Foxes, wolves and serpents — just three of the creatures that came up in my recent set of Love At First Scent episodes, during which I covered new releases from…
Brands both familiar and entirely unknown featured in this year’s debut instalment of Love At First Scent, with reviews of releases from Etat Libre D’Orange, Puente and Parle Moi De…
Since it bowed out of circulation a few years ago, Francis Kurkdjian’s Absolue Pour Le Soir has been high on many people’s lists of the perfumes they’d most like to…
If all the spam advertising emails are to be believed, autumn is the time for curling up on a sofa with a warm blanket and a mug of hot chocolate.…
Parle Moi De Parfum Wake Up World review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Michel Almairac, 2022)
Skin Time June-July 2022 - Persolaise reviews Parle Moi De Parfum Wake Up World, Tom Ford Vert De Fleur, Vert D’Encens and Fleur De Chine, Gallivant Gdańsk
Skin Time February 2022 - Persolaise reviews Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Rose Rose Rose, Jo Malone London Sea Daffodil and Bitter Mandarin, Creed Spring Flower, Juliette Has A Gun…
Skin Time January 2022 - Persolaise reviews Maison Crivelli, Byredo Mumbai Noise, vintage Dior Fahrenheit, Comme Des Garcons Blackpepper
Why I Wear Perfume - Top 10 reasons from award-winning critic Persolaise (2021)
Chloe eau de parfum naturelle, Dusita Anamcara, Perfumer H Rain Moss, Vacation By Vacation, Guerlain Derby reviews by award-winning critic Persolaise (2021)
Brioni 2021 eau de parfum review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Michel Almairac, 2021)
Chopard Casmir review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Michel Almairac, 1991)
Skin Time January 2021 - Persolaise reviews Penhaligon’s Halfeti Leather and Castile, Serge Lutens Chypre Rouge, Bogue Lita, Carine Roitfeld 7 Lovers, Kierin Rose Ink, Parle Moi De Parfum Mile…
Parle Moi De Parfum Haute Provence review by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise (Michel Almairac, 2020)
Benjamin Almairac, co-founder of Parle Moi De Parfum, interviewed by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise
Geza Schoen and Benjamin Almairac to be interviewed by award-winning perfume critic Persolaise, May 2020
A selection of the best classic perfumes, chosen by award-winning critic Persolaise (feat. YSL Opium, Dior Dune)
Perfumes for summer 2019, selected by award-winning critic Persolaise feat. Guerlain, Mugler, Chanel, Hermes, Sugandhco, Amouage, Goutal
In my latest piece for Business Traveller UK, I’ve turned my attention to the recent crop of retro-inflected masculines for men, so if you’d like to read it, please search…
It’s not often in perfumery that you’re given an opportunity to witness a scent-maker revisiting and honing a particular idea. Two examples that come to mind are Edmond Roudnitska following…
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