It also lead to a keen interest in Ellena’s distinctive scents, and a love story with Ellena’s L’eau d’Hiver. (Burr’s is a better story.) It’s my favourite book about perfumes. I once worked together with someone who worked at Coty at the same time as SJP’s scent was created. Journalist and perfume critic Chandler Burr (who, in an amusing turn of events, also wrote a book about Luca Turin, called The Emperor of Scent) followed all protagonists for a year. Tearing through it, you’ll learn more about perfumes than you ever thought was possible. It’s a vivid tale, with interesting protagonists. It tells about how two perfumes came to be: Hèrmes’ Un Jardin Sur Le Nil, created by one of the greatest perfumers of our time, Jean-Claude Ellena, and Lovely, Sarah Jessica Parker’s perfume she did with Coty.
This is one of the best kinds of non-fiction books that I know of, because it tells a story. A year inside the perfume industry in Paris and New York, Chandler Burr The book that taught me nearly everything about perfumes. But then, there’re also little gems like “The fragrance is (…) an ideal accompaniment for flirtatious banter delivered by prim girls in glasses”. Is it a guide for you to figure out what your next scent should be? I rather doubt that. This is exactly the right book to gather round after Christmas dinner with and read out some soundbites to the family, especially of perfumes everybody knows (Chanel No. (L’Artisan Parfumeur’s Dzing! smells like ‘vanilla cardboard’ to him.) (We’ve covered this topic here if you need a refresher.) His descriptions of fragrances are sharp, lovingly (exasperated in some cases) and borderline quirky. In the case of Luca Turin, biophysicist and perfume critic, you’ll learn that he’s slightly jaded, very witty, and regards 2011, when the EU-wide laws about allergens in fragrances were issued, as the end of the world. As always, you learn a lot about the critic in the process as well.
Plus there’s a handy guide about perfume terms that might have baffled you before. On top of that, you’ll have accompanying lists (best feminines, best florals, etc.). You’ll learn something about the 100 best perfumes, as seen by Mr Turin and Ms Sanchez. ‘The 100 classics’ of the tagline certainly applies to this beauty from 2011. The little book of perfumes, Luca Turin & Tania Sanchez The 100 best perfumes of all times, as seen by famous perfume critic Luca Turin. Have a look into the best books about perfume!
While it’s certainly very common to give perfumes for the Holidays, why not do it a bit differently this year and look into books about perfume instead? I’ll show you three favourites that are very different and might appeal to guys and girls, beauty lovers and people who don’t know a thing about scents.
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