Vintage YSL Opium, Faberge Brut & Shulton Old Spice reviews
Persolaise The time warps went into overdrive on my YouTube channel the other day when I presented reviews of not one, but three vintage versions of some of the best known…
Guerlain Neroli Plein Sud, Aqua Allegoria Florabloom, Hermes H24 Herbes Vives and Ffern reviews – 2024
An air of bracing freshness swept through my most recent episode of Love At First Scent, thanks to the sunny vitality of Guerlain’s new Neroli Plein Sud, their blossom-focussed Florabloom,…
Chanel Coco review – Jacques Polge; 1984
It’s currently cool to be dismissive of Coco, in much the same way that it’s deemed acceptable to be snooty about Chance. Curiously, there’s a whiff of ageism in the…
Comme Des Garcons Daphne Review – Antoine Lie; 2009
In a recent interview, perfumer Antoine Lie stated that he approaches scent creation in sculptural terms, in the sense that he wants his perfumes to project a distinct shape in…
Lubin Akkad Review – Delphine Thierry; 2012
It’s very difficult for perfumers to say anything new about amber. With Guerlain Shalimar at one end of the chronological spectrum and Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan just about at the…
Gucci A Reason To Love, Juliette Has A Gun Ego Stratis, Marc-Antoine Barrois Encelade and other reviews – 2022
Juliette Has A Gun Ego Stratis, Gucci A Reason To Love (Alberto Morillas), Givenchy Equivoque, Laboratorio Olfattivo (Jean-Claude Ellena), Ginori 1835 Rajathra Palace, Marc-Antoine Barrois Encelade (Quentin Bisch) and Dior…
Penhaligon’s Legacy Of Petra (Nathalie Gracia-Cetto; 2022) and Hammam Bouquet (William Penhaligon; 1872) Reviews
Penhaligon's Legacy Of Petra (Nathalie Gracia-Cetto; 2022) and Hammam Bouquet (William Penhaligon; 1872) reviews by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise
Guerlain Ouds, Quartana Ierofante, Francesca Bianchi Unspoken Musk Reviews – 2022
Guerlain Oud Nude (Delphine Jelk), Oud Khol (Thierry Wasser), Cherry Oud (Delphine Jelk), Quartana Ierofante (Luca Maffei), Francesca Bianchi Unspoken Musk (Francesca Bianchi) reviews by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (2022)
Kenzo Homme eau de parfum Review – Quentin Bisch; 2022
Kenzo Homme eau de parfum review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Quentin Bisch; 2022)
Guerlain Epices Exquises Review – Thierry Wasser & Delphine Jelk; 2022
Guerlain Epices Exquises review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Thierry Wasser, Delphine Jelk, 2022)
Bon Parfumeur 101, 602, 702 Review
Bon Parfumeur 101, 602, 702 review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Alexandra Monet, Nathalie Koobus, Juliette Karagueuzoglu, 2022)
Eris Scorpio Rising Review – Antoine Lie; 2022
Eris Scorpio Rising review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Antoine Lie, 2022)
Top 10 Best Spice Perfumes 2021
Top 10 best spice perfumes 2021 selected by award-winning critic Persolaise, feat. Serge Lutens, Hermes, Etat Libre D'Orange, Frederic Malle, Neela Vermeire, Comme Des Garcons, Aesop, Estee Lauder
Bulgari Le Gemme Azaran Review – Jacques Cavallier; 2021
Bulgari Le Gemme Azaran review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Jacques Cavallier, 2021)
L’Artisan Parfumeur Nuit De Tubereuse Review (Bertrand Duchaufour; 2010) & 11 Years Of Persolaise
L’Artisan Parfumeur Nuit De Tubereuse review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Bertrand Duchaufour, 2010)
Tom Ford Santal Blush Review – From The Archive
Tom Ford Santal Blush review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (from the archive, Yann Vasnier, 2011)
Jean-Paul Gaultier Le Male Le Parfum Review – Quentin Bisch & Nathalie Gracia-Cetto; 2020
Jean-Paul Gaultier Le Male Le Parfum review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Quentin Bisch, Nathalie Gracia-Cetto, 2020)
Louis Vuitton Meteore Review – Jacques Cavallier; 2020
Louis Vuitton Meteore perfume review by award-winning critic Persolaise (Jacques Cavallier, 2020)
Penhaligon’s Babylon (2019) & The Favourite (2020) Review
Penhaligon's Babylon perfume review by award-winning critic Persolaise (2019)
Persolaise Review: Nanban from Arquiste (Rodrigo Flores-Roux; 2015)
After a side-step that saw him produce two scents in collaboration with J Crew, Arquiste‘s Carlos Huber returns to his signature range and quells fears that his sensibilities may have…