The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (571 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B003BVK3JS |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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His thrilling narrative follows each scent from the initial concept to the worldwide launch. Chalder Burr, the New York Times's perfume critic, spent a year behind the scenes watching both creators at work. The Perfect Scent is the story of two daring creators, two very different scents, and a billion-dollar industry that runs on the invisible magic of perfume.. The Perfect Scent is the thrilling inside story of the global perfume industry, told through two creators working on tw
As Addictive as a Great Perfume Bec First I read "Emperor of Scent", but this is totally different from 'Burr's prior work on the world of fragrance. This one is an easy quick read (I finished it in a single day), but also addictive - you bounce back and forth from Paris and Jean-Claude Ellena's story of Hermes' "Jardin sur le Nil" and New York, where Burr see first-hand how Coty works with Sarah J. Truly Perfect, Indeed! Yes!!! This needs to be a movie. "The Devil Wears Prada" humorous expose of haute couture fashion is dull by comparison to the inherent insider drama and high stakes of the perfume industry. Riveting adventures to be found here.. "Another great book by Chandler." according to David M. Giltinan. Chandler Burr is the resident perfume critic for The New York Times. In this capacity he writes regular reviews ("Scent Notes"), which initially strike one as unbelievably precious, but are ultimately kind of engaging. His previous book, "The Emperor of Scent", about the science of smell, was one of the best examples of science writing I've ever read.This book, a
For the latter, Parker worked as artistic director of a corporate scent-making team. For example, it insists that perfume ingredients are naturally derived (the overwhelming majority are not, because of concerns about quality control, ecological impact and allergies, among others) and that the big names on the bottles are personally involved in creating scents (perfumers alone typically do this; Parker was a rare exception). New York Times perfume critic Burr (The Emperor of Scent) follows the creation of two new scents—Un Jardin sur le Nil by French luxury house Hermès, and Lovely, a celebrity fragrance by Sarah Jessica Parker—in a kind of travelogue through the international perfume industry, one of the most insular, glamorous, strange, paranoid, idiosyncratic, irrational, and lucrative of worlds. (Jan.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc