![]() The preliminary sections provide a brief insight into the origins of modern perfume and the development of a category within the beauty industry, where, the authors propose, it does not deserve to sit and from which it is just starting to emerge, with the help of a few advocates-not least theirs truly. ![]() ![]() (Turin published a perfume guide in French in 19, but this is his first-and the most comprehensive of any-in English.) A handy guide-at least it will be, when it comes out in paperback-to help the novice navigate the scary dodgems of spray girls (and boys) on the department-store floor, the book provides a good introduction to the science and history of scent, followed by some 1,500 reviews of everything from Jicky (launched in 1889 and still around) to whatever spritz has been endorsed by someone whose 15 minutes has just about been used up. Coauthors Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez have collaborated on a conceit so simple that it is a spark of genius. Perfumes: The Guide is intriguing and maddening. ![]()
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