In the tradition of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief and James Gleick's Genius, The Emperor of Scent tells the story of Luca Turin, an utterly unusual, stubborn scientist, his otherworldly gift for perfume, his brilliant, quixotic theory...

"The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York" von Chandler Burr bietet einen faszinierenden Einblick in die Welt der Parfümherstellung. Das Buch begleitet zwei parallele Geschichten: Zum einen verfolgt es...