Perfumes: The A-Z Guide
Pompous names, bizarre ads, hundreds of new scents a year?the multibillion-dollar business of fragrance has long resisted understanding. At last the first critical?and critically acclaimed?guide to perfume illuminates the mysteries of this secretive industry. Lifelong perfume fanatics Luca Turin...
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Pompous names, bizarre ads, hundreds of new scents a year?the multibillion-dollar business of fragrance has long resisted understanding. At last the first critical?and critically acclaimed?guide to perfume illuminates the mysteries of this secretive industry. Lifelong perfume fanatics Luca Turin (best known as the subject of Chandler Burr?s The Emperor of Scent) and Tania Sanchez exalt, wisecrack, and scold through their reviews with passion, eloquence, and erudition, making this book a must-have for anyone looking for a brilliant fragrance?or just a brilliant read.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143115014 (0143115014)
ASIN: 0143115014
Publish date: 2009-10-27
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 640
Edition language: English
Quirky...yes! This is an excellent book on perfumes (designer scents) for the rest of us. Well-written and sometimes bizarre descriptions for perfumes that will make you want to run out and smell them just for the heck of it. Caution...if you do run out to the perfume counter after reading this book...
Snarky, opinionated and fun but never reaches the levels of transcendence (transcentdence?) that Turin's The Secret of Scent did. Still, if you are interested in perfume and the obsessive description thereof, pick this one up.
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