![]() ![]() ![]() The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York (Hardcover) by. Perfume: A Century of Scents by Lizzie Ostromisbn: 0091954533. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Buy Perfume: A Century of Scents 01 by Ostrom, Lizzie (ISBN: 9780091954536) from Amazon's Book Store. Rather, this is a collection of stories about the historical significance of perfumes in the modern era, going way beyond “the juice” into how they were marketed and packaged, and what magic quality or meaning they were intended to convey. Lizzie Ostrom (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as perfume-history) avg rating 3.86 265 ratings published 2015. What she does not do is go into detail about how things actually smelled or were formulated. Lizzie Ostrom’s entertaining romp through a century of perfumes, 10 per decade from 1900 to 1999, quickly makes the connection with sex, but also with snobbery, hygiene and aspiration. Is it Diorissimo?” I once enquired, only to get the oddly furious response: “NO.” Perhaps it’s just us Brits something to do with a historical aversion to hot water or the notion that only a lover should get close enough to know what we smell like. For each one who replies: “Thanks! It’s Mitsouko,” there’s another who will back away silently. It can be socially awkward to ask acquaintances what delicious fragrance they have on. ![]()
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