Best Evening Perfumes – Persolaise On Feelunique
Persolaise image: Feelunique Bow ties, sparkling dresses and impossible heels are all over the shops again, which must mean it’s party season. So for my latest piece for Feelunique, I’ve turned…
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Searching For The Silver Lining: The Best Modern Perfumes For Young Women
A little while ago, I published a post bemoaning the fact that many new perfume releases aimed at young women don’t treat their target audience with the intelligence they deserve.…
Perfume Gifting Guide – Persolaise Video On Feelunique’s YouTube Channel
A little while ago I had the honour of being invited into Feelunique’s London studio to record some videos for their YouTube channel. The first result of our efforts is…
Persolaise Review: Noir Anthracite from Tom Ford (2017)
My teachers were right: perspective is everything. When you get close to Noir Anthracite (a flanker which, despite its name, shares few features with the original Noir from 2012) your…
Persolaise Review: Mandarino Di Amalfi Acqua from Tom Ford (2017)
I guess it’s fair to assume that Tom Ford found gold at the bottom of his pool of water: last year’s release of an Acqua version of Neroli Portofino must…
Scent Of A Bride – Persolaise On Feelunique… & In The Latest Cosmopolitan!
image: Feelunique My latest piece for Feelunique tackles the topic that always comes up when May sweeps into June: the perfect perfume for a bride. To see my recommendations, please…
Persolaise Love At First Scent Episode 3 On YouTube
Episode 3 of my Love At First Scent series is now on YouTube, so you can watch it either by clicking above or going to the YouTube site (please click…
Persolaise On Feelunique – Sensual Perfumes
I suspect the folks at Feelunique were enjoying a spot of the ol’ tongue-in-cheekery when they called my latest piece ‘The Sexiest Scents Ever’. Or maybe they weren’t! Either way,…
Persolaise Review: Bois Marocain from Tom Ford (2009/2016)
The soundbites If Bois Marocain were a colour, it would be a rich, iridescent mustard, somewhere between yellow and brown. If it were an item of food, it would be…
Persolaise Sixty Second Scents: Ombré Leather 16 from Tom Ford (2016)
Something a little bit different for you today: a 60-second, YouTube review. I hope you enjoy it. If you’d like to watch it on the YouTube site, please click here.…
The Best Perfumes Of 2016… In 60 Seconds
Something a little bit different for you today: a video version of my list of the best perfumes of 2016. Fear not, it’s only 60 seconds long… although it does…
The Best Perfumes Of 2016 – Greens, Dry Petals & Disco Balls
Rightly or wrongly, it looks as though 2016 is going to be marked as a particularly horribilis annus by the gods of record-keeping. Certainly, in political terms, events in the…
The Complete Persolaise Christmas Gift Guide 2016
Those of you who follow me on Twitter will be aware that, over the last few days, I’ve been posting Christmas gift recommendations under the tag #PersolaiseXmas. All those posts…
Spices, Deserts & Body Heat – Persolaise Perfume Recommendations For Winter 2016
In recent weeks, much of my time has been taken up with writing articles for other platforms, which means that I haven’t had many opportunities to share my scented views…
Scents Of The 70s – Persolaise In The Sunday Times Style
image: Sunday Times Style An exciting weekend for me! Tomorrow (Sunday 6th November) sees the publication of my first piece for The Sunday Times‘ Style magazine, in which I examine…
Trends In Masculine Perfumery – Persolaise On Fashionbeans
The award-winning journalist, Lee Kynaston, has just written a piece for Fashionbeans in which he explores current trends in male perfumery. The article includes contributions from yours truly, as well…
Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter: July to September 2016 [part 1]
Round-up time again. Here are some Twitter mini-reviews, covering the period July to September 2016: Classique Essence De Parfum from Jean-Paul Gaultier (Daphne Bugey; 2016)* The familiar mimosa/jasmine/orange blossom accord…
Persolaise’s Sexy Perfumes Revealed
Following the publication of my recent Grazia article on the latest crop of ‘sexy’ perfumes, I received several emails from non-UK-based readers who were disappointed that they couldn’t get their…
The Persolaise Guide To The Best Oud Perfumes In ParfumPlus
Some of you may remember that in 2014 I published my guide to the best oud perfumes (please click here to read it). An edited version of that post has…
Persolaise’s Scents For Summer 2016 In Parfum Plus
Please click here to read my latest piece for the Middle East’s ParfumPlus magazine, featuring a travel-inspired selection of perfumes for the summer*. You may be interested to learn that…