Dariush Alavi's Substack - Thoughts on films, books, writing, the things that keep me awake in the middle of the night... and, of course, the other subject about which I've been blogging for years (as Persolaise): perfume and the world of scent.
I am an award-winning perfume journalist and writer of literary fiction.
Dispatches from my hospital bed. Writing on writing; sex and drugs and music, TV shows and writers I admire, my memories, among other matters.
A place to gather together things I like, rate, recommend, wear and think.
Stories, anecdotes, wise proverbs and foolish thoughts, literary musings, insights and conversations centred around my personal, unpublished notebooks