Mostly though, what it is is a collection of reviews by two of the most trusted, respected, and valued reviewers in the industry. Before it gets into the reference part, you get history, science, methodology, etymology, explanation of the art and production of perfumery, chronology of hits and misses throughout the years, and a moment of silence for all the discontinued greats.
This book gets down to the point quickly, and the authors don't mince words in their critiques.Īs the title says, this is a large reference guide that contains a series of connected essays about perfumery.
Some perfumes are facile and some are complicated some are representative, some abstract. Perfumes seem to come in various weights and sizes, to have different personalities, to wear different clothes, to worship different deities. How could something as shapeless and evanescent as smell have a history and a culture?įor the moment, let's just say that, like all other arts, perfume should engage our attention to a satisfying end, first creating an expectation and then satisfying it in a way different and better than you hoped. Read Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez's posts on the Penguin Blog. Beautifully designed and elegantly illustrated, this book will be the perfect gift for collectors and anyone who’s ever had an interest in the fascinating subject of perfume. Perfumes: The Guide is an authoritative, one-of-a-kind book that will do for fragrance what Robert Parker’s books have done for wine. Should I change my fragrance each season?.What’s better: splash bottles or spray atomizers?.How long can I keep perfume before it goes bad?.What is the difference between eau de toilette and perfume?.Perfumes features introductions to women’s and men’s fragrances and an informative “frequently asked questions” section including: Through witty, irreverent, and illuminating prose, the reviews in Perfumes not only provide consumers with an essential guide to shopping for fragrance, but also make for a unique reading experience. In Perfumes: The Guide, they combine their talents and experience to review more than twelve hundred fragrances, separating the divine from the good from the monumentally awful. Turin, a renowned scientist, and Sanchez, a longtime perfume critic, have spent years sniffing the world’s most elegant and beautiful-as well as some truly terrible-perfumes. Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez are experts in the world of scent. The first book of its kind: a definitive guide to the world of perfume
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