| Description |
ix, 261 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
"Alyssa Harad always considered herself practical, earnest, and bookish. She was a proud feminist, a Birkenstock wearer, and a religious recycler; the only interests in which she came anywhere near self-indulgence were food and cooking. Until she chanced upon a blog and read a new kind of review--not of a novel or a recipe but of a perfume. How frivolous and girly, she thought at first. And yet, months later, she noticed she had begun to heard vials of fragrance samples. Embarking on a journey that takes her from perfume galleries and private laboratories in her hometown of Austin, TX, to the glamorous perfume showrooms of NYC, Harad discovers a secret network of perfume-traders, scent sharers, botanists, and fragrance enthusiasts around the world. Through them she comes to reassess her ideas about femininity, passion, her own long-term relationship--and what her life is about"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical reference. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Learning how to smell. The beautiful surprise ; The librarian, the Russians, and the scent of honey ; The curator and the cowgirls -- pt 2. 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 -- pt. 3. Coming to my senses. Sunflowers and city light ; Breakfast at Bergdorf's ; My mother's femme. |
| Subject |
Harad, Alyssa.
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Feminists -- United States -- Biography.
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Perfumes industry -- United States.
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Perfumes -- United States.
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Femininity -- United States.
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Feminism -- United States.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
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Femininity. (OCoLC)fst00922657
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Feminism. (OCoLC)fst00922671
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Feminists. (OCoLC)fst00922831
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Perfumes industry. (OCoLC)fst01057982
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9780670023615 (hardback) |
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0670023612 (hardback) |
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