Description
| Product ID: | 9780099460237 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Emperor Of Scent |
| Authors: | Author: Chandler Burr |
| Page Count: | 496 |
| Subjects: | Biography: science, technology and medicine, Biography: science, technology & medicine, History of science, Organic chemistry, Dyestuffs, pigments and paint technology, Cosmetics, hair and beauty, History of science, Organic chemistry, Cosmetics technology, Cosmetics, hair & beauty |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In the tradition of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief and James Gleick's Genius, The Emperor of Scent tells the story of Luca Turin, an utterly unusual, stubborn scientist, his otherworldly gift for perfume, his brilliant, quixotic theory of how we smell, and his struggle to set before the world the secret of the most enigmatic of our senses. In the tradition of Susan Orlean''s The Orchid Thief and James Gleick''s Genius, The Emperor of Scent tells the story of Luca Turin, an utterly unusual, stubborn scientist, his otherworldly gift for perfume, his brilliant, quixotic theory of how we smell, and his struggle to set before the world the secret of the most enigmatic of our senses. |
| Imprint Name: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Cornerstone |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2004-03-04 |
