Perfume
eBook - ePub

Perfume

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

About this book

Join Lizzie Ostrom on an olfactory adventure as she explores the trends and crazes that have shaped the way we've spritzed. One hundred perfumes and scents in all their fragrant glory reveal a fascinating social history of the past century. From the belle epoque through the swinging sixties, to the naughty nineties and beyond, Ostrom brings intelligence and wit to this most ravishing of subjects.There was the patriotic impact of English Lavender during World War I and perfumes that captured the Egyptomania of the 1920s. Estee Lauder created "Youth Dew" and with it, distilled the essence of 1950's suburbia. Patchouli oil—the "anti-perfume" of the 1960s—was sure to keep money out of the hands of corporations and "the man." And who could forget the fervor created by the grunge androgyny of CK One? Scent is truly the passport to memory, making Perfume both a lush treat and an insightful examination of the twentieth century through the most mysterious of the five sense.

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Information

Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781681775135

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. A Century of Scents: An Introduction
  5. The Bountiful Belle Époque: 1900–1909
  6. The Theatrical Teens: 1910–1919
  7. The Roaring Twenties: 1920–1929
  8. The Threatening Thirties: 1930–1939
  9. The Insubordinate Forties: 1940–1949
  10. The Elegant Fifties: 1950–1959
  11. The Swinging Sixties: 1960–1969
  12. The Spangly Seventies: 1970–1979
  13. The Egotistical Eighties: 1980–1989
  14. The Naughty Nineties: 1990–1999
  15. A New Century
  16. Acknowledgements
  17. Notes and Select Bibliography
  18. Further Reading
  19. Index
  20. Copyright