Wholesale Elixir: A Parisian Perfume House & Quest for the Secret

Elixir: A Parisian Perfume House & Quest for the Secret by Theresa Levitt A Financial Times Best History Book of the Year A Financial Times Summer Reading Favorite "[V]ividly evokes cultural life in Bohemian Paris, the turbulence of the French Revolution and its aftermath, and the feuds that plagued rival scientists...Levitt's social history, especially of perfume, is fascinating." --Wall Street Journal "A delightful history of science and scent at the dawn of the modern age." --Financial Times "Pulling from historical publications and personal writings, Theresa Levitt vividly explains why perfume--bathed in, lathered on, and orally consumed--had a chokehold on Parisian life." --Scientific American "[A] fascinating account of the birth pangs of organic chemistry in 19th-century Paris.