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The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell
Luca Turin
Shows two worlds - the lucrative realm of the perfume makers, and the equally rivalrous domain of smell science. At the core of our sense of smell lies an enigma: why do things smell the way they do? How is smell written into the molecules? This book is the story of the quest to solve this puzzle.
224 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 17, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780571215386 |
| Publishers | Faber & Faber |
| Pages | 224 |
| Dimensions | 127 × 194 × 16 mm · 180 g |
| Language | English |
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