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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as scent)
avg rating 4.04 — 585,567 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 — 925 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 — 1,571 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 — 8,020 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 — 2,183 ratings — published
Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as scent)
avg rating 4.07 — 892 ratings — published 2001
The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as scent)
avg rating 3.80 — 504 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 — 535 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 — 1,264 ratings — published 2010
Perfumes: The Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as scent)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,748 ratings — published 2008
The Scent Keeper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as scent)
avg rating 3.92 — 74,282 ratings — published 2019
Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World's Smells (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as scent)
avg rating 4.04 — 315 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 — 265 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 — 684 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 — 93 ratings — published 2018
Perfume: A Century of Scents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.87 — 369 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 3.92 — 224 ratings — published
Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.64 — 136 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 — 471 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 3.80 — 232 ratings — published 1982
Clean: A History of Personal Hygiene and Purity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.51 — 126 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 — 411 ratings — published 2004
The Perfume Collector (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.00 — 42,923 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 — 295 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 3.98 — 415 ratings — published 2012
Jitterbug Perfume (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.23 — 82,332 ratings — published 1984
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 4.13 — 3,145 ratings — published 2026
All Grown Up (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 3.74 — 124 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 4.69 — 72 ratings — published 2019
Kokular Kitabı (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.41 — 377 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 — 32,138 ratings — published 2014
Fate's Dangerous Fortune (Mirrors of Fate Book 1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.23 — 113 ratings — published
Bound in Inked Flame (Of Crows and Thorns Saga, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,570 ratings — published 2025
Pheromone (For the Love of Aliens, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.10 — 6,109 ratings — published 2023
“The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.”
― American Gods
― American Gods
“Smells, I think, may be the last thing on earth to die.”
― Motherland: Beyond the Holocaust: A Mother-Daughter Journey to Reclaim the Past
― Motherland: Beyond the Holocaust: A Mother-Daughter Journey to Reclaim the Past
