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The Scent Trail

By Celia Lyttelton

The Scent Trail

By Celia Lyttelton

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When Celia Lyttelton visited a bespoke perfumers she realized a long-held ambition: to have a scent created solely for her. Entering this heady exotic world of oils and essences she was transported from a leafy London square to a place of long-forgotten memories and sensory experiences. And once drawn into this world she felt compelled to trace the origins history and culture of the many ingredients that made up her unique perfume...
And so began a magical journey of the senses that took Celia from Grasse the cradle of perfume to Morocco; from the rose-growing region of Isparta in Turkey to the Tuscan hills where the iris grows wild. And after journeying to Sri Lanka the home of the heavenly scented jasmine Celia ventured to India the Yemen and finally to the 'Island of Bliss' Socotra. Here she traced the rarest and most mysterious agent in perfumery ambergris which is found in the bellies of whales and is said to have powerful aphrodisiac qualities.
From the peasants and farmers growing their own crops and the traders who sell to the great perfume houses to the 'noses' who create the scents and the marketing kings who rule this powerful billion-dollar industry Celia Lyttelton paints a mystical sensual landscape of sights sounds and aromas as she recalls the extraordinary people and places she encountered on her unique Scent Trail.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
338
Release Date:
2011-02-28
Publication Date:
2011-02-28
Publisher:
Bantam
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0857500317
ISBN13:
9780857500311
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
397 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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