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Top 5 Best Penhaligon’s Perfumes 2020

Persolaise 27th June 2020 2 Comments

Top 5 best Penhaligon's perfumes selected by award-winning critic, Persolaise, 2020

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Persolaise Review: Vaara (Bertrand Duchaufour) and Iris Prima (Alberto Morillas) from Penhaligon’s (2013)

Persolaise 20th August 2013 2 Comments

I worry about reviewing another Bertrand Duchaufour creation almost as much as I worry about reviewing another oud scent. They are both extremely ubiquitous; some would say excessively so. I’m…

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Is Poison On Its Way Back? – A Perfume Trend For Winter 2013

Persolaise 19th June 2013 8 Comments

Predicting trends is a dubious business: as long as you do it often enough, a few of your pronouncements will inevitably turn out to be correct. That’s one of the…

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.

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Bois De Jasmin
Grain De Musc
Now Smell This
Perfume Posse
Perfume Shrine

Persolaise Review: Vaara (Bertrand Duchaufour) and Iris Prima (Alberto Morillas) from Penhaligon’s (2013)

Is Poison On Its Way Back? – A Perfume Trend For Winter 2013

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