Penning Perfumes: Fragrances inspired by the world of literature
updated the 6 October 2015 à 23:15
Discover a growing list of scents that aim to recreate the smell of books in their finest glory.
“The smell of a freshly printed book is the best smell in the world.” We couldn’t agree more with Karl Lagerfeld. There is also something so alluring about the scent of hundred-year-old-books and decaying parchment. Whether it’s a sentence on the sweet aroma of baking bread, a lover’s perfume, or the fresh smell of rain, the different scents that waft through the writer’s imagination take form in beautifully descriptive prose that has us smelling what the author describes. Books such as Perfume by Patrick Suskind, or Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins centre around various olfactory wonders, and it’s rare to find a single book that does not mention scent in some fashion.
Perfumers have since come up with their olfactory interpretation of literature and poetry so you can now surround yourself or your abode with that elusive paper aroma. If you’re a true bibliophile, you might just find the scent of your favourite book or character that captured your heart!
Karen George
