An edition of Perfume (2015)

Perfume

a century of scents

First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
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An edition of Perfume (2015)

Perfume

a century of scents

First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
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An olfactory adventure that explores the trends and crazes that have shaped the way we've spritzed over the past century. Signature scents and now-lost masterpieces, the visionaries who conceived them; the wild and wonderful campaigns that launched them; the women and men who wore them--every perfume has a tale to tell. Join Lizzie Ostrom, the nose behind "Odette Toilette," as she examines one hundred perfumes and scents in all their fragrant glory, revealing a fascinating social history along the way. From the belle époque through the swinging sixties, to the naughty nineties and into the aughts, Ostrom brings intelligence and wit to this most ravishing of subjects. There was the patriotic impact of English Lavender during World War I, and perfumes that captured the Egyptomania of the 1920s. Estée Lauder created Youth Dew and with it, distilled the essence of 1950s suburbia. Patchouli oil, the "anti-perfume" of the 1960s, was sure to keep money out of the hands of corporations and "the man." And who could forget the fervor created by the grunge androgyny of CK One? Scent is truly a passport to memory, making this book both a lush treat and an insightful examination of the twentieth century through the most mysterious of the five senses.--Adapted from dust jacket.

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Pegasus Books
Language
English
Pages
374

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Perfume: a Century of Scents
2024, Penguin Books, Limited
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Perfume
2017, Norton & Company Limited, W. W.
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Perfume: a century of scents
Dec 06, 2016, Pegasus Books
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Perfume
2016, Pegasus Books
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Perfume: a Century of Scents
2015, Penguin Random House
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Table of Contents

The bountiful Belle Epoque : 1900-1909
The theatrical teens : 1910-1919
The roaring twenties : 1920-1929
The threatening thirties : 1930-1939
The insubordinate forties : 1940-1949
The elegant fifties : 1950-1959
The swinging sixties : 1960-1969
The spangly seventies : 1970-2979
The egotistical eighties : 1980-1989
The naughty nineties : 1990-1999
A new century.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
668.54
Library of Congress
TP983 .O88 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
374 pages
Number of pages
374

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Open Library
OL27228644M
Internet Archive
perfumecenturyof0000ostr
ISBN 10
1681772469
ISBN 13
9781681772462
OCLC/WorldCat
940362193
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B01E9EHWA8

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