Lizzie Ostrom

A wonderful, well-informed read... Charming and illuminating... I loved it… if you're thinking about Christmas presents I would buy it...

Lizzie Ostrom’s entertaining romp through a century of perfumes, ten per decade from 1900 to 1999… This book is as delectable an artefact as the product it describes… the perfect accompaniment to a bottle of J’Adore in your stocking.

A really enjoyable, fun book... a great stocking filler.

Beautifully written and illustrated with a sumptuous cover, this would make a perfect gift.

More social history than beauty book... the witty insights and fun, chatty style make this a lush treat or a gorgeous gift.

The perfect non-fiction stocking filler for perfume aficionados and beauty lovers... One of the most gorgeous covers this Christmas... A Century of Scents will inform and entertain

A joyous canter through important scents launched during each decade of the twentieth century... a fabulous read. It would also make an excellent present for a perfume or beauty fan.

A series of engaging vignettes… acute social commentary and fascinating anecdotes.

A giddying, gleeful whistlestop tour of the 20th century... Ostrom has the enthusiasm and mischievous twinkle of TV historian Lucy Worsley.

A book to savour... an education and a pleasure. I couldn’t recommend it for fragrance lovers more highly.

Witty and elegant... works like an enticing spell.

An intriguing, intoxicating guide to all things perfume.

This is a wonderful book... will appeal to readers of fashion biographies and fashion history and anyone will a love of scent.

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANY OCCASION 
 
The incredible stories of 100 perfumes from a whole century of scents 
 
'Wonderful . . . Charming and illuminating. I loved it' INDIA KNIGHT 
'A really enjoyable, fun book' CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN 
'Beautifully written . . . A perfect gift' CATHY RENTZENBRINK 
 
Signature scents and now lost masterpieces; the visionaries who conceived them; the wild and wonderful campaigns that launched them; the women and men who wore them - every perfume has a tale to tell. 
 
Beautifully illustrated and extremely insightful, Perfume: A Century of Scents is a lush journey into the scents that have changed the world. 
 
***READER REVIEWS*** 
'I am in awe' 
'A fantastic book for all fumeheads out there' 
'A total must buy!' 
'There is no book quite like this'

Lizzie Ostrom

Praise for Perfume: A Century of Scents

A wonderful, well-informed read... Charming and illuminating... I loved it… if you're thinking about Christmas presents I would buy it...

Lizzie Ostrom’s entertaining romp through a century of perfumes, ten per decade from 1900 to 1999… This book is as delectable an artefact as the product it describes… the perfect accompaniment to a ...

A really enjoyable, fun book... a great stocking filler.

A wonderful, well-informed read... Charming and illuminating... I loved it… if you're thinking about Christmas presents I would buy it...

Lizzie Ostrom’s entertaining romp through a century of perfumes, ten per decade from 1900 to 1999… This book is as delectable an artefact as the product it describes… the perfect accompaniment to a ...

A really enjoyable, fun book... a great stocking filler.

A wonderful, well-informed read... Charming and illuminating... I loved it… if you're thinking about Christmas presents I would buy it...

Lizzie Ostrom’s entertaining romp through a century of perfumes, ten per decade from 1900 to 1999… This book is as delectable an artefact as the product it describes… the perfect accompaniment to a ...

A really enjoyable, fun book... a great stocking filler.

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