Substacks recommended by Dariush Alavi

Recommended by Dariush Alavi

Stories, anecdotes, wise proverbs and foolish thoughts, literary musings, insights and conversations centred around my personal, unpublished notebooks

FirstNerve

By Avery Gilbert

Taking a scientific sniff at the culture of smell

Luca Turin on perfume etc.

By Luca Turin 🇮🇹🇪🇺

Perfume reviews and other things

The co-author of one of the most influential perfume guide books ever published shares his thoughts on new (and not so new) releases.

- Dariush Alavi

In the Writing Burrow

By Margaret Atwood

Whatever comes into my addled, shrinking brain.

Range Widely

By David Epstein

The newsletter for generalists.

The Perfume Playground

By Alice du Parcq’s Perfume Playground

Welcome to my perfume hub full of practical advice, long reads, event save-the-dates and shopping guides compiled by moi, Alice du Parcq, an award-winning fragrance writer/presenter with 20+ years in the industry. It's great to have you here!

Alice Du Parcq’s infectious love of perfume comes through in every word she writes.

- Dariush Alavi

Bois de Jasmin Circle

By Victoria

About scent, culture, memory, and finding beauty in impossible places.

Victoria Frolova is one of the original online perfume gurus. There is nothing she doesn’t know about perfumery — and nothing she isn’t willing to share, explain and enthuse about.

- Dariush Alavi

Memex 1.1

By John Naughton

John Naughton's online diary

I pray that when the world descends so far into madness as to make it impossible to know which way is up, John Naughton’s thoughts and observations will still be around to restore some measure of sanity.

- Dariush Alavi

Goodness by Sali Hughes

A place to gather together things I like, rate, recommend, wear and think.

Figs and Fountain Pens

By Raine Fraser

Recording the joyous, excruciating mayhem of writing, indie publishing, and, ya know, life stuff.