The Emperor of Scent
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The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr
The Emperor of Scent tells of the scientific maverick Luca Turin, a connoisseur and something of an aesthete who wrote a bestselling perfume guide and bandied about an outrageous new 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 turn the cloistered worlds of the smell business and science upside down, leading to a solution to the last great mystery of the senses: how the nose works.Chandler Burr is the author of The Emperor of Scent: A Tale of Perfume, Obsession, and the Final Mystery of the Senses, as well as the smell critic for the New York Times Style Magazine. He currently resides in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780375759819 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375759816 |
| Title | The Emperor of Scent |
| Author | Chandler Burr |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2004-02-10 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Prizes | L.A. Times Book Prize |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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