Coming to My Senses A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bride

Name: Coming to My Senses A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bride
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ISBN: 9780143123385

ISBN-10: 0143123386

ISBN-13: 9780143123385

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Authors: Alyssa Harad

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Honest and beautifully written—a nuanced exploration of femininity and pleasure through the enchanting world of fragrance Alyssa Harad’s affair with scent begins in secret, late at night, by the glow of her computer screen when she stumbles on a blog devoted to perfume. Bookish and practical, and a stranger to beauty counters, she is surprised to find herself lured into a sensual underworld of quirky characters that changes her mind about much more than perfume. Candid, elegant, and full of lush description and humor,Coming to My Sensestakes readers from a private museum of rare essences in Austin, Texas, to the glamorous fragrance showrooms of Manhattan, and finally to a homecoming in…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/25/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.68" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English



Author's Note



Learning How to Smell



The Beautiful Surprise



The Librarian, the Russians, and the Scent of Honey



The Curator and the Cowgirls



The Problem of Becoming a Bride



The Grandma Box



The JAR Experience



The Kind of Woman Who Wears Perfume



The Perfume Shower



A Kiss and a Dream of White Flowers



Coming to My Senses



Sunflowers and City Light



Breakfast at Bergdorfï¿½s



My Mother's Femme


Acknowledgments


Appendix: More to Read and Smell