{"product_id":"9781914495168","title":"In Search of Perfumes","description":"Author: Dominique Roques\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781914495168\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Welbeck Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 18 Oct 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[An] immersive debut... with detailed accounts of his trips and vivid descriptions of the scents ... [Roques'] rich travelogue will transport readers' \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Search of Perfumes\u003c\/i\u003e is a fragrant journey across the world, revealing the beauty and mysteries of the perfume trade.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFruits, flowers, spices, bark, leaves, and branches are just some of the natural ingredients from the plant world that are used in the creation of perfume. Dominique Roques, travelling from Andalusia to Somaliland by way of Bulgaria, Laos, El Salvador, Indonesia and Egypt, describes his search to find the best natural ingredients, precious to perfumers everywhere.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Search of Perfumes\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how the prestigious multi-million-pound perfume industry may begin its life as a single plant harvested by producers surviving on ancestral traditions and techniques and often risking their lives in the process as they combat the rising threat of climate change. Roques reveals the beauty and mysteries of a familiar trade; a return to the source of the world's scents.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46720693567646,"sku":"ADS-9781914495168","price":54.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781914495168.jpg?v=1776217231","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781914495168","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}