Persolaise, you are an amazing guy. Only you can do 59 minute fragrance videos that are incredibly interesting and a pleasure to watch. You mentioned Acqua di Parma Arancia di Capri in your video. I love the fragrance & I own it. My ex girlfriend use to wear the fragrance. She decided, one day, that she was going to move on from the fragrance and gave it to me.
To me Lutens Sarrasins is one of the strongest olfactory impressive perfumes. That strong full effect jasmine is absolutely disarming and transporting. It takes me into the night full of stars at the jasmine fields, with miles and miles of those fields, whispering their seductive spells over my dizzy head. It's the sexiest jasmine I've ever smelt and I can't imagine my life without it. Funnily enough my other half says it smells of a dirty animal (while Muscs Koublai Khan according to him smells "nice and lovely ", haha), but I still wear it when we're together, let him anchor it with our pleasant memories💜
Beyond paradise was the first perfume I bought for my mum from my own salary. I had no idea about the brand or story behind it but the gorgeous bottle and the fragrance itself totally convinced me. She loved and cherished it till the end, now I still have that raindow drop bottle as her memory. :)
Mr. P: This is it. Madame P has got to have it (32:02) ❤️ Moi: [Orders an exquisite rainbow-colored bottle of vintage Estee Lauder's Beyond Paradise] Awesome reviews per usual. Mr. P. Your work brings us such joy! PS: I'm curating a summer perfume collection. This is really helpful. Looking forward to how this evolves in the sweltering Tokyo Summers.
Perhaps not one for Valentine's Day, but Penhaligon's Lily of the Valley is transportative to my nose. It conjures up a cold spring morning in the woods, with the mist still clinging to the floor around the huddled flowers of lily of the valley. It's almost Arthurian. And yet beautifully wearable.
Hello persolaise... beautiful video... Perfume and life interwined as art form via memories and travels... To me two perfumes transcend me to a wonderful place in my mind.. Kingdom by Alexander McQueen and dune by Dior... McQueen's kingdom was inspired by dune... I discovered kingdom at a fitter room at Harrods...fell in love with it and shared it with my sister... Years later after she died I found the beloved well treasured heart shaped bottle of kingdom in her stuff... not a drop was left... Years later I smelled an old tester of dune by Dior and I cried... It was kingdom back again... It was that moment falling in love with it at Harrods... It was that moment I gave it with love to my sister years before she died... Perfume amazes us...
You're soooo sweeet, thanks so much for including my Etruscan Water in here! I am so flattered to be mentioned among such outstanding brands and perfumers. Enjoying every second of your lovely video ❤
The perfume that always sweeps me away is Oliver by Strangers.It brings so many memories back to me - real as well as fictional. It is a scent that locks me inside my own self, inside my own mind.
Idole de Lubin takes me back to my lone travels through Eastern Europe…as when I travel, when I wear Idole, I feel like a bold, strong, independent and fearless person. Much like the people I met and the beautiful places I stayed in Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania.
Another fabulous episode and what a great theme. There are lots of wonderful perfumes that are able to whisk me away, but the one that is probably the most evocative takes me to a place I’ve never been. Many years ago a colleague asked me what I was wearing and began to weep when I told her. She said she knew the aromas and every time she walked past me it was getting more familiar. The reason she was crying was because she couldn’t believe she’d forgotten her grandmother’s garden in India. The perfume was Escale de Pondichery alas no longer made but when she’d stopped crying Suda was very happy. The wonder of perfume!
Songes is a favourite transporting scent. It reminds me of tropical nights with the scent of flowers lingering in the air; long conversations in a hammock with a cooling light breeze; humidity and heat; desserts of tropical fruit; the careless pleasure of leaving the house with just my key, not even a thought for coats, bags, phones.
It felt fitting that Vol de Nuit should be in this list somewhere . I am one of the vintage VdN admirers - I have an eau de cologne from the fifties. Very green, very cool, almost leathery, feels distant and solitary, not soft, hard to describe but really evokes a windswept, far away feeling.
What I love about your videos is the fact that I always have a "Oh yes, I'd forgotten about that" moment. In this episode these were - the refence to the Three Colours Trilogy, which I watched in the early 2000's and now feel like watching again, and seeing you bring up Vol de Nuit, I immediately went and sprayed this on myself because I'd kind of forgotten about this one! Why haven't I been wearing this beauty!!?? Loved your take on the whole "Valentine's Day" thing. 🙏
I remember the Christian Dior pure perfume sprays as they were very much sort after especially in the 70s duty free. The likes of them will never be found now They really did put a lot of creativity into their fragrances in the old days.
For me it’s my vintage Shalimar, Poison and Opium that sweep me the farthest away still… in time! They take me back to lots of parties back when I was still in art school, such fond memories of friends and lovers brought back by those scents! 🥰
Great video! I love these top tens. Just a suggestion for one of your top tens, how about one on vintage/iconic French perfumes (20-30 years old), leaving out the big houses like Chanel, Dior, and Guerlain. A few ideas: Boucheron, Jean Louis Scherrer (Scherrer, Nuit Indiennes), YSL Yvresse, Christian Lacroix (Bazzar), Lancom (Magie Noire), Ungaro (Diva), Balmain (Ivoire), the older Van Cleef and Arpels. The list is long! You choose.
I would choose for myself Lipstick Rose as it just makes me feel pretty and so transports me to anywhere beautiful and so perfect for Valentine’s Day x
@@Persolaise believe it or not, i have your videos playing while in bed trying to catch Mr. Sandman. Your voice has a soothing tone that makes the atmosphere quite relaxing.
I discovered you today and I cannot believe I have missed you! You have a voice for radio, I love it! Please can you do some perfume with carnation? Thanks
I got a bottle of Caldey Island Lavender after it was in Turin/Sanchez top 100. Of course I collected them all. Like Pokemon 🤣 It's like a soliflore to me. But so fresh. Sad to hear it's been reformulated/ discontinued.
Perfume Pope 😂 You've been elevated, sir. The smoke is white! Having watched many parfum vloggers am surprised none recommend breathing warm air onto the fragranced skin to bring out the full display of notes. Hmmm..I insist on doing this as to fully immerse myself in the scent. ☺ Happy February✨
My favorite, most worn teenage fragrance was Oh d’London by Yardley. Long discontinued, but I can still conjure up a scent memory. When I smelled Nirvana White, it was so reminiscent of OdL, that I was transported to 1969, lying on the beach on my grandmother’s old quilt, listening to Crystal Blue Persuasion on the radio. I bought it & a backup bottle.
I really am gutted I missed this live as I could have watched it but went to the gym instead. Anyway I am thrilled to see another live and a feature length one too .
Fabulous episode Persolaise. I get that pain of when my wife doesn’t like a perfume I love. I really need to try Estruscan Water - the description of and name alone sounds transportive! 😊
Great video as always! I’m so glad you highlighted Mousson! It is one of my all time favorites - I receive so many compliments during the summer. It produces a super “clean” trail to those around you, but up close the cool spices and melon fruit create such an exquisite cocktail and it ends up feeling unique like you said. It went away for a while but came back on their website recently I believe.
I felt so transported watching this video 🌬 lovely imagery and descriptions. Recently I smelled through the Prada ‘exclusive’ high-end line and I forget which perfume it was but it was the saddest perfume I have ever smelt. It was a beautiful experience. I wish I could remember the name. I think I told the SA that it felt like a sad movie and he said the line is influenced by film.
By the way my video went black halfway through. I could still hear audio. Not sure if it’s a problem on my end or with the video. I still enjoyed the convo.
It seems to me that this month we had a plethora of Persolaise videos! So that is nice. Or maybe I had a recent rerun of several reviews? Haha I honestly am not sure. And that is nice to think of something like Valentines even if we are not coupled up, we all need to dream of romantic scents more often! Anyway, you really suit the white Indian shirts if this one indeed comes from there!
(To me I find Bronze Goddess Azur- recommended by Sali Hughes last year I think - a perfume that sweeps me away, the tropical theme maybe not being original, but it is the first time I smell salt in a perfume, I did not realize I liked that. It makes me think of a holiday I never took, maybe in the Caribbean, or in Zanzibar, with a beach and a zesty drink with a beautiful vibrant flower in it. To be honest I think the only salty perfume I had smelled before was Eau des Merveilles Bleue but I cannot find it appealing, don't know why! )
How weird is it for you to get comments on old videos you no longer remember the content? I had watched this one real-time, but it came back up in my queue, and as soon as I saw Diorella on the list I had to watch it again. This scent is on my top 10 lifers, and luckily the new reformulation is almost as good as the original. Do you agree? Talk about one that transports you to a different time or realm.
Yes, it is a bit odd sometimes, because I can't remember everything I said. But I still love getting the comments. I think current Diorella is still pretty good.
I cringe when people ask what’s your favorite this or that. Somehow that revulsion has transferred over to the transportive fragrance question. But I’ll suspend my irrationality for just a bit. It’s Sultan Pasha in general that takes me places I think. In particular Al Lail. The underlying deep and dark complexity with those opening bright and shimmering citruses makes me think of a Persia before modern day politics took hold. Mysterious frivolity is what life should be-this perfume and my idea of old Iran give me that.
You dont seem to be a person who subscribes to the idea of Valentines day... A thoroughly commercial endeavour these days. Which I guess perfume is a major component of. I only wear romantic perfume that transports me so any one would do, my life in Italy is surrounded by romance 🇮🇹 😘
Thanks for watching. I think any 'celebration' can be done in an honest way or a crass, cynical way. I'm a huge believer in the importance of rituals and 'markers' and, yes, I do consider Valentine's Day to be quite precious.
Persolaise, you are an amazing guy. Only you can do 59 minute fragrance videos that are incredibly interesting and a pleasure to watch. You mentioned Acqua di Parma Arancia di Capri in your video. I love the fragrance & I own it. My ex girlfriend use to wear the fragrance. She decided, one day, that she was going to move on from the fragrance and gave it to me.
Ed, you're much too kind, thank you. And thanks for sharing that story.
To me Lutens Sarrasins is one of the strongest olfactory impressive perfumes. That strong full effect jasmine is absolutely disarming and transporting. It takes me into the night full of stars at the jasmine fields, with miles and miles of those fields, whispering their seductive spells over my dizzy head. It's the sexiest jasmine I've ever smelt and I can't imagine my life without it. Funnily enough my other half says it smells of a dirty animal (while Muscs Koublai Khan according to him smells "nice and lovely ", haha), but I still wear it when we're together, let him anchor it with our pleasant memories💜
What a terrific description, thank you. And I agree that Sarrasins is very special.
Beyond paradise was the first perfume I bought for my mum from my own salary. I had no idea about the brand or story behind it but the gorgeous bottle and the fragrance itself totally convinced me. She loved and cherished it till the end, now I still have that raindow drop bottle as her memory. :)
Thanks for this touching story, Purvi. Treasure that bottle.
Mr. P: This is it. Madame P has got to have it (32:02) ❤️
Moi: [Orders an exquisite rainbow-colored bottle of vintage Estee Lauder's Beyond Paradise]
Awesome reviews per usual. Mr. P. Your work brings us such joy!
PS: I'm curating a summer perfume collection. This is really helpful. Looking forward to how this evolves in the sweltering Tokyo Summers.
Oooh, please tell me what you think of it.
Thanks for watching.
Perhaps not one for Valentine's Day, but Penhaligon's Lily of the Valley is transportative to my nose. It conjures up a cold spring morning in the woods, with the mist still clinging to the floor around the huddled flowers of lily of the valley. It's almost Arthurian. And yet beautifully wearable.
Gosh… what a tremendous description. Someone needs to make a perfume based on that.
Hello persolaise... beautiful video... Perfume and life interwined as art form via memories and travels... To me two perfumes transcend me to a wonderful place in my mind.. Kingdom by Alexander McQueen and dune by Dior... McQueen's kingdom was inspired by dune... I discovered kingdom at a fitter room at Harrods...fell in love with it and shared it with my sister... Years later after she died I found the beloved well treasured heart shaped bottle of kingdom in her stuff... not a drop was left... Years later I smelled an old tester of dune by Dior and I cried... It was kingdom back again... It was that moment falling in love with it at Harrods... It was that moment I gave it with love to my sister years before she died... Perfume amazes us...
Thanks for sharing this touching story. I remember thinking Kingdom was very special indeed. I don’t have any left either.
You're soooo sweeet, thanks so much for including my Etruscan Water in here! I am so flattered to be mentioned among such outstanding brands and perfumers. Enjoying every second of your lovely video ❤
Not at all, Francesca. Thanks for making the perfume and for taking the time to write here.
I understand you very well, madam Devourtheirsouls despises Fahrenheit with passion, and it is one of my hugest loves in perfumery…
Ah, it's a shame when that happens.
The perfume that always sweeps me away is Oliver by Strangers.It brings so many memories back to me - real as well as fictional. It is a scent that locks me inside my own self, inside my own mind.
Fascinating description, thank you.
Idole de Lubin takes me back to my lone travels through Eastern Europe…as when I travel, when I wear Idole, I feel like a bold, strong, independent and fearless person. Much like the people I met and the beautiful places I stayed in Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania.
Ah, thanks for reminding me of Idole. A real gem.
Another fabulous episode and what a great theme. There are lots of wonderful perfumes that are able to whisk me away, but the one that is probably the most evocative takes me to a place I’ve never been.
Many years ago a colleague asked me what I was wearing and began to weep when I told her. She said she knew the aromas and every time she walked past me it was getting more familiar. The reason she was crying was because she couldn’t believe she’d forgotten her grandmother’s garden in India. The perfume was Escale de Pondichery alas no longer made but when she’d stopped crying Suda was very happy. The wonder of perfume!
Oh my goodness, I adore that Pondicherry scent. I have a precious bottle stashed away somewhere. Thanks for sharing this.
Beautiful video Sir, at times poetic. Vol de nuit, sigh…….. it takes me to places I’ve never been, just out of my reach. Much thanks
Very kind, John, thank you. And yes, VdN is sublime.
Songes is a favourite transporting scent. It reminds me of tropical nights with the scent of flowers lingering in the air; long conversations in a hammock with a cooling light breeze; humidity and heat; desserts of tropical fruit; the careless pleasure of leaving the house with just my key, not even a thought for coats, bags, phones.
Sounds heavenly.
Thanks for watching.
It felt fitting that Vol de Nuit should be in this list somewhere . I am one of the vintage VdN admirers - I have an eau de cologne from the fifties. Very green, very cool, almost leathery, feels distant and solitary, not soft, hard to describe but really evokes a windswept, far away feeling.
It is so endlessly evocative.
Thanks for watching.
What I love about your videos is the fact that I always have a "Oh yes, I'd forgotten about that" moment. In this episode these were - the refence to the Three Colours Trilogy, which I watched in the early 2000's and now feel like watching again, and seeing you bring up Vol de Nuit, I immediately went and sprayed this on myself because I'd kind of forgotten about this one! Why haven't I been wearing this beauty!!?? Loved your take on the whole "Valentine's Day" thing. 🙏
Thanks very much. I’d say Three Colours is always worth re-watching.
I remember the Christian Dior pure perfume sprays as they were very much sort after especially in the 70s duty free. The likes of them will never be found now
They really did put a lot of creativity into their fragrances in the old days.
Yes… a golden age, to be sure. Thanks for watching.
@@Persolaise more organic world especially for flowers.
For me it’s my vintage Shalimar, Poison and Opium that sweep me the farthest away still… in time! They take me back to lots of parties back when I was still in art school, such fond memories of friends and lovers brought back by those scents! 🥰
Wonderful. Thanks for watching.
Great video! I love these top tens. Just a suggestion for one of your top tens, how about one on vintage/iconic French perfumes (20-30 years old), leaving out the big houses like Chanel, Dior, and Guerlain. A few ideas: Boucheron, Jean Louis Scherrer (Scherrer, Nuit Indiennes), YSL Yvresse, Christian Lacroix (Bazzar), Lancom (Magie Noire), Ungaro (Diva), Balmain (Ivoire), the older Van Cleef and Arpels. The list is long! You choose.
Oooh… what an enticing idea. Thank you 😊
Yes more top ten..we need spring .. please 😁.. or pretty fem frags is my thing right now ❤️
I broadcast my spring 2022 video some time ago 😊
Thanks for watching.
I would choose for myself Lipstick Rose as it just makes me feel pretty and so transports me to anywhere beautiful and so perfect for Valentine’s Day x
That’s a brilliant choice 👍
Jo Loves Pomelo sweeps me back to a night of both happy and sad memories. Every time i wear it, it takes me back to that specific time.
Thank you so much for writing.
@@Persolaise believe it or not, i have your videos playing while in bed trying to catch Mr. Sandman. Your voice has a soothing tone that makes the atmosphere quite relaxing.
I discovered you today and I cannot believe I have missed you! You have a voice for radio, I love it! Please can you do some perfume with carnation? Thanks
Thanks for watching.
Carnation is a very tricky (and rare) note, but I’ll give it some thought, definitely.
I got a bottle of Caldey Island Lavender after it was in Turin/Sanchez top 100. Of course I collected them all. Like Pokemon 🤣 It's like a soliflore to me. But so fresh. Sad to hear it's been reformulated/ discontinued.
Thanks very much for watching.
Oh and yes the one that sweeps me away Hass to be Shalimar to a beautiful lush destination of beauty and everlasting dreams
Shalimar is a gem.
Perfume Pope 😂
You've been elevated, sir. The smoke is white!
Having watched many parfum vloggers am surprised none recommend breathing warm air onto the fragranced skin to bring out the full display of notes. Hmmm..I insist on doing this as to fully immerse myself in the scent. ☺
Happy February✨
Thanks very much indeed. Yes, heat usually helps.
My favorite, most worn teenage fragrance was Oh d’London by Yardley. Long discontinued, but I can still conjure up a scent memory. When I smelled Nirvana White, it was so reminiscent of OdL, that I was transported to 1969, lying on the beach on my grandmother’s old quilt, listening to Crystal Blue Persuasion on the radio. I bought it & a backup bottle.
Wow, I’ve never heard of it. Thanks so much for sharing this.
@@Persolaise I’m not surprised - it was 1969. I was 16. 😁
I really am gutted I missed this live as I could have watched it but went to the gym instead. Anyway I am thrilled to see another live and a feature length one too .
Not to worry, Angela. The recordings are always here for you.
A Mr P Marathon sounds good!...Ramsey had it right get doing that i will binge watch all of them!
That won’t be happening any time soon 😆 😆 😆
Fabulous episode Persolaise. I get that pain of when my wife doesn’t like a perfume I love. I really need to try Estruscan Water - the description of and name alone sounds transportive! 😊
Thanks, Simon. Do seek out EW.
Xerjoff Symphonium is the most beautiful (perfect) scent for a date, imo. Stunning gourmand
Ah, I’ll have to seek it out, thank you.
Great video as always! I’m so glad you highlighted Mousson! It is one of my all time favorites - I receive so many compliments during the summer. It produces a super “clean” trail to those around you, but up close the cool spices and melon fruit create such an exquisite cocktail and it ends up feeling unique like you said. It went away for a while but came back on their website recently I believe.
Yes, it’s a very special - and far too overlooked - piece of work. Thanks for watching.
I felt so transported watching this video 🌬 lovely imagery and descriptions. Recently I smelled through the Prada ‘exclusive’ high-end line and I forget which perfume it was but it was the saddest perfume I have ever smelt. It was a beautiful experience. I wish I could remember the name. I think I told the SA that it felt like a sad movie and he said the line is influenced by film.
By the way my video went black halfway through. I could still hear audio. Not sure if it’s a problem on my end or with the video. I still enjoyed the convo.
Yes, I believe some of those have been inspired by movies.
Thanks for watching.
L'Artisan Parfumeur had a sale recently
Got Mont De Narcisse for £45.00
It is a lovely parfum
Thanks for the video
Oooh, bargain. Well done!
It seems to me that this month we had a plethora of Persolaise videos! So that is nice. Or maybe I had a recent rerun of several reviews? Haha I honestly am not sure. And that is nice to think of something like Valentines even if we are not coupled up, we all need to dream of romantic scents more often! Anyway, you really suit the white Indian shirts if this one indeed comes from there!
Thanks very much. And yes, I don’t think there’s ever any harm in thinking of romance.
(To me I find Bronze Goddess Azur- recommended by Sali Hughes last year I think - a perfume that sweeps me away, the tropical theme maybe not being original, but it is the first time I smell salt in a perfume, I did not realize I liked that. It makes me think of a holiday I never took, maybe in the Caribbean, or in Zanzibar, with a beach and a zesty drink with a beautiful vibrant flower in it. To be honest I think the only salty perfume I had smelled before was Eau des Merveilles Bleue but I cannot find it appealing, don't know why! )
Ah yes, those elusive salty notes.
Thanks for this.
How weird is it for you to get comments on old videos you no longer remember the content? I had watched this one real-time, but it came back up in my queue, and as soon as I saw Diorella on the list I had to watch it again. This scent is on my top 10 lifers, and luckily the new reformulation is almost as good as the original. Do you agree? Talk about one that transports you to a different time or realm.
Yes, it is a bit odd sometimes, because I can't remember everything I said. But I still love getting the comments.
I think current Diorella is still pretty good.
Hello from New Zealand!
Thanks for watching.
Thank you for this! Would love your favorites from the the House of Caron.
Ah, good idea, thank you.
Awesome video
Thanks for watching.
I cringe when people ask what’s your favorite this or that. Somehow that revulsion has transferred over to the transportive fragrance question. But I’ll suspend my irrationality for just a bit. It’s Sultan Pasha in general that takes me places I think. In particular Al Lail. The underlying deep and dark complexity with those opening bright and shimmering citruses makes me think of a Persia before modern day politics took hold. Mysterious frivolity is what life should be-this perfume and my idea of old Iran give me that.
Thanks, Kelly. Another one for me to add to my list.
Congratulations on 250 as well 🎉
Thank you 🙏
L'utra oud from Lancom and Musk Oud from Kilian
Thank you.
I love Diorella!
Me too!
Very Nice Persolaise!
Thanks, Terry.
#Replay; Hello from chilly Tokyo ❤️
Hello to you too.
Thanks for watching.
Your speaking voice is a great Shakespearean actor….!
Oh my goodness, thank you.
You dont seem to be a person who subscribes to the idea of Valentines day... A thoroughly commercial endeavour these days. Which I guess perfume is a major component of. I only wear romantic perfume that transports me so any one would do, my life in Italy is surrounded by romance 🇮🇹 😘
Thanks for watching. I think any 'celebration' can be done in an honest way or a crass, cynical way. I'm a huge believer in the importance of rituals and 'markers' and, yes, I do consider Valentine's Day to be quite precious.
I would like to see a top 10 tobacco list
Ah, good idea, thank you.
Better yet… your favorite narcissus fragrances!
Thanks very much.
Nice video
Thanks for watching.
What a shame. Being in the US, not sure how I can buy the Caldey Island Lavender.
Ah, if they don’t ship to the US, that’s a shame. Thanks for watching.