
In Search of Perfumes
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In Search of Perfumes is a fragrant journey across the world, revealing the beauty and mysteries of the perfume trade.
Fruits, flowers, spices, bark, leaves, and branches are just some of the natural ingredients from the plant world that are used in the creation of perfume. Dominique Roques, travelling from Andalusia to Somaliland by way of Bulgaria, Laos, El Salvador, Indonesia and Egypt, describes his search to find the best natural ingredients, precious to perfumers everywhere.
In Search of Perfumes demonstrates how the prestigious multi-million-pound perfume industry may begin its life as a single plant harvested by producers surviving on ancestral traditions and techniques and often risking their lives in the process as they combat the rising threat of climate change. Roques reveals the beauty and mysteries of a familiar trade; a return to the source of the world's scents.
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'A fresh and informative book of warmth and intelligence' -- Virginie Bloch-Laine, Liberation 'Dominique Roques' passionate account of his journey in search of the world's unique and sometimes ancient scents inspires us to join him' -- Rosan Hollak, NRC Handelsblad '[An] immersive debut... with detailed accounts of his trips and vivid descriptions of the scents ... [Roques'] rich travelogue will transport readers' * Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) * 'A joy to read... I would recommend it to everyone who wants an insight into perfumery and its ingredients' -- Marianne Martin, President of the British Society of PerfumersMore details
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Stephanie Smee is a translator into English of all things literary and French. Her most recent translation is of Pascal Janovjak's The Rome Zoo, which was the winner of the Swiss Literature Award.
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