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Paris, 1974. Radha is living in Paris with her husband, Pierre, and their two daughters. She still grieves for the baby boy she gave up years ago, but has finally found her passion: the treasure trove of scents. When a friend's grandfather offered her a job at his parfumerie, Radha discovers she can find the perfect fragrance for any customer who walks in the door. Now she is helping to design new fragrances for clients. Her first major project takes...
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Marie mixes perfumes to sell on market day, saving the money for a dowry for her sister, Ama, in hopes of Ama marrying well. But some of the perfumes are laced with death-- a hint of honeysuckle she's trained her sister to respond to. Marie marks her victim, and Ama attacks-- and kills as a beast. When an unmarked boy turns up dead one morning, Marie knows Ama needs a cure. Which means returning to the place where Ama was cursed in the first place:...
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Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Daphne left Paris and a job she loved to marry the man of her dreams. When he stands her up on their wedding day, she's left reeling and senseless. Literally. She's been trained as a perfume creator and now her sense of smell has disappeared along with her fiancé. She hopes Jesse, her new boss at Gibraltar Products in Ohio, doesn't notice her failing senses. As they work on a signature scent for their new line, she feels God at work as never before....
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Evangeline is eighteen years old when her grandmother gives her the ultimate gift, a scent she has created just for her. From the moment Eva places a drop on her neck, her entire life changes. Previously unnoticed, she becomes the object of intense desire for everyone around her. Men dance close to her; women dip their noses deep into her hair; even the cats outside her bedroom cry to be near her. Gabriel, the quiet student Eva has admired from afar,...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
456 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Newlywed Grace Monroe doesn't fit anyone's expectations of a successful 1950s London socialite, least of all her own. When she receives an unexpected inheritance from a complete stranger, Madame Eva d'Orsey, Grace is drawn to uncover the identity of her mysterious benefactor. Weaving through the decades, from 1920s New York to Monte Carlo, Paris, and London, the story Grace uncovers is that of an extraordinary women who inspired one of Paris's greatest...
8) Shadowscent
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Shadowscent volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
362 pages : map ; 22 cm
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English
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In the Aramtesh Empire scent is all important, and seventeen-year-old Rakel has a way with perfumes which she hopes to use to delay her father's inevitable death; Ash is a member of the imperial bodyguard, assigned to the crown prince Nisai's bodyguard; now they are all brought together on a caravan to an outer province, seeking a rare flower that can cure the poisoned emperor--but when Nisai himself is poisoned Rakel and Ash smell like the chief...
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2021.
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English
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"Clementine, sometimes known as Judge, is a 72-year-old reformed con artist with a penchant for impeccably tailored suits. Her life of crime has led her from the uber-wealthy perfume junkies of belle epoque Manhattan, to the scented butterflies of Costa Rica, to the spice markets of Marrakesh, and finally the bordellos of Paris, where she settles down and opens a legitimate shop bottling her favorite extracts for the ladies of the cabarets. In 1941...
10) The conjurer
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Series
The vine witch volume 3
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2021]
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232 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Sidra didn't murder her husband. Yet even a jinni can't wish away a wrongful imprisonment. Determined to prove her innocence, she returns to her adopted home--a French village renowned for its perfume witches--with her friends Elena and Yvette by her side. Here is where Sidra's true destiny awaits, but danger also lurks in the village's narrow lanes. On her trail is Jamra, another jinni, who's after more than revenge for the murder of his brother....
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Reincarnationist volume 6
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
Description
"From one of America's most imaginative storytellers comes a passionate tale of love and treachery, spanning the days of Catherine de Medici's court to the twenty-first century and starring a woman drawn back, time and again, to the past. In 1533, an Italian orphan with an uncanny knack for creating fragrance is plucked from poverty to become Catherine de Medici's perfumer. To repay his debt, over the years Rene' le Florentine is occasionally called...
12) Rocky road
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Sons of scandal romance volume 2
Publisher
Becky Wade
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
381 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"FBI Agent Jude Camden handles every aspect of his job with by-the-book professionalism. There's no reason why his latest assignment--which calls for him to pose as the boyfriend of perfumer Gemma Clare--should be any different. Except Gemma is different. She's creative, bold, and feisty. And as soon as she meets Jude, she wants to loosen him up, wrinkle his perfect shirts, and test every ounce of his towering self-control."--
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