Record details

• ISBN: 1681772469
• ISBN: 9781681772462
• Physical Description: 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
• Edition: First Pegagus Books edition
• Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.
• Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-361) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Bountiful Belle Époque: 1900-1909 9 -- 1 Le Parfum Idéal: The Queen-Bee Perfume 13 -- 2 Le Trèfle Incarnat: The Artificial Perfume 16 -- 3 Climax: The Mail-Order Perfume 19 -- 4 Mouchoir de Monsieur: The Flâneur's Perfume 22 -- 5 L'Origan: The Beauty-Hall Perfume 24 -- 6 Shem-el-Nessim: The Arabian Nights Perfume 27 -- 7 Après l'Ondée: The Purple Perfume 30 -- 8 Pompeia: The Hoodoo Perfume 32 -- 9 American Ideal: The Home-Grown Perfume 35 -- 10 Peau d'Espagne: The Wanton Perfume 38 -- Theatrical Teens: 1910-1919 41 -- 11 Special N° 127: The Society Perfume 45 -- 12 Narcisse Noir: The Lawsuit Perfume 48 -- 13 Poinsettia: The Theatrical Perfume 51 -- 14 Nuit de Chine: The Fantastical Perfume 55 -- 15 Ess Viotto: The Working Woman's Perfume 59 -- 16 English Lavender: The Patriotic Perfume 62 -- 17 Le Bouquet Préféré de l'Impératrice: The Revolutionised Perfume 65 -- 18 Le Fruit Défendu: The Best-Named Perfume 68 -- 19 Chypre: The Classical Perfume 70 -- 20 Mitsouko: The Oblique Perfume 72 -- Roaring Twenties: 1920-1929 75 -- 21 Habanita: The Smoking Perfume 79 -- 22 N°: The Perfume 82 -- 23 Nuit de Noël: The Festive Perfume 85 -- 24 Bain de Champagne: The Prohibition Perfume 87 -- 25 Le Dandy: The Gender-Bending Perfume 91 -- 26 Gardenia: The Woozy Perfume 94 -- 27 Amour Amour; Que Sais-Je?; Adieu Sagesse: The Hair-Colour Perfumes 97 -- 28 Tutankhamon Pharaoh Scent: The Egyptomania Perfume 100 -- 29 Huile de Chaldée: The Summer-Holiday Perfume 103 -- 30 Zibeline: The Fur Perfume 107 -- Threatening Thirties: 1930-1939 111 -- 31 Skin Bracer: The Sergeant-Major Perfume 115 -- 32 Scandal: The Animalic Perfume 117 -- 33 Vol de Nuit: The High-Altitude Perfume 119 -- 34 Tweed: The Outdoors Perfume 121 -- 35 Blue Grass: The Equine Perfume 123 -- 36 Fleurs de Rocaille: The Matinée Perfume 126 -- 37 Shocking: The Technicolor Perfume 128 -- 38 Old Spice: The Everyman Perfume 131 -- 39 Colony: The Voyaging Perfume 133 -- 40 Alpona: The Ski-Resort Perfume 136 -- Insubordinate Forties: 1940-1949 139 -- 41 Chantilly: The Romance Perfume 143 -- 42 Dri-Perfume: The War-Effort Perfume 145 -- 43 Femme: The Back-to-the-Source Perfume 149 -- 44 White Shoulders: The Diaphanous Perfume 151 -- 45 Black Satin: The Publicity-Stunt Perfume 154 -- 46 Oh!: The French Lover Perfume 157 -- 47 St Johns Bay Rum: The Adventurer's Perfume 160 -- 48 Ma Griffe: The Proto-Teenage Perfume 163 -- 49 L'Air du Temps: The Maternal Perfume 166 -- 50 Fracas: The Noir Perfume 169 -- Elegant Fifties: 1950-1959 173 -- 51 Wind Song: The Prince Charming Perfume 177 -- 52 Jolie Madame: The Uptown Perfume 179 -- 53 Youth Dew: The Suburbia Perfume 182 -- 54 Noa Noa: The Cocktail-Party Perfume 185 -- 55 White Fire: The Provincial Perfume 188 -- 56 Pino Silvestre: The Air-Fresh Perfume 190 -- 57 Diorissimo: The Pedestal Perfume 193 -- 58 Hypnotique: The Charm-Offensive Perfume 196 -- 59 Tabac Original: The Just-for-Men Perfume 199 -- 60 Vétiver: The Gentlemanly Perfume 202 -- Swinging Sixties: 1960-1969 205 -- 61 Bal à Versailles: The Maximalist Perfume 208 -- 62 Brut: The Neanderthal Perfume 210 -- 63 Zen: The Japonica Perfume 213 -- 64 Pretty Peach: My First Perfume 216 -- 65 Oh! de London: The Groovy Perfume 218 -- 66 Eau Sauvage: The Playboy Perfume 220 -- 67 Aramis: The Urbane Perfume 223 -- 68 Hai Karate: The Self-Defence Fragrance 227 -- 69 Patchouli Oil: The Wanderlust Perfume 229 -- 70 Calandre: The Futuristic Perfume 233 -- Spangly Seventies: 1970-1979 235 -- 71 Rive Gauche: The Multitasking Perfume 239 -- 72 Aromatics Elixir: The Holistic Perfume 241 -- 73 No 19: The Ineffable Perfume 243 -- 74 Musk Oil: The Love-Making Perfume 245 -- 75 Diorella: The Joie-de-Vivre Perfume 247 -- 76 Charlie: The Disco Perfume 249 -- 77 Babe: The Prom-Night Perfume 252 -- 78 Opium: The Me Perfume 254 -- 79 Magie Noire: The Wiccan Perfume 256 -- 80 Anais Anais: The Wistful Perfume 259 -- Egotistical Eighties: 1980-1989 261 -- 81 Kouros: The Action-Hero Perfume 266 -- 82 Giorgio Beverly Hills: The Banned Perfume 268 -- 83 White Musk: The Clean Perfume 271 -- 84 Drakkar Noir: The Yuppie Perfume 274.

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