Frédéric Malle: On Perfume Making

This is mostly a breakdown of the perfumers the author hired to make perfume and some of the smelly things they made. Super sexy. I want to smell exciting smelly things now. As hard as it is to encapsulate the beauty of this book, I'd say it feels like an attempt to liken perfume to fine art. Sadly, this sort of fine art is very hard to convey in a non-conventional medium. This book does a more splendid job of it than has any other book on a fragrance topic I have yet read.

it's a huge print than I had expected. large printing text and pictures. Introduced almost the whole line of FM parfums.

This is a seriously beautiful large-format book. If you love the perfumes of Frederic Malle, or art books or BOTH, you will cherish this artifact. High quality images, text by Malle on the philosophy of the brand and then each perfumer is featured along with their creations for Editions de Parfums. I love to spray on one of the creations and then pull this book down and read the section about it, what a decadent treat. Highly recommended.

It's a fine book. Though I guess I thought it would delve into more detail. It really reads a lot like sales pitch to me, more than what I expected- that of digging into more the the nitty gritty of the business.

An enjoyable puff book on the creation of the Frederic Malle line of perfumes, good design throughout, well done indeed.

bought at great price! In great shape - still wondering what's wrong with it for such a low price!

Not what I expected buts nice coffee table book.