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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as scent)
avg rating 4.04 — 578,277 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 — 922 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 — 1,557 ratings — published 2008
What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as scent)
avg rating 3.54 — 323 ratings — published 2008
A Natural History of the Senses (Trade Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as scent)
avg rating 4.15 — 7,996 ratings — published 1990
The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as scent)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,171 ratings — published
The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as scent)
avg rating 3.80 — 500 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 — 529 ratings — published 2009
Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as scent)
avg rating 4.07 — 886 ratings — published 2001
Perfumes: The Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as scent)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,746 ratings — published 2008
The Scent Keeper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as scent)
avg rating 3.92 — 73,863 ratings — published 2019
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 — 1,256 ratings — published 2010
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 — 262 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 — 671 ratings — published 2012
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
Perfume: A Century of Scents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.87 — 368 ratings — published 2015
The Perfume Project: Journeys through Indian fragrance (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.12 — 17 ratings — published
The Smell of Risk: Environmental Disparities and Olfactory Aesthetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.14 — 21 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 — 223 ratings — published
Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.65 — 134 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 4.02 — 458 ratings — published 2021
Smellosophy: What the Nose Tells the Mind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.65 — 118 ratings — published
Fragrant: The Secret Life of Scent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 3.74 — 428 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 — 228 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 — 410 ratings — published 2004
The Perfume Collector (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.00 — 42,768 ratings — published 2013
Scent and Chemistry: The Molecular World of Odors (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.36 — 22 ratings — published 1990
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 4.05 — 294 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 — 414 ratings — published 2012
Jitterbug Perfume (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scent)
avg rating 4.23 — 81,995 ratings — published 1984
Immortal Rose (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.30 — 450 ratings — published 2026
All Grown Up (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 3.76 — 121 ratings — published 2015
The Big Book of Perfume (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.28 — 90 ratings — published 2018
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 — 374 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 — 31,946 ratings — published 2014
Fate's Dangerous Fortune (Mirrors of Fate Book 1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.19 — 103 ratings — published
Bound in Inked Flame (Of Crows and Thorns Saga, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,386 ratings — published 2025
Pheromone (For the Love of Aliens, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,948 ratings — published 2023
A Soul to Keep (Duskwalker Brides, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 4.04 — 81,861 ratings — published 2022
Luxuria (Shades of Sin, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as scent)
avg rating 3.96 — 18,386 ratings — published 2022
“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
“Fear has always been a very important whistleblower. Our emotion and our history can provoke fear that may arrest us at any time or at any place. Above and beyond, fear might be contagious and its scent, sometimes sensual, sometimes mystical or animal, can exude the musty and arcane smell of destiny. ("One could still feel the smell of fear" )”
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