![]() ![]() The 10 chapters each devoted to a single decade examine 10 different perfumes that influenced that decade. I couldn’t recommend it for fragrance lovers more highly. Fragrance has always been wrapped in social and economic issues, controversy, memories and history as Lizzie Ostrom so persuasively shows in the lively Perfume: A Century of Scents. You’ll certainly learn why Zibeline was designed to smell like fur, who was behind Hai Karate (this company also invented Viagra!) and why patchouli became the best friend of the 1960’s stinky afghan coat. You can pick up and put down Perfume A Century Of Scents as you like – take it in one sitting or little bits at a time. entirely ficticious) but when it comes to English Lavender (patriotic) by Yardley, Femme by Rochas, Colony by Jean Patou or Scandal by Lanvin, the book tells us why they were so successful, whether it be a true story of inspiration or simply that it followed a note trend of the time. I know that modern fragrances are probably developed from a marketing plan rather than some direct inspiration, and I’m very much aware that the ‘story’ can often come after the fragrance has hit the production line (i.e. Each fragrance has it’s own personal history (some best known for being a direct copy of something else) and it’s told not romantically like a press release, but more practically. Author, Lizzie Ostrom (better known as Odette Toilette), takes iconic fragrances, past and present and drills right down to the very nub of them. ![]() If you love fragrance, I think that Perfume A Century Of Scents is a book to savour by the fireside one winter afternoon. ![]()
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