Fragrant Readings Archives

En bref, le romancier et réalisateur de film Philippe Claudel signe un nouvel ouvrage qui paraîtra pour la prochaine rentrée littéraire, en septembre 2012, intitulé Parfums. Il s'agit, d'après la description de la maison d'édition Stock, d'un recueil de 63...

Frédéric Malle of Editions de Parfums was interviewed by Die Welt Online on May 5th, 2012. It's another opportunity for the publisher of perfumes which gives Parfüm-Verleger in German to talk about what makes his brand distinctive.......

We just purchased this book by Janice Carlisle entitled Common Scents: Comparative Encounters in High-Victorian Fiction. Its subject-matter is fascinating. Read for yourself:"Who smells? Surveying nearly eighty novels written in the 1860s to answer that impolite question, Common Scents provides...

The Wall Street Journal is running a piece on the launch of the New York Yankees new perfume, the one meant to collectively represent the team, not just Derek Jeter, a completely different endeavor by Avon with a more heroic...

French magazine Arts Sacrés devoted their January/February 2012 issue to the religious history of two sacred perfumery materials, myrrh and incense with a feature entitled "L'encens et la myrrhe...Parfums Sacrés". It is a follow-up to their issue last year which...

Edisud will publish a new book on cheeses, their history and their wide diversity in the world entitled Fromages en fête (A Cheese Festival) on January 13, 2012.The recipe book is bound to interest fragrance lovers - there is a...

The 28th annual edition of Fragrances of the World - Parfums du Monde by Michael Edwards is now available for pre-orders. Referenced as the Bible of the fragrance industry, it lists a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the perfume launches...

The founder of Editions de Parfums Est. 2000, Frédéric Malle, has written a book about the creative process surrounding his perfumes called Frédéric Malle De L'Art du Parfum. Angelika Books proposes English and German editions for perfume aficions as well.The...

Home to Thanksgiving by George Henry Durrie, 1867, handcolored lithograph To help set the mood for a fragrant and delicious Thanksgiving for American readers, here are 3 cosy reads from the archives, with whiffs of pumpkin and spices:......

Simon Doonan, artistic director at Barney's and author of immortal advice books such as Wacky Chicks and Eccentric Glamour, debates the semantics of the latest perfume by Chanel named "Jersey", to Jerseyans and the "American psyche." He should know, Jonny...

Jimmy Choo have chosen the format of the blog, a limited-edition one, so to speak, to fête the launch of their debut fragrance Jimmy Choo (see review). Tamara and friends (see list after the jump) are forming a small blogging...

The Johns Hopkins University Press will release a new title in October 2011 which will interest people who are fascinated by both the power and elusiveness of scent: The Ephemeral History of Perfume: Scent and Sense in Early Modern England...

If you are interested in exploring the topic of lavender while - bonus - practising your language skills, there is a new book in French and English entitled Lavande Senteurs et Traditions by Philippe Poulet. It joins the rather prolific...