35 books
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31 voters
Scent Books
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as scent)
avg rating 4.04 — 554,771 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 — 72,358 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 — 80,938 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 — 31,054 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 — 5,429 ratings — published 2023
A Soul to Keep (Duskwalker Brides, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.05 — 76,113 ratings — published 2022
Luxuria (Shades of Sin, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 3.99 — 16,406 ratings — published 2022
Whispers of the Deep (Deep Waters, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 3.91 — 24,805 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
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
“The magic fades too fast
the scent of summer never lasts
the nights turn hollow and vast
but nothing remains...nothing lasts.”
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the scent of summer never lasts
the nights turn hollow and vast
but nothing remains...nothing lasts.”
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