Found: Complete Onlive Archive of Luca Turin's "Duftnotes"

[Mr. Bon Vivant]

For fellow fans of Dr. Turin's "Duftnotes":

If you ever only read the 2005-6 articles (the defunct pdf, or on Scribd.com), or
If you enjoyed the 2009-10 articles that were linked to in previous threads by Narcus,
And, like me, never bothered digging through the NZZ Folio website for more,
Then rejoice, for...

A complete archive from 2003-2010 can be read online on this blog.
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Whoever created the blog, where ever you are: thank you, thank you, thank you! It's a real treat.

 

[hednic]

Yes. Thanks.

 

[30 Roses]

Wonderful find-- thanks!

 

[mr. reasonable]

Cool - thanks!

 

[Primrose]

Thank you for the link!

 

[the_good_life]

Excellent! Thanks!

 

[Hillaire]

This is truly delightful! This will occupy hours of my work-time.

 

[cello]

This is truly delightful! This will occupy hours of my work-time.

Ha! I might just go there now

 

[arwen_elf]

This is wonderful! Thanks for posting the link. I had a link to another website but it was super slow.

 

[Mimi Gardenia]

Oh that is just wonderful ! Thank you sooo much . I loved Luca Turin's blog.

Mr. Turin- if you read this - I am a great fan !

 

[pluran]

Thanks for the link. I've read them all before but I always like reading them again.

Aristotle said the greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor. Luca Turin has mastered metaphor as well as any writer ever has.

 

[firehorse]

Cool! Wouldn't mind a sticky.

 

[Cute_cute_baby]

Whoa, thank you so much! I've been looking for the full archive!

 

[narcus]

For fellow fans of Dr. Turin's "Duftnotes":

If you ever only read the 2005-6 articles (the defunct pdf, or on Scribd.com), or
If you enjoyed the 2009-10 articles that were linked to in previous threads by Narcus,
And, like me, never bothered digging through the NZZ Folio website for more,
Then rejoice, for...

A complete archive from 2003-2010 can be read online on this blog.
​

Whoever created the blog, where ever you are: thank you, thank you, thank you! It's a real treat.

And thank you for sharing this, fellow fan! For more than one reason you have just turned a dull October sky into something enjoyable! I have to also express gratitude to you, "CM", author of the Double Base Notes blog. This job may have cost some of your time, I suppose! I myself had started something similar on the German (printed) version of Scent Notes.

Then, on September 7th, we were extremely pleased to hear directly from the author:

Narcus and Pluran,
Thank you for your interest, much appreciated ! I too have been thinking about combining them in a readily accessible form and posting them. This would a) spare the reader the trouble of shuffling through NZZ webpages and b) remind me of what I have written, since I am getting to that dreaded age when one is never sure of repeating oneself The only downside is that this may discourage a publisher from making a little book. I'm still thinking this one through, will let you know asap.

in context post #52, here: NZZ Folio / Luca Turin 2010 – Duftnote / Notes from the Nose

 

[Harvest Moon]

Thanks for finding and posting, a real resource.

 

[IngaMi]

This is wonderful, thank you so much. It's getting so late here but I think I have to stay up later than I wanted because I HAVE to start reading the archive!

 

[luca turin]

A complete archive from 2003-2010 can be read online on this blog.
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For the record, I am delighted this is online and I thank the anonymous poster.

 

[arwen_elf]

For the record, I am delighted this is online and I thank the anonymous poster.

Mr. Turin,

It is very nice to know that you check on us once in a while. This collection of writings has made many Basenoters very happy. Looking forward to read more from you in the future, perhaps more reviews?

 

[luca turin]

Mr. Turin,

It is very nice to know that you check on us once in a while. This collection of writings has made many Basenoters very happy. Looking forward to read more from you in the future, perhaps more reviews?

Thank you arwen_elf, and thank you all for your kind comments. Truth is I've stopped writing about fragrance, though I made an exception with the Little Book which was fun, esp. the marvellous Osmothèque classics. Never say never, but I think I have written myself out on the subject after the Guide and the Duftnotes. I am still happily writing for NZZ but "off topic". Also I am back in full-time science and that takes up a lot of thinking room. And I confess that Tania and I are disheartened by the funereal prospect of re-smelling all the great fragrances that have been destroyed by reformulation. Updating the big guide would be soul-destroying. Maybe if a few hundred great new perfumes appear we'll change our minds.

 

[Birdboy48]

Here's a link for the text of the 7 month period ( June 2005- Jan 2006 ) of Duffnotes mentioned in the OP. Unlike the link above, this one includes all the reader comments and Turin's responses. The inclusion of which makes the thing "only" 548 pages long ! One can understand why the full run of posts shown above leaves out the comments.

For those who are gluttons for punishment, or simply Turin fans, this link also includes a search function in a toolbar at the bottom of the page.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/12441738/Blog-Text-Web-LUCA-TURIN