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Books : The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of SmellIn association with Amazon.comby: Luca Turin  List Price: $23.95 Price: $9.35 You Save: $14.60 (61%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 668.54 Format: Bargain Price Label: Ecco Manufacturer: Ecco Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: November 07, 2006 Publisher: Ecco Release Date: November 07, 2006 Studio: Ecco Sales Rank: 419140 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - A GemThis is a great book. It's concise, very informative and well written. Turin maintains a witty, fun sense of humor throughout. His enthusiasm for the subject exudes from every page--a pleasure to read. Rating:  - Fascinating storyMuch interesting information. To get the most from the book, a reasonable understanding of chemistry is helpful. Regardless, much of the book is very informative for the average reader. The role of scent in our everday lives is not sufficiently appreciated and this volume sheds new insight. Rating: - Sacrebleu! This book is to writing on perfumes what Sacrebleu! is to perfumes. I couldn't put it down - more entertaining than "entertainment", witty, brilliant, and totally accessible to the general public, though it deals with biophysics. It is pointless to repeat all the superlatives which this book already earned, so let's just hope that the fragrance molecules Mr. Turin creates in his firm are just as beautiful as his tale of the scent. Rating: - The Good, The Bad, and the UglyI wrote a longer review of "The Emperor of Scent." The Good: Turin definitely has an interesting, original theory of olfaction. As I said in my earlier review, I think there's some chance that he may be right, even though many other olfactory experts dismiss the theory. I'm ready to believe that he could be a creative genius. Turin has a curious writing style that is worth noticing. At his best, he discusses scientific issues in a manner that will make intuitive sense to laypeople. ... Read More Rating: - Very InterestingThe Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell is heavy with scientific material, well explained for the lay person. With small doses of perfume "travelogue", autobiography, history of the scent industry and the science of scent, and the description of the author's revelations about the biochemistry and biophysics of human olfaction, it was difficult to keep from reading it in one sitting. Browse for similar items by category:
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