false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166639403m/14546.jpg 14546 9 The <b>Emperor of Scent</b> tells of the scientific maverick Luca Turin, a connoisseur and something of an aesthete who wrote a bestselling perfume guide and bandied about an outrageous new theory on the human sense of smell. Drawing on cutting-edge work in biology, chemistry, and physics, Turin used his obsession with perfume and his eerie gift for smell to turn the cloistered worlds of the smell business and science upside down, leading to a solution to the last great mystery of the senses: how the nose works. 49010 2003 The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession total:331|5:132|4:129|3:54|2:10|1:6| 331 1364 542 80 5 8 false false Fri Feb 22 00:32:08 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 09:48:25 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 09:56:27 -0800 2008
"In Dior Homme, its perfumer, Olivier Polge, has used a light, assured, masterly touch to turn out an iris that has the grace of a Japanese maple and the careful, musc...more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Aug 13 21:29:38 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 09:29:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 09:21:28 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 10:05:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 12 09:07:45 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 09:18:42 -0700 2009
One of those compelling non-fiction reads, like Pollan or Bronson, but this one manages to make a subject more distant than food or...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 08:04:02 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 10:11:06 -0800 2009 2 1 false false Fri May 02 21:46:04 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 02:29:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 13 12:08:49 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 07 12:46:25 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Wed Sep 09 12:46:15 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 12:46:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 09 17:30:51 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 02 21:18:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 19 09:59:31 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 10:30:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jun 24 07:23:17 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 24 07:27:30 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 12:00:36 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 12:13:58 -0800 2007
Some subjects are even considered not "worthy enough"...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 19:19:14 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 00:26:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 19 17:53:28 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 17:58:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 21:28:06 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 21:34:29 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Mar 18 11:27:12 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 13 09:13:37 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 09:19:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Mar 14 23:37:58 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 23:38:59 -0700 2009
I hope I can finish it before it's due.]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 29 21:36:32 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 21:47:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 20:35:44 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 18:10:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 19 17:26:59 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 17:36:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=14546