Dimensions
141 x 222 x 29mm
What if the most beautiful night in your life was inspired by a fragrance? What if it could be recreated and relived over and over again at the opening of a bottle...
Denyse Beaulieu is a successful fragrance writer; it is her world, her love, her life. Born allergic to fragrance, her childhood curiosity became an intellectual and sensual passion. Spurred by a sophisticated French neighbour, Denyse learned the secrets of seductive glamour and became obsessed with scent.
Defying her allergy and the small conservative town she grew up in, Denyse moves to France and to become a successful perfume writer. In Paris Denyse meets the revered and mysterious master perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour. She shares with him a story of a sensual night spent in Seville under an orange tree in full blossom in the arms of a beautiful young man which stirs the perfumer's imagination and together they create a scent that captures the essence of that night. This is the story of that perfume. As the unique creative collaboration unfolds, the perfume-in-progress conjures intimate memories, making sense of Beaulieu's life through scents. Throughout, she traces the evocative history of perfumery in an intensely personal and passionate voice: the masters and the masterpieces; the myths and the myth-busting, down to the molecular mysteries that weld our flesh to flowers...
