New book: Emperor of Scent
The latest book of the month for Fountain's Book Group. It looks to be a great companion to November's Omnivore's Dilemma. This book is a fascinating look at the perfume industry, and the sense of smell in general. Nonfiction, it has an interesting aesthate and scientist at its center, Luca Turin. I'm enjoying the opening 20 pages... :)
Random quotes:
"Odor...contains all the mysteries" (ix), Smell as something both "unlimited and instantaneous" (7.9), "Real men don't [wont] smell things. It's a female thing" (12.2), "You just cannot believe that a single molecule (of scent) has so many features" (13.4), Protagonist's mother: "what thrilled and impressed me was his interest in absolutely everything" (16.5), "You have just used the last bottle of L'Origen in the known universe" (21.6).
