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Alex Johnson

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Rijswijk, Netherlands

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Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction

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I love writing and find time every day to get words down, even though I hold down a day job as a beauty journalist and researcher.

The idea for Run Away came after spending many anxious weeks sitting at the computer waiting for emails from my 18-year old son who was on his Gap Year travelling round South East Asia. This was all before the days of Facebook and twitter, but I'm not sure accessing his Facebook page would have been any less alarming! I was more relaxed, but only marginally so, when my second son set off on his Gap Year adventures. Those years certainly provided a fantastic backdrop to my first novel, Run Away, available on amazon.

In April 2015, I published my second novel called The Perfume Muse, a sequel to Run Away. Set in Gr ...more

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Alex Johnson It's simple, write! Even when you don't want to, or think you don't have the time, carve out a few minutes each day (early morning is best, before you…moreIt's simple, write! Even when you don't want to, or think you don't have the time, carve out a few minutes each day (early morning is best, before you get going on the day) and soon the wordage builds up. I'm constantly amazed at how I've managed to write three novels in this way. (less)

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Alex Johnson I've worked as a beauty and fragrance journalist for the past 25 years and wanted to explore the idea of perfume in fiction. This took me on a researc…moreI've worked as a beauty and fragrance journalist for the past 25 years and wanted to explore the idea of perfume in fiction. This took me on a research trip to Grasse, the world's perfume capital, and got me sniffing and evaluating every perfume that wafted past my nose! The result is The Perfume Muse, a romantic novel about a woman who has two perfumers rival for her affections through the creation of a perfume just for her. It's the sequel novel to Run Away...(less)

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Average rating: 3.9 · 29 ratings · 9 reviews · 2 distinct works

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New novel: The Perfume Muse

It's taken me quite a while, but I've finally published the sequel to Run Away which is entitled The Perfume Muse.

I've worked in the perfume industry for many years and have always been fascinated by fragrance. For example, how perfumers put together "notes" in much the same way as a musician does when writing a piece of music. Perfume is mysterious, complex, intriguing and incredibly intimate - Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 28, 2015 11:24 • Tags: perfume, rivalry, romance

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May 17, 2015 04:44AM

The lovely @bodiciasapple interviewed me on her book blog A Woman's Wisdom to talk about my new book THE PERFUME MUSE and what inspired me to write it.

There's also a short excerpt from the novel...

https://awomanswisdom.wordpress.com/2...

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