This book was a great opportunity to show this business the way it is rather than romanticizing it to death like everybody does. It’s really very beautiful just the way it is.
— Frédéric Malle on his new book, On Perfume Making. Read more at Frédéric Malle | ‘On Perfume Making’ at the New York Times.
Frédéric Malle’s On Perfume Making will be published in Spring 2012:
Frédéric Malle was born in 1962 into the world of perfume…
The Little Book of Perfumes: The Hundred Classics by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez is officially on sale now — if you pre-ordered, you probably already have your copy.
If you don’t know what it is, you can find the book announcement here. I’m not going to review it (nor is anyone else around here, since we haven’t got a book reviewer at the moment), but I’ll tell you a few things I noticed right away:
The snark is gone, largely because they’re only talking about fragrances they think are good. If you liked the snark, that will be a minus, but for those who were put off by the tone, this is the volume you want.
Many of you were wondering if you needed The Little Book if you already owned one of the original two versions (Perfumes: The Guide or Perfumes: The A-Z Guide). That is, of course, up to you, but there is new material, albeit not a ton of it…
Marc Rosen has released Glamour Icons: Perfume Bottle Design, a new illustrated book about his own career and the vintage bottles that inspired him:
Conceived and written by seven-time FiFi Award winner and internationally renowned packaging designer Marc Rosen…
The Perfume Lover is a new book by author Denyse Beaulieu of the Grain de Musc blog. It will be published in the UK by Harper Collins in March 2012:
What if the most beautiful night in your life inspired a fragrance…