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| The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York | 
 enlarge | Author: Chandler Burr
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 26142
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0805080376
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.766854
EAN: 9780805080377
ASIN: 0805080376
Publication Date: January 22, 2008
Release Date: January 22, 2008
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 fascinating book February 23, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you think that a book with page after page of scientific formulas could only be boring, you should read this!
This is a fascinating glimpse into an industry which touches us all every day, but about which most of us know
nothing. It will also make you want to run to the nearest [expensive] perfume counter and indulge.
Makes you wish for a scratch and sniff edition! February 15, 2008
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I came to this as a fan of Chandler Burr's fragrance reviews already, some of which I've clipped out not because I wanted to try the fragrance, but because the language is both so gorgeous and precise at the same time. So I came to this book with a great deal of anticipation and was not disappointed. It reads like a novel, with great characters and plot, and the world of perfume making is so exotic and unlike anything I can ever imagine that there is something intriguing and interesting on every page. Fun to read, full of great facts (okay, you can use them to impress your friends, I'll admit that) and if you love perfume...or just stories of those who are passionate about what they do...it's a terrific read.
Mysteries unraveled February 15, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you are intimidated by whippet-thin, well coiffed, stylish clerks at the cosmetics counters or simply wish to learn more about an industry that sells dreams, Mr. Burr peels back some of the layers of marketing and spin put out by the perfume industry. Over the course of about a year, he follows the NY-based production of a contemporary fragrance issued under Sarah Jessica Parker's name and the Paris-based building of a "scent image" for the ultra protective Hermes house. He discusses the pros and cons of natural vs. synthetic ingredients, schools you in how fragrances are designed and described and sheds light into the reclusive, spotlight-shunning world of the trained perfumers who build the fragrances that fuel the industry. A bit of gossip, some dish on his disdain for any of the Hugo Boss products, a reveal on that final marketing push to capture the eye and nose of the media and public. A quick read, funny and a good introduction that makes you want to run the gauntlet of fragrance-spitzing women at the local Nordstroms, Sephora or Macy's to see what he speaks of.
 A Fascinating but too wordy look inside the secretive world of the perfume industry February 13, 2008
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book by the NY Times Perfume Critic provides an interesting journey into the perfume world by the journalist that probably knows more about perfume than anyone else in the world. The book could be about 30% shorter, however- the author tends to repeat himself and he does tend to sometimes go for trivial details in order to bulk up the book.
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