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The Alchemy of Scent
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To women the whole world over, perfume means glamour, and in the world of perfume, Jean-Claude Ellena is a superstar. In this one-of-a-kind book, the master himself takes you through the doors of his laboratory and explains the process of creating precious fragrances, revealing the key methods and recipes involved in this mysterious alchemy.
Perfume is a cutthroat, secretive multibillion-dollar industry, and Ellena provides an insider's tour, guiding us from initial inspiration through the mixing of essences and synthetic elements, to the deluxe packaging and marketing in elegant boutiques worldwide, and even the increasingly complicated safety standards that are set in motion for each bottle of perfume that is manufactured. He explains how the sense of smell works, using a palette of fragrant materials, and how he personally chooses and composes a perfume. He also reveals his unique way of creating a fragrance by playing with our olfactory memories in order to make the perfume seductive and desired by men and women the world over. Perfume illuminates the world of scent and manufactured desire by a perfumer who has had clients the likes of Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Bulgari, and Hermés.
©2011 Jean-Claude Ellena. (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
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No journalist has ever been allowed into the ultrasecretive, highly pressured process of originating a perfume. But Chandler Burr, the New York Times perfume critic, spent a year behind the scenes observing the creation of two major fragrances.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't Finish It
- De Dr. en 08-22-13
De: Chandler Burr
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Perfume
- The Story of a Murderer
- De: Patrick Süskind, John E. Woods - translator
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 9 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,648
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,456
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,457
In the slums of 18th-century France, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift - an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But Grenouille's genius is such that he is not satisfied to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects. Then one day, he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the "ultimate perfume" - the scent of a beautiful young virgin.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is an unusual, highly entertaining story.
- De Kay Tracy en 02-13-19
De: Patrick Süskind, y otros
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The Perfume Collector
- A Novel
- De: Kathleen Tessaro
- Narrado por: Heather Wilds
- Duración: 12 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,902
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,603
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,588
London, 1955: Grace Monroe is a fortunate young woman. Despite her sheltered upbringing in Oxford, her recent marriage has thrust her into the heart of London's most refined and ambitious social circles. Then one evening a letter arrives from France that will change everything. Grace has received an inheritance. There's only one problem: she has never heard of her benefactor, the mysterious Eva d'Orsey. Told by invoking the three distinctive perfumes she inspired, Eva d'Orsey's story weaves through the decades, from 1920s New York to Monte Carlo, Paris, and London.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Unbearable Narration
- De D McKay en 08-05-15
De: Kathleen Tessaro
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Elixir
- A Parisian Perfume House and the Quest for the Secret of Life
- De: Theresa Levitt
- Narrado por: Esther Wane
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 44
For centuries, scientists believed that living matter possessed a special quality—a spirit or essence—that differentiated it from nonliving matter. But by the nineteenth century, the scientific consensus was that the building blocks of one were identical to the building blocks of the other. Elixir tells the story of two young chemists who were not convinced, and how their work rewrote the boundary between life and nonlife.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thrilling History of Organic Chemistry
- De Mark E. White en 06-13-23
De: Theresa Levitt
great overview of an industry
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