Tania SanchezDec 3, 20194 minParfums le guide back in print! (and now in English)Before I met Luca, I was just a fan. I came to his work, as so many did, after reading Chandler Burr's The Emperor of Scent, which descri...
luca turinApr 30, 20193 minEsxence 2019Trade shows give you an acute feeling of the passage of time. It is not just the fact that companies appear and vanish, but also that an ...
luca turinFeb 2, 20192 minKolonya (Rasei Fort) ***** iris bergamotA package from Australia came, with a sheaf of papers in a transparent pouch stuck on, currently required by international fragrance safe...
luca turinDec 17, 20182 minOrientals old and new I wrote this for Séduction-Magazin, an offshoot of Süddeutsche Zeitung and they did not pay me in time*, so here it is. Jacques Guerlain,...
luca turinDec 17, 20182 minIcon- JickyI wrote this article for Séduction-Magazin, an offshoot of the Süddeutsche Zeitung, and they did not pay me in time*, so here it is. The ...
luca turinOct 20, 20182 minTyrannosaurus Rex (Zoologist)**** black stoneZoologist Perfumes sent me a sample of Tyrannosaurus Rex in their customary exquisite packaging, with a picture of the capo di tutti i ca...
luca turinOct 13, 20182 minTerre d'Hermès Eau Intense Vétiver ** woody amberChristine Nagel’s job as in-house perfumer at Hermès must be one of the most coveted in the business, together with the equivalent at Gue...
luca turinOct 7, 20181 minRomanza (Masque) **** green narcissusThere was a time in the 1970s when feminines, perhaps directed by the Devas to redress the cosmic balance upset by frayed bell bottoms an...
luca turinSep 30, 20181 minAlexandria II (Xerjoff) * woody fruityXerjoff is an Italian firm, situated along the bullshit continuum somewhere between Creed and Roja Dove, but with less access to perfumer...
luca turinSep 23, 20181 minLissom Linden (Prosody) *** linden roseTo a cornucopian nerd like myself, Prosody’s shtick sounds silly: “We source the finest natural ingredients (non-GMO) from around the wor...
luca turinSep 16, 20181 minLamplight Penance (Chatillon Lux) **** leather rumReading the backstory to Chatillon Lux fragrances, I was prepared to be skeptical and ended up enchanted. Instead of serving up fake Fren...
luca turinSep 9, 20181 minTeisenddu (Frassaï) **** caramel leatherNatalia Outeda intended this fragrance to recall the Welsh tea-and-pastries of Chubut province in southern Argentina. I remember once lan...
luca turinSep 5, 20182 minJoy (Dior) citrus floral ***First, the obligatory righteous rant: a few months ago LVMH bought Jean Patou, owners of the one and only Joy, an imperishable 1930 marve...
luca turinAug 28, 20182 minLes Années 25 (Tauer) ***** citrus orientalThe name is a humorous riff on Années Vingt, the ‘Twenties. There was of course only one Année 25, the year of the Exposition des Arts Dé...
luca turinAug 26, 20182 minLes Créations de Monsieur Dior I went to the local department store yesterday (Attica, situated within a swank mall grandly named Golden Hall) and headed straight for t...
Tania SanchezAug 2, 20182 minGuide now available as paperback and e-book!Our copies were printed in Poland, or so they say, and possibly sent overland by pony, as we just got them yesterday. The American copies...