jacques Polge)

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Tom Ford – Metallique – First Impressions

Persolaise 16th August 2019 No Comments

First impressions review of Tom Ford Metallique perfume, by award-winning critic Persolaise (scent, 2019)

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Persolaise Review: Atkinsons – Tulipe Noire (Fabrice Pellegrin; 2019)

Persolaise 26th July 2019 6 Comments

Atkinsons Tulipe Noire perfume review, by award-winning critic Persolaise (Fabrice Pellegrin, 2019, scent)

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Persolaise Review: Mugler – Alien Man Fusion (Jean-Christophe Herault; 2019)

Persolaise 19th July 2019 2 Comments

Mugler Alien Man Fusion review by award-winning critic, Persolaise (Jean-Christophe Herault, masculine, flanker, 2019, scent)

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Persolaise Review: Lavender Extrême from Tom Ford (2019)

Persolaise 21st June 2019 No Comments

Award-winning perfume critic, Persolaise, reviews the new Lavender Extreme from Tom Ford, 2019, scent, fragrance, beauty, Private Blend

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.

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Bois De Jasmin
Now Smell This
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perfume review

Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere Review – Jacques Polge; 2007

Tiffany & Love For Him Review – Sophie Labbé & Nicolas Beaulieu; 2019

Gallivant Los Angeles Review – Karine Chevallier; 2019

Tauer L’Air Des Alpes Suisses Review in Love At First Scent Episode 44

Hermes Twilly Eau Poivree Review in Love At First Scent Episode 43

BDK Wood Jasmin Review – Camille Leguay; 2016

Grossmith Phul-Nana Review – From The Archive

Le Labo Tabac 28 & Bigarade 18 Review in Love At First Scent Episode 42

Frederic Malle Rose & Cuir Review on Love At First Scent Episode 41

Miller Harris Blousy Review in Love At First Scent Episode 40

Dior Joy Intense Review – François Demachy; 2019

Ermenegildo Zegna Essenze Madras Cardamom Review in Love At First Scent Episode 39

Louis Vuitton Coeur Battant Review in Love At First Scent Episode 38

Chanel Gabrielle Essence Review in Love At First Scent Episode 37

Persolaise Review: Salvatore Ferragamo – Testa Di Moro (Fabrice Pellegrin; 2018) & Chanel – Antaeus (Jacques Polge; 1981)

Tom Ford – Metallique – First Impressions

Persolaise Review: Atkinsons – Tulipe Noire (Fabrice Pellegrin; 2019)

Persolaise Review: Mugler – Alien Man Fusion (Jean-Christophe Herault; 2019)

Persolaise Review: Lavender Extrême from Tom Ford (2019)

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