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Next Week: Interviews With Benjamin Almairac & Geza Schoen

Persolaise 14th May 2020 0 Comments

Geza Schoen and Benjamin Almairac to be interviewed by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise, May 2020

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Interview With Etienne De Swardt Of Etat Libre D’Orange – Time For Your Questions!

Persolaise 11th May 2020 0 Comments

Etienne De Swardt of Etat Libre D'Orange interviewed live on YouTube by award-winning perfume critic, Persolaise 14 May 2020

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Interview With Gallivant’s Nick Steward – Send In Your Questions

Persolaise 8th May 2020 0 Comments

Gallivant's Nick Steward will be interviewed live by Persolaise on YouTube 13 May 2020 (4:30 pm UK time, 11:30 am New York, 7:30 pm Dubai)

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So… What Would You Like To Ask IFRA?

Persolaise 31st March 2011 28 Comments

Ok, I’ve been teasing you about this for weeks, but the time has come to let the cat out of the bag and enlist your help. The person I’m soon…

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1st Anniversary Competition Winners

Persolaise 19th March 2011 10 Comments

I know everyone always says this, but I can assure you that this time, it’s absolutely true. Choosing my favourite entry in the 1st anniversary competition was no easy task.…

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.

Andy Tauer
Basenotes
Black Narcissus
Bois De Jasmin
Grain De Musc
Now Smell This
Perfume Posse
Perfume Shrine

Next Week: Interviews With Benjamin Almairac & Geza Schoen

Interview With Etienne De Swardt Of Etat Libre D’Orange – Time For Your Questions!

Interview With Gallivant’s Nick Steward – Send In Your Questions

So… What Would You Like To Ask IFRA?

1st Anniversary Competition Winners

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