What’s Your Perfect Scent?
I don’t know about you, but I’m a huge perfume addict. Florals, musks, citruses – I love them all. That being said, The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York instantly caught my eye.
Written by our very own New York Times perfume critic, Chandler Burr, this novel lets you in on the deepest mysteries and juiciest secrets of the perfume industry. Burr spent a year behind the scenes observing the creation of two fragrances – Jean-Claude Ellena’s Un Jardin sur le Nil and François Coty’s Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker, revealing to the public that the perfume industry is not all about glitz and glam. The fragrance-creating process is not as easy as some of us think, especially while trying to compete with top sellers such as Chanel No. 5. Through the eyes of Burr, we see Parker take on the challenge of launching a fragrance in the already overcrowded celebrity market, as well as Ellena’s tast of creating a scent designed to save Hermès’s perfume business.
This book will give you the inside scoop in the adventures of creating that perfect fragrance, as well as keep you entertained with Burr’s style and passion for the business. It is most definitely a must read for anybody with a taste for beauty, fascinated by the perfume industry, or simply anyone who just wants to settle down with a good read this summer.
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