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Viktor & Rolf Spicebomb Night Vision edp Review – Nathalie Lorson & Pierre Negrin; 2020

Persolaise 29th July 2020 0 Comments

Viktor & Rolf Spicebomb Night Vision eau de parfum review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Nathalie Lorson, Pierre Negrin, 2020)

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Olivier Polge Joins His Father Jacques As Perfumer At Chanel

Persolaise 5th July 2013 0 Comments

Big news from the house of the double-C logo. Here’s a press release I received this morning: CHANEL takes great pleasure in announcing the arrival of Olivier Polge as Perfumer…

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Persolaise Review: Eau De Nuit from Armani (Marie Salamagne; 2013)

Persolaise 31st May 2013 6 Comments

Knock me down with a blotter and throw me in a barrel of Pink Friday: for once we have a mainstream scent that actually delivers on its promises! Armani‘s Eau…

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Persolaise Review: Spicebomb from Viktor & Rolf (2012)

Persolaise 3rd February 2012 8 Comments

Please click here to be taken to Glass Magazine, where you’ll find my review of the latest masculine from Viktor & Rolf.

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

Viktor & Rolf Spicebomb Night Vision edp Review – Nathalie Lorson & Pierre Negrin; 2020

Olivier Polge Joins His Father Jacques As Perfumer At Chanel

Persolaise Review: Eau De Nuit from Armani (Marie Salamagne; 2013)

Persolaise Review: Spicebomb from Viktor & Rolf (2012)

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