tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81293182555414931192011-07-08T06:55:07.507-07:00Anubha Charanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11245646909669380016noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129318255541493119.post-77602171152997437882009-07-04T10:24:00.000-07:002009-07-04T10:40:33.616-07:00What is it about perfume that inspires so many books?? The tantalizing mysticism, the heritage, the grandeur, the feminity, the seductiveness, the power to transform personalities and to create or destroy emotions? The fact that fortunes have been won and lost, that men (and women) have loved and hated, hunted and abandoned for perfume? That this is the one ingredient that's scattered even through religion (as an offering to the Gods) and the healing arts (as medicine) for thousands of years? That its the one element which has the power to evoke a memory, create an impression, fulfill a fantasy and transport you from a dreary office desk in Mumbai to an exotic island in Polynesia? Several story-tellers have charted this territory...here are some of my favourites:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Scent-Trail-Womans-Perfect-Perfume/dp/0451226240/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246728560&sr=1-1">The Scent Trail</a> by Celia Lyttelton<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perfume-Patrick-Suskind/dp/0307277763/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246728441&sr=1-1">Perfume</a> by Patrick Suskind<br />Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Emperor-Scent-Story-Perfume-Obsession/dp/0375759816/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246728623&sr=1-2">The Emperor of Scent</a> by Chandler Burr<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Scent-Inside-Perfume-Industry/dp/0312425775/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246728658&sr=1-3">The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry</a> by Chandler Burr<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perfumes-Guide-Luca-Turin/dp/B001JJBO74/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246728785&sr=1-3">Perfumes: The Guide</a> by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perfume-Guide-Susan-Irvine/dp/1902463153/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246728861&sr=1-1">The Perfume Guide</a> by Susan Irvine<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perfume-Legends-French-Feminine-Fragrances/dp/0646277944/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246728911&sr=1-1">Perfume Legends: French Feminine Fragrances</a> by Michael Edwards<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Scented-Palace-History-Antoinettes-Perfumer/dp/1845111893/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246729035&sr=1-25">A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette's Perfumer</a> by Elisabeth de Feydeau and Jane Lizop<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Perfume-Scandal-Cultural-History-Fragrance/dp/0847828328/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246729169&sr=1-7">Perfume: Joy, Scandal, Sin - A Cultural History of Fragrance from 1750 to the Present</a> by Richard Stamelman<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8129318255541493119-7760217115299743788?l=thebeautyset.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Anubha Charanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11245646909669380016noreply@blogger.com0