SearchLibrary
More ▼
BookshelvesRedeem code
bookmate game
7 days for free
en
Read in our apps:
iOS
·
Android
Kathleen Tessaro

The Perfume Collector

Notify me when the book’s added
Impression
Add to shelf
Already read
Report an error in the book
To read this book, upload an EPUB or FB2 file to Bookmate. How do I upload a book?
Search on Google
A remarkable novel about secrets, desire, memory, passion, and possibility.
Newlywed Grace Monroe doesn’t fit anyone’s expectations of a successful 1950s London socialite, least of all her own. When she receives an unexpected inheritance from a complete stranger, Madame Eva d’Orsey, Grace is drawn to uncover the identity of her mysterious benefactor.
Weaving through the decades, from 1920s New York to Monte Carlo, Paris, and London, the story Grace uncovers is that of an extraordinary women who inspired one of Paris’s greatest perfumers. Immortalized in three evocative perfumes, Eva d’Orsey’s history will transform Grace’s life forever, forcing her to choose between the woman she is expected to be and the person she really is.
The Perfume Collector explores the complex and obsessive love between muse and artist, and the tremendous power of memory and scent.
HistoricalHistoricalRomanceFiction
This book is currently unavailable
366 printed pages
Publication year
2013

Related booksAll

Have you already read it? How did you like it?
👍👎

Impressions

  • ovusachevashared an impression7 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    🌴Beach Bag Book

      • Like
      • Comment
      • Report this

    Quotes

    • ;has quotedlast year
      Your olfactory sense connects not to the memory itself, but to the emotion you felt when that memory was made. To recreate a scent memory is one of the most challenging, eloquent pursuits possible. It’s poetry, in its most immediate form.
        • Like
        • Comment
        • Report this
      • ;has quotedlast year
        You see, most people assume perfume is made only from crushed flower petals but nothing could be further from the truth. All these ingredients give weight, dimension and contrast. Without them, the result is shallow and one-dimensional.
          • Like
          • Comment
          • Report this
        • ;has quotedlast year
          ‘Most customers want to smell like those they aspire to become, not who they were in the past. But perfumers are always attempting to capture scents that remind us of certain places, people, moments. It’s the great challenge, to capture not only a true scent but one that recalls entire experience.’
            • Like
            • Comment
            • Report this

          On the bookshelves

          Don’t give a book. Give a library.Give a Bookmate subscription →
          fb2epub
          Drag & drop your files (not more than 5 at once)