The Perfume Lover is a candid personal account of the process of composing a fragrance, filled with sensual scent descriptions, sexy tidbits, and historical vignettes.What if the most beautiful night in your life inspired a perfume? When Denyse Beaulieu was growing up near Montreal, perfume was forbidden in her house, spurring a childhood curiosity that became an intellectual and sensual passion. It is this passion she pursued all the way to Paris, where she w lives, and which led her to become a respected fragrance writer. But little did she kw that it would also lead her to achieve a perfume lover's wildest dream: When Denyse tells famous perfumer Betrand Duchaufour at L'Artisan Parfumeur of a sensual night spent in Seville under a blossoming orange tree, wrapped in the arms of a beautiful man, the story stirs his imagination and together they create a scent that captures the essence of that night. As their unique creative collaboration unfolds, the perfume-in-progress conjures intimate memories, leading Beaulieu to make sense of her life through scents. Throughout the book, she weaves the evocative history of perfumery into her personal journey, in an intensely passionate voice: the masters and the masterpieces, the myths and the myth-busting, down to the molecular mysteries that weld our flesh to flowers.Now, just to set your strils aquiver: Seville a l'aube is an orange blossom oriental with zesty, green and balsamic effects, with tes of petitgrain, petitgrain citronnier, orange blossom, beeswax, incense, and lavender, and is w available at fragrance outlets in the U.S.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
125002501x
ISBN-13
9781250025012
eBay Product ID (ePID)
188341729
Product Key Features
Author
Denyse Beaulieu
Format
Hardback, Sewn,Cloth over Boards,With Dust Jacket
Language
English
Topic
Fashion & Beauty
Additional Product Features
Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Author Biography
DENYSE BEAULIEU is a Paris-based translator, fragrance writer, perfume editor for Citizen K,and industry consultant who established herself as one of the foremost bloggers in the field with Grain de Musc. Her expertise has been acknowledged by at the London College of Fashion where she teaches an intensive Understanding Fragrance course, and the Societe Francaise des Parfumeurs, where she is lecturer.