by Chandler Burr · Random House · tapa dura · ISBN 9780375507977
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«The Emperor of Scent» is Chandler Burr's popular science essay, published by Random House in hardcover (336 pages, in English).
Chandler Burr tells the true story of Luca Turin, a scientist with an extraordinary gift for identifying smells, from the finest perfumes to subway air. Turin discovers that no one knows how smell works and devotes his life to solving that mystery, research that shakes the perfume industry.
Published on January 21, 2003, the book carries the subtitle 'A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses'.
Ideal for readers interested in science, biography, and the history of perfumes.
