Perfumes

The Guide

Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez

ISBN 1846681278

ISBN 13 9781846681271

October 2009

Price £12.99

Paperback, 624 pp.

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Subject: Beauty

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‘I've long wished perfumery to be taken seriously as an art, and for scent critics to be as fierce as opera critics, and for the wearers of certain "fragrances" to be hissed in public, while others are cheered. This year has brought Perfumes: The Guide by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez, which I breathed in, rather than read, in one delighted gulp.’ Hilary Mantel, Guardian

Perfumes: The Guide is the culmination of Turin’s lifelong obsession and rare scientific flair and Sanchez’s stylish and devoted blogging about every scent that she’s ever loved and loathed. Together they make a fine and utterly persuasive argument for the unrecognised craft of perfume-making. Perfume writing has certainly never been this honest, compelling or downright entertaining.

‘The authors' evocative and vivid writing style convinces us that perfume isn't a science but an art. Never again will you be able to walk past a perfume counter with quite the same nonchalance... if you have a nose for a good book, buy this one.’
— Anita Sethi, Independent on Sunday

‘genuinely wonderful…the authors’s sense of smell is amazing.’
— Daily Telegraph