Fabulous, funny, entertaining book out soon - What the Nose Knows

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*Avery Gilbert's new book on scent and culture - a great read!*

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First, the man: http://averygilbert.com Love the image of keys on his

Author page - ref Turin's theory, lol.

Second, his company: http://synesthetics.com/

Third: his new book, which I will be reviewing soon

http://www.whatthenoseknows.com/

Laughing out loud at his witty and informative style - a must read for

all perfumistas and nose-led folks!

I'll have a review out mid-week. For those in the New York and Philly

area, check out his Media/Events page.

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I posted the above an hour ago on several perfume forums to alert the

perfumistas about this book. I was composing a more personal note here

on the NP group, the Guild group, and for my students but was

sidetracked by a bit of an excited shriek that escaped from my lips as I

skimmed through the book for bits to quote here. I was on p. 16 reading

about Turin and all the perfume writers who have since populated the

internet, the NYT critic, and Avery Gilbert then mentioned several of

the blogs - and Anya's Garden of Natural Perfumery was listed on p. 17!

I had no idea and I'm chuffed, as Janita and our UK and AU friends would

say.

His take on natural botanical smells is funny, his recounting of the

Veterans Administration study of the chemicals responsible for the scent

of farts is hysterical, I never knew the side of Dickinson he

revealed, on and on and on - the man is a fabulous storyteller and

rarest of all, a scientist who truly connects with the layman/woman and

makes the science interesting.

It's been a great week for me on many levels, but I'm going to share

here -- this mention really was the topper! ;-)

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