The Big Book of Perfume

Nez éditions, coll. 

Nose culture, 232 pages, 2020 Prefaces by Jean-Claude Ellena and Philippe Ughetto (President of the Fragrance Foundation France) What are perfumes made of? 

Who are perfumers and how do they work on a daily basis? 

What happens between the birth of the idea in the mind of a manager, a product manager or a fashion designer, and the putting on the shelves of a new bottle? 

What are the differences between a popular brand distributed on a large scale and a confidential house present in a handful of boutiques? 

Once launched, how does a perfume survive the years? For the first time, a book – designed by the Nez collective – offers you answers to all these questions that you never dared to ask. 

Discover the history of perfumery over the centuries, follow step by step the design and manufacturing chain of a perfume and explore behind the scenes of a complex, but also rapidly changing, industry. Fully illustrated, The Great Book of Perfume is an ambitious and demanding work, but within the reach of the greatest number of people, enthusiasts and the simply curious. 

The deliberately transparent and educational tone combats clichés and preconceived ideas, and goes against discourse that is sometimes intimidating or nebulous.