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The Emperor of Scent

A True Story of Perfume and Obsession

Chandler Burr

This fascinating book tells the story of a scientific maverick, Luca Turin, who turned the world of perfume and science upside down with his outrageous theory on the human sense of smell. Drawing on cutting-edge work in biology, chemistry, and physics, Turin used his obsession with perfume and his eerie gift for smell to solve the mystery of how the nose works.
Publish Date
2004-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
2004-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.16
ISBN
9780375759819
Recommendations
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Recommendations
A wonderful introduction to how the dissident voice is marginalized.      source