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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as scent)
avg rating 4.04 — 591,766 ratings — published 1985
The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as scent)
avg rating 3.72 — 932 ratings — published 2006
The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as scent)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,575 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 — 324 ratings — published 2008
A Natural History of the Senses (Trade Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as scent)
avg rating 4.15 — 8,032 ratings — published 1990
The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as scent)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,189 ratings — published
Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as scent)
avg rating 4.07 — 899 ratings — published 2001
The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as scent)
avg rating 3.80 — 506 ratings — published 2007
The Diary of a Nose: A Year in the Life of a Parfumeur (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as scent)
avg rating 3.85 — 540 ratings — published 2009
The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World's Most Famous Perfume (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as scent)
avg rating 3.51 — 1,269 ratings — published 2010
Perfumes: The Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as scent)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,750 ratings — published 2008
The Scent Keeper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as scent)
avg rating 3.92 — 74,526 ratings — published 2019
Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World's Smells (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as scent)
avg rating 4.05 — 318 ratings — published 2020
Past Scents: Historical Perspectives on Smell (Studies in Sensory History)
by (shelved 4 times as scent)
avg rating 4.00 — 37 ratings — published 2014
Scent and Subversion: Decoding A Century Of Provocative Perfume (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as scent)
avg rating 3.97 — 266 ratings — published 2013
The Smell Culture Reader (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as scent)
avg rating 3.85 — 13 ratings — published 2006
Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as scent)
avg rating 3.74 — 694 ratings — published 2012
Scent and Chemistry: The Molecular World of Odors (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as scent)
avg rating 4.35 — 23 ratings — published 1990
Perfume: Joy, Scandal, Sin - A Cultural History of Fragrance from 1750 to the Present (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as scent)
avg rating 3.97 — 30 ratings — published 2006
The Big Book of Perfume (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.26 — 96 ratings — published 2018
Perfume: A Century of Scents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.86 — 374 ratings — published 2015
The Perfume Project: Journeys through Indian fragrance (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.00 — 19 ratings — published
The Smell of Risk: Environmental Disparities and Olfactory Aesthetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.22 — 23 ratings — published
Elixir: A Parisian Perfume House and the Quest for the Secret of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.91 — 228 ratings — published
Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.61 — 142 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 4.04 — 482 ratings — published 2021
Smellosophy: What the Nose Tells the Mind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.66 — 119 ratings — published
Fragrant: The Secret Life of Scent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.74 — 429 ratings — published 2014
The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Social Imagination (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.79 — 233 ratings — published 1982
Clean: A History of Personal Hygiene and Purity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.50 — 127 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 — 413 ratings — published 2004
The Perfume Collector (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.00 — 43,051 ratings — published 2013
Scent: The Mysterious and Essential Powers of Smell (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.47 — 30 ratings — published 1988
The Little Book of Perfumes: The Hundred Classics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.04 — 296 ratings — published 2011
Coming to My Senses: A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bride (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.97 — 415 ratings — published 2012
Jitterbug Perfume (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.23 — 82,607 ratings — published 1984
Midnight Secretary, Vol. 02 (Midnight Secretary, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,864 ratings — published 2007
The Psychological Basis of Perfumery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 1996
Jacobson's Organ: And the Remarkable Nature of Smell (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 3.82 — 138 ratings — published 1999
Immortal Rose (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,968 ratings — published 2026
All Grown Up (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 3.74 — 125 ratings — published 2015
Sandalwood in Perfumery (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Kokular Kitabı 2: Parfümler (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.39 — 97 ratings — published 2015
Kokular Kitabı 4: Lezzetler (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.68 — 73 ratings — published 2019
Kokular Kitabı (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.41 — 379 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 3.97 — 32,301 ratings — published 2014
Fate's Dangerous Fortune (Mirrors of Fate Book 1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.19 — 115 ratings — published
Bound in Inked Flame (Of Crows and Thorns Saga, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,735 ratings — published 2025
“The magic fades too fast
the scent of summer never lasts
the nights turn hollow and vast
but nothing remains...nothing lasts.”
―
the scent of summer never lasts
the nights turn hollow and vast
but nothing remains...nothing lasts.”
―
“THE WEATHER OF LOVE
Love
Has a way of wilting
Or blossoming
At the strangest,
Most unpredictable hour.
This is how love is,
An uncontrollable beast
In the form of a flower.
The sun does not always shine on it.
Nor does the rain always pour on it
Nor should it always get beaten by a storm.
Love does not always emit the sweetest scents,
And sometimes it can sting with its thorns.
Water it.
Give it plenty of sunlight.
Nurture it,
And the flower of love will
Outlive you.
Neglect it or keep dissecting it,
And its petals will quickly curl up and die.
This is how love is,
Perfection is a delusional vision.
So love the person who loves you
Unconditionally,
And abandon the one
Who only loves you
Under favorable
Conditions.”
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Love
Has a way of wilting
Or blossoming
At the strangest,
Most unpredictable hour.
This is how love is,
An uncontrollable beast
In the form of a flower.
The sun does not always shine on it.
Nor does the rain always pour on it
Nor should it always get beaten by a storm.
Love does not always emit the sweetest scents,
And sometimes it can sting with its thorns.
Water it.
Give it plenty of sunlight.
Nurture it,
And the flower of love will
Outlive you.
Neglect it or keep dissecting it,
And its petals will quickly curl up and die.
This is how love is,
Perfection is a delusional vision.
So love the person who loves you
Unconditionally,
And abandon the one
Who only loves you
Under favorable
Conditions.”
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
