Join Luca Turin and me for a live online seminar on new perfume launches, industry trends, and insider observations from the fragrance world. Luca will be joining us from Milan during Esxence, the world’s largest niche perfumery exhibition. I will be speaking from Ukraine.
Scientist, critic, polymath, and co-author of Perfumes: The A–Z Guide, Luca needs little introduction. Expect lively discussion, strong opinions, and plenty of opportunities for questions.
This event supports a cause close to my heart.
Since this spring, I have been working with the Kramatorsk Volunteer Organization in eastern Ukraine, helping evacuate civilians from frontline communities. The team is made up entirely of local volunteers. They receive no salary. Their leader, Bogdan Zuyakov, works at a local music school and spends his free time organizing evacuations, transporting hospital patients, and helping people escape the war zone.
I join the team’s missions whenever I am in Kramatorsk, and I have seen firsthand how vital this work is. As the front advances and drone warfare expands the danger zone, the window for evacuation is shrinking.
Unfortunately, one of the team’s vehicles recently broke down. Without vehicles, evacuations stop.
Together with my fellow volunteer Ben Kochenburger, we have already raised more than $10,300. We are now just $4,700 away from our goal of $15,000, which will allow us to purchase a replacement vehicle and keep these missions running.
Spend an hour talking perfume with Luca Turin—and help keep a lifesaving evacuation vehicle on the road.
Event Details
Friday, June 5
17:00–18:00 CET
11:00–12:00 EST
Zoom
How to Participate
Donate $50 or more to the fundraiser: https://gogetfunding.com/humanitarian-support-for-relocating-civilians-in-ukraine/
Everyone who has already donated $50 or more is automatically eligible and will receive a Zoom invitation before the event. Be sure that you enter your email address, so that we can contact you.
A recording will be made available to the registered participants.
If you are unable to contribute, sharing this post would be a tremendous help.
It’s not every day that a conversation about perfume helps to save lives.
Luca’s Substack: https://lucaturin.substack.com/
You can follow the reports of my work with the Kramatorks Volunteer Organization via my Substack or Instagram.
