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In Search of Perfumes
A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents
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A journey across the world, revealing the beauty and mysteries of the perfume trade. The book also tackles the earth's changing climate conditions, with its impact on the sources of the world's scents.
A fascinating, personal, and life-long journey that unveils the secrets of a global industry by a leading expert in his field.
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'[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)
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, 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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In Search of Perfumes by Dominique Roques is praised for its warmth and intelligence, offering an informative exploration into the world of unique and ancient scents. Reviewers highlight the author's passionate journey to discover these fragrances, describing the book as immersive and vividly detailed. It is recommended for those seeking an insightful introduction to the art of perfumery.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781914495168
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 13 October 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Mountain Leopard Press
Illustration: 40 b&w illus
Contributors:
- Translated by Stephanie Smee
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 158.0mm
Height: 218.0mm
Weight: 683g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Dominique Roques is the head of sourcing at Firmenich, a Swiss company which provides the world's leading perfume brands with natural fragrances, essences, and extracts. Over the last thirty years he has worked with companies such as Bulgari, Thierry Mugler, Guerlain and Yves Saint Laurent.
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.Also by Dominique Roques
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