The Related Questions have heaps of matches, so it shouldn't have been necessary to ask again.

My searches for this topic were fruitless. Would you mind linking me to a similar thread with a concrete answer? Thank you

http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/57407/making-and-object-rotate-with-mouse.html

Thanks a ton you two! What I ended up doing was attach the particle emitter to an invisible parent object and rotate the object with the script found at the link below :D