“The descriptions make you want to go and smell the scents being discussed and made my passing through the duty free perfume section at the airport this summer a much more educational experience. For us too as it was later copied for use in sun tan lotions.” What I found most fascinating was the discovery that a particular scent from the 1920s was so popular that it was forever associated as the scent of summer. “Lizzie Ostrom reveals insights into the fragrance industry, from the design of the bottles and links with the fashion world to celebrity endorsements which are far from being a modern trend. Our reading panel from libraries and The Reading Agency really enjoyed A Century of Scents – here are some of their comments: The story of each of the 100 scents builds an alternative history of the year in which it was conceived, revealing just how weird and wonderful these perfumes – and their makers and wearers – have been through the decades. Each of the 100 scents – whether a long-lost masterpiece, a guilty pleasure or an infamous success story – is brought to glittering life. Odette Toilette will be diving into the bottles, revealing the wild and wonderful ad-campaigns, bringing to life the visionaries who launched these fabulous fragrances and, most importantly, getting to know the people who wore them. As the century marches forwards, our guide turns to the scents still loved, loathed and recognised by millions of men and women around the world today, many of which came from the most celebrated creatives of their day.
Perfume expert Lizzie Ostrom, aka Odette Toilette, tells the stories of 100 perfumes in all their sniffable glory – 10 scents for each decade of the twentieth century.īeginning with the decadent, Art Nouveau-inspired fragrances of the 1900s, A Century of Scents unveils the fascinating histories of these now-lost masterpieces of fragrance.
You can also read an exclusive extract of A Century of Scents and get some discussion questions for your reading group. We have 10 copies to give away for one lucky reading group – just visit our Noticeboard. Find out more about the non-fiction strand of the Radio 2 Book Club. The book was selected with the help of a panel made up of Reading Agency and library staff from across the UK. Perfume: A Century of Scents by Lizzie Ostrom will feature on the Radio 2 Fact not Fiction Book Club on Friday 13 November.
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