My day job requires my full attention for the foreseeable future. There's only so much I can do in a day's work, and something had to give. It's been great fun. Thank you to all who posted comments, wrote in to say they liked it, or simply visited without trace. All the best and happy 2006.
A pdf archive (2,6 M) of the whole blog, including discussions is available here
NZZ Folio has kindly offered to post the English version of my monthly Duftnote on their website from now on.
My Thanks to Daniel Weber and all at Folio for this.
Thank you, Mr.Turin, for seven months of scented happiness and for the knowledge you have shared with me.
Posted by: AniramS | January 08, 2006 at 11:16 AM
Sorry, there IS an interest, thank you for the opportunity of reading the archieve. Wishing you all the best and awaiting you be back some day!
Posted by: AniramS | January 08, 2006 at 11:21 AM
Your blog will be missed. Your thoughtful, well examined comments were a great joy to anticipate. I hope that whatever it is you are doing turns out extremely well for you. I will be looking forward to your new book and swooping down on a copy even if I have to buy it on another continent.
The very very best to you in 2006 and beyond.
Posted by: "The Other" Fabienne | January 08, 2006 at 12:41 PM
Grazie, then, M. Turin. Happy new year!
Posted by: Sophistry | January 08, 2006 at 05:11 PM
Your blog will be sadly missed. Thankyou so much for the pdf archive of the whole blog. Invaluable, I loved it. All the very best for the future. Looking forward to purchasing a copy of your book this year.
Posted by: HelenM | January 08, 2006 at 09:17 PM
Thank you so much for the pdf of it all - it's much appreciated. Thanks for the good reads while it lasted!
Posted by: Katie | January 08, 2006 at 10:13 PM
Wahhh! Just found your blog. How about making your day job part-time? Your nose is needed here.
Posted by: Kay | January 09, 2006 at 12:40 AM
Thanks for a lovely blog, Luca. I'm working my way through the Carons you recommended long ago and have fallen hard for Tabac Blond-- wish I could keep reading your thoughts on all the other wonderful scents out there. All the best with your work.
Posted by: Anna | January 09, 2006 at 01:30 AM
SilentObserver from Switzerland here: Thanks for the great Blog and all the best.
Posted by: R.S.Helveticus | January 09, 2006 at 02:35 PM
What a great shame, it has been nice reading the posts that you had worked hard and loved, you will be missed.
Posted by: PK Fragrance | January 09, 2006 at 03:06 PM
Boo hoo! I only discovered the blog recently and have enjoyed it immensely. Looking at the early entries for the first time I was struck again by Dr. T's wonderful wit, imagination and prose style, rather evocative of the old J. Peterman catalogues. Au revoir, Dr. Turin, and to all your lovely friends in the ether. I'll miss you! XOX, Lydia
Posted by: Lydia in Phoenix | January 09, 2006 at 11:04 PM
Well I can't help being a little (more like a LOT) egotistical about all this..
At last I found a blog where I can peek into the sensibility of a (insert adjective for sensible that avoids redundance here) soul, and now you take it away! ;-) .
Let me give you a gift...
Have you ever smelt the flower of the "Elephant Ear" plant.. (http://www.emilycompost.com/elephant_ear.htm)
Try it as soon as you see one next late spring/early summer... If I ever design a woman's fragrance... that would be the top (and why not center?) note.
Thank you Luca!! Hope you can get into the blog thing soon..You sure have a lot to give.
Pedro D'Ardis
Posted by: Kaos.geo | January 10, 2006 at 03:24 AM
Luca, this was the only blog worth reading in my opinion. I have thoroughly enjoyed your literate, lyrical and witty posts. You will be much missed.
Posted by: Liz | January 11, 2006 at 09:53 PM
Thank you for your dedication to good taste, I hope this is not the last we hear from you.
Posted by: arwin | January 12, 2006 at 11:02 PM
Too bad you're, all of a sudden, not blogging anymore. Sure, we'll miss your comments!
Your blog was a balance to my other reading habit: Slashdot.org ;)
Posted by: Ret | January 13, 2006 at 02:37 PM
Geez,I never really posted anything but always loved reading your contoversial thoughts on fragrances!You'll sorely be missed by us quiet readers who were just too intimidated by your thrashing of some scents.Please consider coming back at a more conventient time.
Posted by: Christina H. | January 13, 2006 at 06:26 PM
Enjoyed your insights and opinions Luca...
Posted by: brownie | January 15, 2006 at 03:35 AM
I will miss your writing. It is no wonder you can't juggle a demanding job with such prose. While I sympathise with the outcome, I lament your dissapearance. Your departure has left me two things: wanting more and a residual remembering of what was good. Any tasty scent should. Good perfume. Good writing.
Posted by: Melissa | January 15, 2006 at 10:59 PM
Dear Professor Turin: I look forward to your book--and to finding a true pandanus extract to send you. Kew Gardens might have a fresh flower too !
Thank you for sharing your joy in perfume, and the pdf!
Kalpana
Posted by: Kalpana Swaminathan | January 16, 2006 at 06:04 AM
Ce n'est qu'un au revoir.
Posted by: salaam | January 17, 2006 at 10:04 AM
Me too, what Salaam said, "Ce n'est qu'un au revoir." Next time I will make my own French sentence, as I'm studying.........in the meantime, you know that your perspicacity and irreverence is deeply missed! oxo
Posted by: Qwendy | January 22, 2006 at 06:29 PM
I will truly miss your elegant descriptions of the greats--and candid reviews of the not-so-greats.
best of luck with the day job.
Posted by: Yvette | January 22, 2006 at 10:00 PM
Gentilissimo Luca Turin,
senza particolari preamboli, ma schiettamente riconoscente in anticipo per
un suo cenno, se avesse la curiosità di comunicare con me,
le chiedo un contatto per discutere di un mio interesse di ricerca che
perseguo da un pò di tempo....:
Correlare sensazioni olfattive ai colori ai fini dell'obbiettività nella
degustazione di bevande (soprattutto superalcolici....);
ricercare nelle armonie naturali l'ordine delle sensazioni con particolare
interesse per la sunestesia.
Attendo con ansia una sua risposta o un accenno di contatto.
Posted by: Alessandro Sensidoni | January 31, 2006 at 07:04 PM
Darn it....I was told that I just had to read your musings but I left my run too late.
Take care and think about a revival one day soon...from reading the above comments it's more than obvious that you will be missed.
Sally
Posted by: Sally | March 19, 2006 at 03:12 AM
Hi... I discovered Guerlain's Mitsouko 31 years ago and Luca Turin less than a week ago. Are there are any plans for the translation of the perfume guide from 1992 into english- does anyone know? Very sad to have discovered this blog too late. Bravo Luca and good luck!
Kara.
Posted by: Kara Baker | March 23, 2006 at 06:14 AM