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post #1 of 10
9/17/07 at 10:31pm
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Finally broke down and took my Amazon gift certificates and bought Michael Edwards' "Perfume Legends: French Feminine Fragrances"- gorgeous coffee table book, but I'm reading it cover to cover.
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post #2 of 10
9/17/07 at 11:22pm
You sure got my attention with that thread head!! Enjoy your read!
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post #3 of 10
9/18/07 at 6:06am
AUUUUUUGH. That has been on my wishlist for SO long. Stroke it gently for me >_>
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post #4 of 10
9/18/07 at 8:59am
It would be great if it were a "scratch-n-sniff" book!
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post #5 of 10
9/20/07 at 6:41am
Now I gotta find me a copy.
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post #6 of 10
9/20/07 at 10:00am
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Amazon occasionally will pop up a decent discount on a barely used copy. Mine looked like it might have been out on display, but not purchased. Love that it gives a detailed biography and full pyramid for each of the 50 scents featured. And yeah, I wish it came with samples. In the last year I have tried and now own many of these, but there are still a lot I've never tried.Oddly enough, I seem to know more from around the 1920's than the 1980's
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post #7 of 10
9/22/07 at 9:54am
I've already seen this online... I can't imagine scanning such a heavy, big book.
I'm tempted to buy it, but there are necessary additions to my fragrance shelf that need to be taken care of first
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post #8 of 10
9/22/07 at 10:23am
My Perfume Porn is "The Book of Perfume" by Elisabeth Barillé & Catherine Laroze.

"She left a short while ago
and yet remains near me
with her perfume still
alive, and still warm
from her body, so intoxicating..."
A fourteenth century Chinese poem
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post #9 of 10
9/22/07 at 2:01pm
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Originally Posted by RuRu View Post

My Perfume Porn is "The Book of Perfume" by Elisabeth Barillé & Catherine Laroze.

Indeed, I have it too and it is both gorgeous and readable.

I borrowed Stamelman's "Perfume: Joy, Scandal, Sin - A Cultural History of Fragrance from 1750 to the Present" from the library. It's a visual feast, but I found the text stuffy and padded.
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post #10 of 10
9/22/07 at 2:09pm
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Originally Posted by Kyra View Post

Indeed, I have it too and it is both gorgeous and readable.

I borrowed Stamelman's "Perfume: Joy, Scandal, Sin - A Cultural History of Fragrance from 1750 to the Present" from the library. It's a visual feast, but I found the text stuffy and padded.

Sigh! I wish my library here in Galway would stock books like that. Such a small place, small country, small library, small minds.
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