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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as scent)
avg rating 4.04 — 554,748 ratings — published 1985
The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as scent)
avg rating 3.73 — 899 ratings — published 2006
The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as scent)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,520 ratings — published 2008
What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as scent)
avg rating 3.55 — 319 ratings — published 2008
The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as scent)
avg rating 3.77 — 483 ratings — published 2007
A Natural History of the Senses (Trade Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as scent)
avg rating 4.15 — 7,919 ratings — published 1990
The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as scent)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,137 ratings — published
Perfumes: The Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as scent)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,726 ratings — published 2008
The Diary of a Nose: A Year in the Life of a Parfumeur (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as scent)
avg rating 3.85 — 510 ratings — published 2009
Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as scent)
avg rating 4.10 — 852 ratings — published 2001
The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World's Most Famous Perfume (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as scent)
avg rating 3.52 — 1,237 ratings — published 2010
The Scent Keeper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as scent)
avg rating 3.93 — 72,356 ratings — published 2019
The Smell Culture Reader (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as scent)
avg rating 3.92 — 12 ratings — published 2006
Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World's Smells (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as scent)
avg rating 4.05 — 303 ratings — published 2020
Past Scents: Historical Perspectives on Smell (Studies in Sensory History)
by (shelved 3 times as scent)
avg rating 4.06 — 35 ratings — published 2014
Scent and Subversion: Decoding A Century Of Provocative Perfume (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as scent)
avg rating 3.97 — 262 ratings — published 2013
The Smell of Risk: Environmental Disparities and Olfactory Aesthetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.20 — 20 ratings — published
Elixir: A Parisian Perfume House and the Quest for the Secret of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.89 — 211 ratings — published
Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.62 — 112 ratings — published 2022
In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.03 — 420 ratings — published 2021
Smellosophy: What the Nose Tells the Mind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.62 — 111 ratings — published
The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Social Imagination (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.80 — 220 ratings — published 1982
Clean: A History of Personal Hygiene and Purity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.50 — 124 ratings — published 2007
A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette's Perfumer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.87 — 404 ratings — published 2004
The Perfume Collector (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.00 — 42,355 ratings — published 2013
Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.75 — 629 ratings — published 2012
Scent and Chemistry: The Molecular World of Odors (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.35 — 20 ratings — published 1990
Scent: The Mysterious and Essential Powers of Smell (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.48 — 29 ratings — published 1988
Perfume: Joy, Scandal, Sin - A Cultural History of Fragrance from 1750 to the Present (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.93 — 29 ratings — published 2006
Coming to My Senses: A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bride (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.97 — 412 ratings — published 2012
Jitterbug Perfume (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.23 — 80,936 ratings — published 1984
Kokular Kitabı 2: Parfümler (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.41 — 96 ratings — published 2015
Kokular Kitabı 4: Lezzetler (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.68 — 72 ratings — published 2019
Kokular Kitabı (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.41 — 364 ratings — published 2014
The New Perfume Handbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.20 — 10 ratings — published 1992
The Winter King (Weathermages of Mystral, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 3.98 — 31,052 ratings — published 2014
Fate's Dangerous Fortune (Mirrors of Fate Book 1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.20 — 84 ratings — published
Bound in Inked Flame (Of Crows and Thorns Saga, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,821 ratings — published 2025
Pheromone (For the Love of Aliens #1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,428 ratings — published 2023
A Soul to Keep (Duskwalker Brides, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.05 — 76,102 ratings — published 2022
Luxuria (Shades of Sin, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 3.99 — 16,403 ratings — published 2022
Whispers of the Deep (Deep Waters, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 3.91 — 24,793 ratings — published 2024
Led by the Nose: A Garden of Smells (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.05 — 22 ratings — published 2002
Essential Oils Handbook: All the Oils You Will Ever Need for Health, Vitality and Well-being (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.09 — 229 ratings — published 2008
The Forgotten Sense: The New Science of Smell—and the Extraordinary Power of the Nose (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 3.67 — 187 ratings — published
Diary of Stink Dog! (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 2012
Essential Oil Perfumes: Essential Oil Perfume Recipes That’ll Make You Smell & Feel Irresistible (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 3.93 — 27 ratings — published
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Kick Ass with Soy Candles!: Our [No Fail] Pretty-Damn-Reliable method (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.22 — 36 ratings — published
Listening to Scent: An Olfactory Journey with Aromatic Plants and Their Extracts (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.30 — 33 ratings — published 2014
“For me,
you are fresh water
that falls from trees
when it has stopped raining. For me,
you are cinnamon that lingers
on the tongue and gives
bitter words
sweetening.
For me, you are the scent of
violins and vision
of valleys
smiling.
And still,
for me, your loveliness never ends.
It traverses
the world
and finds its
way back to me.
Only
me.”
―
you are fresh water
that falls from trees
when it has stopped raining. For me,
you are cinnamon that lingers
on the tongue and gives
bitter words
sweetening.
For me, you are the scent of
violins and vision
of valleys
smiling.
And still,
for me, your loveliness never ends.
It traverses
the world
and finds its
way back to me.
Only
me.”
―
“Louisiana in September was like an obscene phone call from nature. The air--moist, sultry, secretive, and far from fresh--felt as if it were being exhaled into one's face. Sometimes it even sounded like heavy breathing. Honeysuckle, swamp flowers, magnolia, and the mystery smell of the river scented the atmosphere, amplifying the intrusion of organic sleaze. It was aphrodisiac and repressive, soft and violent at the same time. In New Orleans, in the French Quarter, miles from the barking lungs of alligators, the air maintained this quality of breath, although here it acquired a tinge of metallic halitosis, due to fumes expelled by tourist buses, trucks delivering Dixie beer, and, on Decatur Street, a mass-transit motor coach named Desire.”
― Jitterbug Perfume
― Jitterbug Perfume
