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Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From Tilar Mazzeo, the author of the bestselling The Widow Clicquot, a captivating new book that shares her journey to discover the secret behind the creation, iconic status, and extraordinary success of Chanel No. 5, the world's most famous perfume"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Set in the 1950s against the backdrop of Grace Kelly's whirlwind romance and glamourous wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco, New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb take the reader on an evocative sun-drenched journey along the Côte d'Azur in this page-turning novel of passion, fate, and second-chances"--
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Formats
Description
No journalist has ever been allowed into the ultrasecretive, highly pressured process of originating a perfume. But Chandler Burr, the New York Times perfume critic, spent a year behind the scenes observing the creation of two major fragrances. Now, writing with wit and elegance, he juxtaposes the stories of the perfumes--one created by a Frenchman in Paris for an exclusive luxury-goods house, the other made in New York by actress Sarah Jessica Parker...
5) Perfume
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A cultural and philosophical exploration of the art, science, and business of perfume"--
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
When French perfumer Danielle Bretancourt steps aboard a luxury ocean liner, leaving her son behind in Poland with his grandmother, she has no idea that her life is about to change forever. The year is 1939, and the declaration of war on the European continent soon threatens her beloved family, scattered across many countries. Relying on strength and support of Jonathan Newell-Grey, a young captain, she gathers the fragments of her impoverished family...
Author
Publisher
HarperVia
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Do you know how many flowers it takes to produce a kilo of rose oil? One million roses, each handpicked. When it comes to nature, Dominique Roques is a unique authority. He has spent the last thirty years working closely with local communities across the globe to establish a sustainable supply of natural ingredients crucial to perfume making.
Author
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
While exiled King Alix Saint Croix lies in wait to reclaim his throne a mistress would provide a welcome distraction. He enters a Parisian perfume house to buy fragrance for a current lover -- and leaves with a powerful craving for another woman altogether: stunningly exotic perfumer Leila Verughese. The very smell of Alix awakens Leila's every nerve. If she's going to give her innocence to anyone, who better than a king? But it's an alchemy with...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Alyssa Harad always considered herself practical, earnest, and bookish. She was a proud feminist, a Birkenstock wearer, and a religious recycler; the only interests in which she came anywhere near self-indulgence were food and cooking. Until she chanced upon a blog and read a new kind of review--not of a novel or a recipe but of a perfume. How frivolous and girly, she thought at first. And yet, months later, she noticed she had begun to heard vials...
Series
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Français
Description
Anne Walberg is a master of perfumes. She creates fragrances and sells her incredible gift to many companies. She is a perfectionist and temperamental. Guillaume is her new chauffeur and the only one who dares face her. This is probably why she doesn2t fire him. Guillaume also desperately needs this job to maintain shared custody of his daughter, so he can only push back so hard. Perfumes is a nuanced and delightful dramedy.
Author
Publisher
Dafina Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Among the uber-famous, shes the most highly sought-after fragrance maker--and a well-kept secret. But designing a scent for pop's newest superstar could take Nicola King and her family's business from elite to downright legendary. Of course, mystery is part of Nicola's brand--so no one knows she's actually an over-cautious person who always puts her own life on permanent hold. Until her ultra-personal list of regrets is accidentally put on a social...
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Women have an affinity with the brand of perfume they wear. People often hold strong emotional connections to different scents, such as their mother's perfume or the body spray they wore as a teen. Despite huge marketing budgets, the launches of established brands often fail, despite extensive marketing research and lavish resources. Why is this? This text is a first in the field to recognize that fine fragrance cannot be treated as any other product....
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In this wide-ranging and accessible new book, biologist-turned-perfumer Elise Vernon Pearlstine turns our human-centered perception of fragrance on its head and investigates plants' evolutionary reasons for creating aromatic molecules. Delving into themes of spirituality, wealth, power, addiction, royalty, fantasy, and more, Pearlstine uncovers the natural history of aromatic substances and their intersection with human culture and civilization.
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