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Thanks for the update, narcus. I await all of his monthly installments with bated ... eyes(?).
So, he likes Dzing!, Timbuktu and Premier Figuier (so much, he named it twice).

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Originally Posted by ifconfig ... Premier Figuier (so much, he named it twice). I thought it was strange at first that he named it twice...but after reading his book, it sort of makes sense. His book, by the way, was definitely interesting, but unfortunately repetitive of Chandler Burr's book...so only read one of them.

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Luca Turin manages to hit the nail on the head most of the time and he has the clout and audacity to initiate some of the changes that he would like to see. I thought that his letter to Mr. Harf was remarkably restrained: Coty HAS been producing "crap" - to use a polite term - for the last two decades. I remember the beauty and luxury of the best of Coty's scents: my grandmother wore the regal and opulent l'Origan while an aunt wore the sexy and daring Emeraude. My mother loved the soft and romantic L'Aimant. I was fortunate enough to have been able to sample Chypre, La Rose Jacquminot and Jasmin de Corse in the late fifties when these fragrances still retained some of their former glory. Francois Coty would be rolling in his grave if he could see what has become of his company; after all, Coty was on par with Guerlain and I remember reading that Jacques Guerlain's wife's favourite scent was Chypre. How wonderful it would be to have re-creations of all these perfumes!

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Does anyone have the link to the archive of his old blog? It was interesting reading and I keep wanting to refer to it or read parts of it again. I certainly don't agree with him all the time, but his writing never fails to make me think about fragrance in new ways.
-Slim

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You'll be directed to the LT typepad archive here:
http://lucaturin.typepad.com/

(Google recommended, in this particular case the BN search machine would have helped also).
Originally Posted by sofresh His book, by the way, was definitely interesting, but unfortunately repetitive of Chandler Burr's book...so only read one of them. Welcome sofresh! I do not know which of his books you are referring to. If it's 'The Secret of Scent' I wonder if you skipped over 150 pages all too quickly. No pun intended.
narcus

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I just read the first 15 pages at a bookstore. I liked it, a lot. His prose is daringly funny and educational, both. I wonder what it would have been liked taking a class from him?

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Originally Posted by narcus Welcome sofresh! I do not know which of his books you are referring to. If it's 'The Secret of Scent' I wonder if you skipped over 150 pages all too quickly. No pun intended.
narcus Has he written any other books?

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Originally Posted by opalsdad Luca Turin manages to hit the nail on the head most of the time and he has the clout and audacity to initiate some of the changes that he would like to see. I thought that his letter to Mr. Harf was remarkably restrained: Coty HAS been producing "crap" - to use a polite term - for the last two decades. I remember the beauty and luxury of the best of Coty's scents: my grandmother wore the regal and opulent l'Origan while an aunt wore the sexy and daring Emeraude. My mother loved the soft and romantic L'Aimant. I was fortunate enough to have been able to sample Chypre, La Rose Jacquminot and Jasmin de Corse in the late fifties when these fragrances still retained some of their former glory. Francois Coty would be rolling in his grave if he could see what has become of his company; after all, Coty was on par with Guerlain and I remember reading that Jacques Guerlain's wife's favourite scent was Chypre. How wonderful it would be to have re-creations of all these perfumes!
It's information and opinion such as this that makes Basenotes a wonderful resource for our little hobby. Thank you, sir.

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Originally Posted by sofresh Has he written any other books? A perfume guide in the nineties. The cover of his new book refers to that, and LT also mentions it somewhere inside. It had been published in France. Early this year, some lady offered her own English translation of it in the BN forum. But there was a problem with it. She failed to obtain authorizations, or something.
Originally Posted by ifconfig ...I wonder what it would have been liked taking a class from him? I am inspired by your enthusiasm, as always! Download his flexitral.typepad.pdf if you can, it's like a perfume guide re-written, plus classes on it.

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Oh, using a word like 'crap' disrupts the texture of the discourse in a way that might not add anything other than a measure of disrespect, especially in the context of an open letter. I would have rather read "sh*t" than "crap", or else something polite.