Perfumes - The Guide

The first book of its kind: a definitive guide to the world of perfume.

By Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez

Pompous names, bizarre ads, hundreds of new scents a year? The multibillion-dollar fragrance industry has long resisted understanding. At last, the first critical and critically acclaimed guide to perfume illuminates the mysteries of this secretive industry. Lifelong perfume fanatics Luca Turin (best known as the subject of Chandler Burr's The Emperor of Scent) and Tania Sanchez exalt, wisecrack, and scold through their reviews with passion, eloquence, and erudition, making this book a must-have for anyone looking for a brilliant fragrance or simply a brilliant read.

Luca Turin is a perfume critic, biophysicist, popular lecturer, and author of several books on science, perfume, and culture, including the original Parfums : le guide (in French); The Secret of Scent (Faber & Faber; Ecco); Perfumes: The A–Z Guide and The Little Book of Perfumes with Tania Sanchez (Viking/Penguin; Profile); and Folio Columns: 2003–2014. Also, the subject of the award-winning BBC documentary "A Code in the Nose" and the book, The Emperor of Scent. He has lectured at TED, TEDx, FutureFest, and Google Tech Talks, among others. He considers his finest hour (actually two hours) to have been a broadcast of his selection of classical music on BBC Radio 3 Saturday Classics.

Tania Sanchez is a writer and editor based in Greece. After growing up in California's East Bay, Tania moved to London to co-author the first perfume book, Perfumes: The A-Z Guide, with Luca Turin.

Viking, 2008, hardcover, 5.75 x 9.5 inches, 400 pages.