The Perfume Garden

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This book uses the now familiar double narrative, one set in 2001--Emma is reeling from the death of her beloved mother, the betrayal of her ex, and a new pregnancy; the other set in 1937--Emma's grandmother Freya (who is also in the 2001 narrative) is a war nurse in Spain, her great uncle is a journalist there, and we meet their friends and compatriots. It might be me, looking down the other reviews I can see that I'm in a minority, so maybe it is me, but by the end of the book (and I skimmed the last third) I was finding it very hard to care about what happened. And I really enjoyed learning more about the art of perfume as it's something I know nothing about and have never encountered before in a book. She is a nurse caring for the wounded on the Republican side and he is a photographer and a soldier. Perfume Parlour competes with designer brands, it does not use other brand's fragrances, and is not associated in any way with the designer brands or their manufacturers.

This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations.While renovating the villa, Emma meets Luca de Santangel and his family, and gradually pieces together the mystery of her own family.

All of her emotions seemed to be a bit robotic and there was no encompassing sensation of love or anger or hatred that seemed to have any PASSION.They’re awesome fragrances you can’t get anywhere else – so treat yourself, and build up your collection! I loved the Spanish setting – the relaxed style of living, the food, music and dancing, the colours of the sky, and the vividness of the scenery. Corvus Atlantic’s commercial fiction list which includes women’s, historical, romance, sci-fi, crime and thriller. The horror and savagery of war was made even more poignant by humanizing it through Freya and Charles’s perspectives. It turns sweet though in the mid (I've had it on maybe an hour) and I really don't like how it settles.