In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents

Hardback

Main Details

Title In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Dominique Roques
Translated by Stephanie Smee
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 153
Category/GenreMemoirs
Global warming
Cosmetics, hair and beauty
Travel writing
ISBN/Barcode 9781914495168
ClassificationsDewey:338.766854
Audience
General
Illustrations 40 b&w illus

Publishing Details

Publisher Welbeck Publishing Group
Imprint Mountain Leopard
Publication Date 13 October 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In Search of Perfumes is a fragrant journey across the world, revealing the beauty and mysteries of the perfume trade. Fruits, flowers, spices, bark, leaves, and branches are just some of the natural ingredients from the plant world that are used in the creation of perfume. Dominique Roques, travelling from Andalusia to Somaliland by way of Bulgaria, Laos, El Salvador, Indonesia and Egypt, describes his search to find the best natural ingredients, precious to perfumers everywhere. In Search of Perfumes demonstrates how the prestigious multi-million-pound perfume industry may begin its life as a single plant harvested by producers surviving on ancestral traditions and techniques and often risking their lives in the process as they combat the rising threat of climate change. Roques reveals the beauty and mysteries of a familiar trade; a return to the source of the world's scents.

Author Biography

Dominique Roques is the head of sourcing at Firmenich, a Swiss company which provides the world's leading perfume brands with natural fragrances, essences, and extracts. Over the last thirty years he has worked with companies such as Bulgari, Thierry Mugler, Guerlain and Yves Saint Laurent.Stephanie Smee is a translator into English of all things literary and French. Her most recent translation is of Pascal Janovjak'sThe Rome Zoo, which was the winner of the Swiss Literature Award.

Reviews

'A fresh and informative book of warmth and intelligence' -- Virginie Bloch-Laine, Liberation 'Dominique Roques' passionate account of his journey in search of the world's unique and sometimes ancient scents inspires us to join him' -- Rosan Hollak, NRC Handelsblad