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Luca Turin's Five Star Perfumes

This list holds endless fascination for me as it features so many perfumes that are still unfamiliar. It comes from Perfumes the A-Z Guide by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez, which is definitey worth a read. I come back to this perfume list regularly to give myself some ideas of what to try next.

31 Rue Cambon by Chanel

100% Love by S-Perfume

1740 by Histoires de Parfums

L'Air du Desert Marocain by Andy Tauer

Amouage Gold by Amouage (Guy Robert)

Angel by Thierry Mugler

Apres L'Ondee by Guerlain
Aromatics Elixir by Clinique (Bernard Chant)
Azuree by Estee Lauder (Bernard Chant)

Azzaro pour Homme by Azzaro (Gerard Anthony)

Badgley Mischka by Badgley Mischka
Bandit by Robert Piguet (Germaine Cellier)

Beyond Paradise by Estee Lauder (Calice Becker)

Beyond Paradise Men by Estee Lauder (Calice Becker)

Black by Bvlgari (Annick Menardo)

Bois des Iles by Chanel (Ernest Beaux)

Boise de Violette by Serge Lutens (Pierre Bourdon and Chris Sheldrake)

Boucheron by Boucheron (Jean-Pierre Bethouart)

Breath of God by B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful

Calandre by Paco Rabanne

Calyx by Prescriptives (Sophia Grojsman)

Ca Sent Beau by Kenzo (Francoise Caron)

Chamade by Guerlain

Chinatown by Bond No. 9 (Aurelien Guichard)

Cool Water by Davidoff (Pierre Bourdon)

Cristalle by Chanel

Cuir de Russie by Chanel

Derby by Guerlain

Diorella by Dior (Roudnitska)

Dior Homme by Dior (Olivier Polge)

Dune by Dior

Dzing! by L'Artisan Parfumeur

Eau de Guerlain by Guerlain

Eau Savage by Dior (Roudnitska)

Enlevement au Serail by Parfums MDCI

Envy by Gucci (Maurice Roucel)

Le Feu D'Issey by Issey Miyake

Fracas by Robert Piguet (Germaine Cellier)

Givenchy III by Givenchy

Grey Flannel by Geoffrey Beene

Habit Rouge by Guerlain

L'Heure Bleue by Guerlain

Homage by Amouage

Insense by Givenchy

Insolence eau de parfum by Guerlain (Maurice Roucel)

Invasion Barbare by Parfums MDCI (Stephanie Bakouche)

Iris Silver Mist by Serge Lutens (Maurice Roucel)

Jicky by Guerlain

Joy parfum by Jean Patou (Henri Almeras)

Knize Ten by Knize (Francois Coty and Vincent Roubert)

Knowing by Estee Lauder

Kouros by Yves Saint Laurent

Lavender by Caldey Island (Hugo Collumbien)

Lolita Lempicka by Lolita Lempica (Annick Menardo)

Loulou by Cacharel (Jean Guichard)

Missoni by Missoni (Maurice Roucel)

Mitsouko by Guerlain (Jacques Guerlain)

MoslBuddJewChristHinDao by Elternhaus (Marc Buxton)

La Myrrhe by Serge Lutens (Christopher Sheldrake)

Nahema by Guerlain

New York by Parfums de Nicolai (Patricia de Nicolai)
No. 5 eau de toilette by Chanel
No. 5 parfum by Chanel
Odalisque by Parfums de Nicolai (Patricia de Nicolai)

Opium by YSL

Or Black by Pascal Morabito

Ormonde Man by Ormonde Jayne (Linda Pilkington)
Ormonde Woman by Ormonde Jayne (Linda Pilkington)
Osmanthe Yunnan by Hermes (Jean-Claude Ellena)

Oud Cuir D'Arabie by Montale

Patchouli 24 by Le Labo (Annick Menardo)

Pleasures by Estee Lauder
Poison by Dior

Pour Monsieur by Chanel

Pour un Homme by Caron

Private Collection by Estee Lauder

Promesse de l'Aube by Parfums MDCI (Francis Kurkdjian)

Rive Gauche by YSL (Jacques Polge)

Rush by Gucci
Sarrasins by Serge Lutens

Scent by Theo Fennell (Christophe Laudamiel)

Secretions Magnifiques, by Etat Libre d'Orange
S-eX by S-Perfume (Christophe Laudamiel)

Shalimar by Guerlain

Sycomore by Chanel

Le Temps d'une Fete by Parfums de Nicolai (Patricia de Nicolai)

Timbuktu by L'Artisan Parfumeur

Tocade by Rochas (Maurice Roucel)

Tommy Girl by Tommy Hilfiger
Le Troisieme Homme by Caron

Ubar by Amouage

Vanilia by L'Artisan Parfumeur

Vol de Nuit by Guerlain
White Linen by Estee Lauder
Yatagan by Caron
Yohji Homme by Yohji Yamamoto