{"id":308,"date":"2009-03-16T15:59:27","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T20:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/?page_id=308"},"modified":"2021-08-14T21:15:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T01:15:54","slug":"perfume-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/perfume-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfume Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

This page lists perfume book reviews and book announcements on Now Smell This. If you’re new to the subject, check out Building a fragrance library: five “must-have” books for beginners<\/a> and Building a fragrance library: five suggestions for advanced readers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can find an extensive bibliography of perfume books at Scented Pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last updated on 14 August 2021<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Perfume Book Reviews<\/h2>\n

The original books are in English unless otherwise noted (all reviews are written in English).<\/p>\n

\"Natural<\/p>\n

Ackerman, Diane; A Natural History of the Senses<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Aftel, Mandy; Aroma: The Magic of Essential Oils in Food & Fragrance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Aftel, Mandy; Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Aftel, Mandy; Fragrant: The Secret Life of Scent<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Aftel, Mandy; The Art of Flavor: Practices and Principles for Creating Delicious Food<\/u> <\/a><\/p>\n

Barill\u00e9, Elisabeth; Guerlain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Barill\u00e9, Elisabeth and Catherine Laroze; The Book of Perfume<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Barnes, David S; The Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle against Filth and Germs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Berwin, Margot; Scent of Darkness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Blackson, Robert; If There Ever Was\u2026 a book of extinct and impossible smells<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Brown, Kate Lord; The Perfume Garden<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Burr, Chandle; Dior: The Perfumes<\/span><\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n

Burr, Chandler; The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Burr, Chandler; The Perfect Scent: A Year Behind the Scenes of the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Calvino, Italo; Under the Jaguar Sun: The Name, the Nose<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Chabbert, Sabine and Laurence F\u00e9rat; Rare Perfumes<\/span> \/ Parfums Rares<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Chapman, Neil; Perfume: In Search of Your Signature Scent<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Chuang, Della; KyotEau: Bottled Memories<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Classen, Constance, David Howes & Anthony Synnott; Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Corbin, Alain; The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Social Imagination<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

de Feydeau, Elisabeth; Diptyque<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

de Feydeau, Elisabeth; A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette\u2019s Perfumer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Dove, Roja; The Essence of Perfume<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Drobnick, Jim (ed); The Smell Culture Reader<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Dyhouse, Carol; Glamour: Women, History, Feminism<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Edwards, Michael; Perfume Legends: French feminine fragrances<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ellena, Jean-Claude; Journal d\u2019un Parfumeur<\/span><\/a> (French; published in English as The Diary of a Nose<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Ellena, Jean-Claude; Le Parfum<\/span><\/a> (French)<\/p>\n

Ellena, Jean-Claude; Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ellena, Jean-Claude; The Diary of a Nose: A Year in the Life of a Parfumeur<\/a><\/p>\n

Fellous, Colette; Guerlain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gilbert, Avery; What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Godfrey-June, Jean; Free Gift With Purchase<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Grasse, Marie-Christine, Elisabeth de Feydeau, Freddy Ghozland; L’un des sens : Le parfum au XXe si\u00e8cle<\/span><\/a> (French)<\/p>\n

Grasse, Marie-Christine et al.; Une histoire mondiale du parfum : des origines \u00e0 nos jours<\/span><\/a> (French)<\/p>\n

Groom, Nigel; The Perfume Companion: A Connoisseur’s Guide<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hamilton, Denise; Damage Control<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Herman, Barbara; Scent & Subversion: Decoding a Century of Provocative Perfume<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Herz, Rachel; The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Huysmans, Joris-Karl; Against Nature<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Johnson, Jacqueline; Classic Perfume Advertising 1920-1970<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Julien, Mariette; L’image publicitaire des parfums<\/span><\/a> (French)<\/p>\n

Kaufman, William; Perfume<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kemp, Christopher; Floating Gold: A Natural (& Unnatural) History of Ambergris<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kemp, Percy; Musc<\/span><\/a> (French)<\/p>\n

Le Gu\u00e9rer, Annick; Once Upon a Time…Perfume<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Le Gu\u00e9rer, Annick; Sur Les Routes de L’Encens<\/span><\/a> (French)<\/p>\n

Lyttelton, Celia; The Scent Trail<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Malle, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric; On Perfume Making<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Malone, Jo; My Story<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Martin-Hattemberg, Jean-Marie; Caron<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mazzeo, Tilar; The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World\u2019s Most Famous Perfume<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

McCoy, Anya; Homemade Perfume<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Molloy, Clara & Carine Soyer; 22 Perfumers<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Moran, Jan; Scent of Triumph<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Morris, Edwin; Scents of Time: Perfume From Ancient Egypt to the 21st Century<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Newman, Cathy; Perfume: The Art and Science of Scent<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nez Magazine; Sentir, Ressentir (Smell, Feel)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Oehler, John; Aphrodesia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ostrum, Lizzie; Perfume: A Century of Scents<\/u><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pavia, Fabienne; The World of Perfume<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Robert, Guy; Les sens du parfum<\/span><\/a> (French)<\/p>\n

Robbins, Tom; Jitterbug Perfume<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Rose, MJ; The Book of Lost Fragrances<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Rose, MJ: The Collector of Dying Breaths<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Rosen, Marc; Glamour Icons: Perfume Bottle Design <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Roudnitska, Edmond; Le Parfum<\/span><\/a> (French)<\/p>\n

Sagarin, Edward; The Science and Art of Perfumery<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Scribner, Keith; The Oregon Experiment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sell, Charles (ed); The Chemistry of Fragrances<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Fran\u00e7aise des Parfumeurs; Classification des Parfums et Terminologie<\/span><\/a> (bilingual French & English)<\/p>\n

Stamelman, Richard; Perfume: Joy, Obsession, Scandal, Sin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

S\u00fcskind, Patrick; Perfume: The Story of a Murderer<\/span><\/a> (see also: review of the Perfume movie<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Tessaro, Kathleen; The Perfume Collector<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Theophrastus: Enquiry into Plants<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Thomas, Dana; Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Tonatto, Laura and Alessandra Montrucchio; Storia di un naso<\/span><\/a> (Italian)<\/p>\n

Turin, Luca and Tania Sanchez; Perfumes: The Guide<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Turin, Luca; Folio Columns: 2003-2014<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

Turin, Luca; The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Vigarello, Georges; Concepts of Cleanliness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Vroon, Piet, Anton van Amerongen and Hans de Vries; Smell: The Secret Seducer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Williams, Tessa; Cult Perfumes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Perfume Book Announcements & News<\/h2>\n

Aftel, Mandy; Fragrant: The Secret Life of Scent<\/span> (book announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Alavi, Dariush; Le Snob: Perfume<\/span> (book announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Beaulieu, Denyse; The Perfume Lover<\/span> (book announcement<\/a>, Q & A<\/a>, US edition<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Berwin, Margot; Scent of Darkness<\/span> (book announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Blodgett, Bonnie; Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing \u2014 and Discovering \u2014 the Primal Sense<\/span> (link to radio interview<\/a>, book club<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Burr, Chandle; Dior: The Perfumes<\/span> (book announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Burr, Chandler, The Art of Scent 1889-2012<\/span> (announcement of exhibit catalogue<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Burr, Chandler, The Perfect Scent<\/span> (book announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Dean, Peggy; Sarbez: The Renaissance Of A Fragrance<\/span> (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

de Feydeau, Elisabeth; Diptyque<\/span> (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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de Feydeau, Elisabeth; A Scented Palace<\/span> (brief blurb<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Dove, Roja; The Essence of Perfume<\/span> (book announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Dubrow, Jehanne and Lindsay Lusby (eds); The Book of Scented Things: 100 Contemporary Poems about Perfume<\/span> (book announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Durruty, Veronique and Patrick Guedj; Afrique en Parfums<\/span> (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Edwards, Michael. Fragrances of the World 2008<\/span>. (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Edwards, Michael. Fragrances of the World 2009<\/span>. (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Edwards, Michael. Fragrances of the World 2010<\/span>. (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Edwards, Michael. Fragrances of the World 2011<\/span>. (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Edwards, Michael. Fragrances of the World 2012<\/span>. (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Edwards, Michael. Fragrances of the World 2013<\/span>. (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Edwards, Michael. Fragrances of the World 2014<\/span>. (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Edwards, Michael. Fragrances of the World 2015<\/span>. (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Edwards, Michael. Fragrances of the World 2016<\/span>. (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Ellena, Jean-Claude. Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent<\/span>. (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Fairley, Josephine and Lorna McKay; The Perfume Bible<\/span> (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Fearnley, Laurence Fearnley. Scented<\/span> (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Harad, Alyssa; Coming to My Senses: A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bride<\/span>. (brief announcement<\/a>, excerpt<\/a>, Q&A<\/a>, paperback edition<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Herz, Rachel; The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell<\/span> (link to radio interview<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Malle, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric; On Perfume Making<\/span> (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Moran, Jan; Scent of Triumph<\/span> (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Nicola\u00ef, Patricia and Jean-Louis Michau; Nicola\u00ef: Parfumeur cr\u00e9ateur, un m\u00e9tier d’artiste<\/span> (brief announcement<\/a>; French and English)<\/p>\n

Osmoz; Paris Parfum: The Fragrance Guide to Paris<\/span> (brief announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Pasco, Eva. Underlying Notes<\/span>. (book announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Quintessentially Publishing. Quintessentially Perfume<\/span>. (book announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Rosen, Marc. Glamour Icons: Perfume Bottle Design<\/span>. (book announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Stamelman, Richard; Perfume: Joy, Obsession, Scandal, Sin<\/span>. (link to radio interview<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Tessaro, Kathleen; The Perfume Collector<\/span>. (book announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Turin, Luca and Tania Sanchez; Perfumes: The Guide<\/span> (book announcement<\/a>, link to review in New Yorker<\/a>, Q&A with, part 1<\/a>, Q&A with, part 2<\/a>, quarterly updates<\/a>, Second quarterly update<\/a>, Third Quarterly Update<\/a>, Paperback Version: Perfumes: The A-Z Guide<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Turin, Luca and Tania Sanchez; The Little Book of Perfumes: The Hundred Classics<\/span>. (book announcement<\/a>, Q&A, part 1<\/a>, Q&A, part 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Williams, Tessa; Cult Perfumes<\/span> (book announcement<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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