The Perfect Scent
Subtitle: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.; Henry Holt
Published: January 22, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780805080377
Subjects: Perfumes Technology; Health & Fitness; Business / Economics / Finance; Health/Fitness; Beauty & Grooming - Cosmetics; Industries - General; Science / Chemistry / General; Beauty & Grooming - General; Perfumes; Perfumes industry; Popular works
Description: No journalist has ever been allowed into the ultrasecretive, highly pressured process of originating a perfume. But Chandler Burr, the New York Times perfume critic, spent a year behind the scenes observing the creation of two major fragrances. Now, writing with wit and elegance, he juxtaposes the stories of the perfumes--one created by a Frenchman in Paris for an exclusive luxury-goods house, the other made in New York by actress Sarah Jessica Parker and Coty, Inc., a giant international corporation.--From publisher description.