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The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession and the Last Mystery of the Senses
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The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession and the Last Mystery of the Senses

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In the tradition of Susan Orlean’s THE ORCHID THEIF and James Gleick’s Genius, THE EMPEROR OF SCENT tells the story of Luca Turin, an utterly unusual, stubborn scientist, his otherworldly gift for perfume, his brilliant, quixotic theory of how we smell, and his struggle to set before the world the secret of the most enigmatic of our senses.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cornerstone
Country
United Kingdom
Date
3 May 2004
Pages
496
ISBN
9780099460237

In the tradition of Susan Orlean’s THE ORCHID THEIF and James Gleick’s Genius, THE EMPEROR OF SCENT tells the story of Luca Turin, an utterly unusual, stubborn scientist, his otherworldly gift for perfume, his brilliant, quixotic theory of how we smell, and his struggle to set before the world the secret of the most enigmatic of our senses.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cornerstone
Country
United Kingdom
Date
3 May 2004
Pages
496
ISBN
9780099460237