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Perfumes: The Guide ~ upcoming book from Luca Turin

Posted by Robin on 16 December 2006 30 Comments

Luca TurinLuca Turin fans will be happy to hear that his next book, Perfumes: The Guide, is due out from Viking in April 2008. The book will be co-authored with Tania Sanchez, and promises to...

...include reviews of more than 1,200 fragrances, from "Undoubted Masterpieces" to the "Monumentally Awful." (via publishersweekly)

The Guide will feature all-new material (it is not an English translation of Turin's out-of-print Parfums: le Guide) and will be sized to allow readers to carry it along with them while shopping for perfume.

Watch the website Perfumes: The Guide for updates.

About the authors:

For background on Luca Turin, see an interview with Luca Turin, a review of his last book, The Secret of Scent, and a review of Chandler Burr's book about Turin, The Emperor of Scent.

Tania Sanchez is a writer and editor in New York with a "near pathological interest in perfume". She met Turin through his now defunct blog, Perfume Notes, and subsequently helped with the editing of The Secret of Scent. Some of you may know her as Brooklyntbone on the fragrance forum at MakeupAlley.

Filed Under: perfume books, perfume in the news
Tagged With: luca turin, perfumes the guide, tania sanchez

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  1. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 12:29 pm

    It will be interesting to see if this spurs any re-issues or spikes in sales. Or will only the cognoscenti (ahem) read it? And why not a translation of Le Guide?

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  2. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 12:33 pm

    Great news! I look forward to the book. (I wonder if Tania is the same Tania that sometimes comments here? I always love her comments–thoughtful, often funny, and nicely written.)

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  3. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 12:38 pm

    I assume they aren't translating Le Guide because it is so out of date by now — there have been so many new releases since then. But would think it would get a pretty wide readership, given how much better known Turin is after Emperor of Scent.

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  4. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 12:39 pm

    Yes, same Tania 🙂

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  5. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 3:32 pm

    Yes, it's me. 🙂 Thank you, Angela!

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  6. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 5:07 pm

    Hmmm, should be interesting, if only because I seem to recall Tommy Girl described by Turin as something of a masterpiece. 🙂

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  7. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 5:27 pm

    Terrific! I'm sure I'll be one of the first in line to buy your book.

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  8. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 6:24 pm

    Been to check out the Guide website. Oh my, Tania is gorgeous! Had no idea she was writing a book with Luca! Way to go, Tania!

    Btw, doesn't Luca remind you of Alan Alda? 😉

    Like Angelita above, I can't wait for the book to come out!

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  9. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 6:49 pm

    YEAH. Can't wait for this one.

    Way to go, tbone!

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  10. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 6:59 pm

    Great news, thank you Robin! So looking forward to this – I had no idea that Tania was OUR Tania! 🙂 It seems her and I have very similar taste (and of course, I LOVE Luca) so I can't wait.

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  11. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 7:48 pm

    I am very curious.

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  12. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 7:49 pm

    I thought that was Chandler Burr — but I have a terrible memory so could be wrong.

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  13. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 7:49 pm

    Yes she is, and never thought of it, but he does look like Alan Alda in that picture.

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  14. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 7:53 pm

    Me too, on both counts!

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  15. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 7:59 pm

    They both have great taste, so I'm looking forward to it to 🙂

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  16. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 8:04 pm

    Me too!

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  17. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 8:54 pm

    “Monumentally Awful!” Hee hee! I look forward to this section with criminal glee. 🙂

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  18. Anonymous says:
    16 December 2006 at 9:41 pm

    LOL…the way things are going lately with new releases, it should be the longest section.

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  19. Anonymous says:
    17 December 2006 at 12:54 am

    Yay! Looking forward to this book! I think I'll use it and The Secret of Scent as gifts for a while, inflicting my hobby on others with the excuse of “it's well written!” buwahaha!

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  20. Anonymous says:
    17 December 2006 at 9:48 am

    LOL–why not, the world could always use a few more perfumistas 🙂

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  21. Anonymous says:
    17 December 2006 at 10:13 pm

    He kinda looks like Anthony Hopkins in “Surviving Picasso”.

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  22. Anonymous says:
    18 December 2006 at 7:54 am

    Yep — I'm looking forward to it, too.

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  23. Anonymous says:
    18 December 2006 at 10:40 am

    I believe it was an excerpt from the Guide quoted in Burr's book about Turin. But my memory is pathetic too. 🙂

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  24. Anonymous says:
    18 December 2006 at 11:41 am

    Checked the index to EoS, and yes, he calls Tommy Girl “radiant” and “one of the greatest twenty perfumes of all time”.

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  25. Anonymous says:
    18 December 2006 at 11:44 am

    Looking like Hopkins can't be a bad thing, I should think.

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  26. Anonymous says:
    18 December 2006 at 11:46 am

    Guessing it will sell a few copies among the fragrance bloggers 🙂

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  27. Anonymous says:
    18 December 2006 at 1:35 pm

    What wonderful news!

    Hugs!

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  28. Anonymous says:
    18 December 2006 at 6:54 pm

    But a long wait…hope they are both writing away furiously 😉

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  29. Anonymous says:
    19 December 2006 at 10:40 pm

    Definitely! And well-written books should be shared more often.

    Would like a translation of Parfums: le Guide, but new stuff is cool too. And excited that Tania is co-writer; I love her reviews.

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  30. Anonymous says:
    20 December 2006 at 11:52 am

    I would love to see the original translated too, but can't complain — at least we're getting this one in English.

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