Welcome to PERFUMES: THE GUIDE, the official website for the book and quarterly online newsletter by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez.

12/12/08 Russian translation of Winter 08 newsletter — Гид по ароматам (зима 2008) — now available for download. German translation to come later this month.

12/2/08 Winter 2008 newsletter now online. Russian translation online next week, and German translation the following week.

11/7/08 The GUIDE has been chosen as one of Amazon's Best Books of 2008, Editors' Picks.

11/7/08 LT's 15-minute lecture on his theory of smell at TED 2005 is online.

Latest press (updated 11/19/08): reviews from the Times Literary Supplement (cover story), the Independent, the Daily Mail, Prospect, the Daily Express, the Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Vogue UK online, Evening Standard, the Observer, and the BBC's The Culture Show Blog, plus interviews from the Independent and Scotsman Magazine added to the press page.

LT & TS review 129 new fragrances and give their favorites of the year in the Winter 2008 update: $9.99 for the PDF download. The Fall 2008 issue is still free.

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