perfumes industry

Explores the creation, iconic status, and success of Chanel No. 5 and examines the life of its creator Coco Chanel.

Chronicles the history of perfume and describes the impact it has had on human culture, society, and art from its introduction in eighteenth-century France through the early years of the twenty-first century.

Chandler Burr, the "New York Times" perfume critic who spent a year behind the scenes observing the creation of two major fragrances, juxtaposes the stories of the perfumes--one created by a Frenchman in Paris for an exclusive luxury-goods house, the other made in New York by actress Sarah Jessica Parker and Coty, Inc.

A biography of cosmetics entrepreneur, Estee Lauder, from her days of selling face powder at card parties to the present multimillion dollar beauty company that bears her name.

A biography of cosmetic entrepreneur, Est?e Lauder, from her days of selling face powder at card parties to the present multimillion dollar beauty company that bears her name.

A history of the world's most famous, seductive, and best-selling perfume describes its origins as a scent recreated from a perfume originally intended for a Romanov dynasty celebration in 1914 and its subsequent worldwide success.