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作者: Luca Turin / Tania Sanchez

副标题: The Guide
ISBN: 9780670018659
定价: USD 27.95
出版社: Viking Adult
装帧: Hardcover
出版年: 2008-04-10

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The first book of its kind: a definitive guide to the world of perfume
　　
　　 Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez are experts in the world of scent. Turin, a renowned scientist, and Sanchez, a longtime perfume critic, have spent years sniffing the world's most elegant and beautiful--as well as some truly terrible--perfumes. In Perfumes: The Guide, they combine their talents and experience... (展开全部) 　　The first book of its kind: a definitive guide to the world of perfume
　　
　　 Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez are experts in the world of scent. Turin, a renowned scientist, and Sanchez, a longtime perfume critic, have spent years sniffing the world's most elegant and beautiful--as well as some truly terrible--perfumes. In Perfumes: The Guide, they combine their talents and experience to review more than twelve hundred fragrances, separating the divine from the good from the monumentally awful. Through witty, irreverent, and illuminating prose, the reviews in Perfumes not only provide consumers with an essential guide to shopping for fragrance, but also make for a unique reading experience.
　　
　　 Perfumes features introductions to women's and men's fragrances and an informative "frequently asked questions" section including:
　　 • What is the difference between eau de toilette and perfume?
　　 • How long can I keep perfume before it goes bad?
　　 • What's better: splash bottles or spray atomizers?
　　 • What are perfumes made of?
　　 • Should I change my fragrance each season?
　　
　　 Perfumes: The Guide is an authoritative, one-of-a-kind book that will do for fragrance what Robert Parker's books have done for wine. Beautifully designed and elegantly illustrated, this book will be the perfect gift for collectors and anyone who's ever had an interest in the fascinating subject of perfume. Picking a Perfect Perfume
　　
　　 <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/a-plus/Turin_Luca_Sanchez_Tania_30.jpg" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="5" align="right">For Perfumes: The Guide, Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez tested nearly 1,500 fragrances--some glorious, some foul. Here they offer some humble advice on finding something worth loving among the stinkers.
　　
　　 1. Smell top to bottom
　　 Perfumes usually unfold in three (often very different) stages: the sparkling first few minutes are the fragrance's top note, followed by its true personality, known as the heart note, and ending with the base note, aka the drydown, hours later. Something you love at the counter you may loathe by the parking lot. We recommend top-to-bottom tests on skin and on paper, since some scents that disappoint on the heat of skin may shine on your shirtsleeve.
　　
　　 2. Write it down
　　 Bring a pen to write names on paper test strips, so you're not in anguish hours later, trying to recall which is the third scent from the left that transports you to Shangri-La. Keep a cheap, possibly extremely trashy paperback on hand, so you can store strips between pages to keep them separate.
　　
　　 3. Rest your nose
　　 Noses tune out, which is why you can smell your friends' homes but not your own. Smell no more than five scents per day on paper strips and try on only the best one or two, to keep your nose reliable.
　　
　　4. Check the radiance
　　 To get a good sense of how the perfume will smell to other people as you walk past, try spraying a test strip and leaving it in the room while you step out for a bit. Come back fifteen minutes later and breathe in: that's the radiance.