The Perfect Scent by Chandler Burr A Year Inside The Perfume Industry In Paris and New York -- for Women

The New York Times perfume critic, yes, you read that right follows the creation of two industry-defining perfumes. While Burr (The Emperor of Scent, 2003, etc.) approaches his beat with healthy skepticism, heÆs also capable of flowery language, describing a perfume as smelling like early evening on an island where it is always summer.