The Perfume Garden

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An absolute is an oil which has undergone an extraction process catered for the delicate nature of certain flowers. I'm so glad I ended up getting this, because it's more complex and evocative than I expected it to be given the list of notes (sounded like obvious or blunt notes). While renovating the villa, Emma meets Luca de Santangel and his family, and gradually pieces together the mystery of her own family. 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.

When Emma finds Macu, she doesn't realise that she is the one that can tell her all the secrets, she and Freya, but we do. It drys down to a really green, vegetal smell but I find it very wearable and think it smells amazing. I loe the smell of tomatoes in the garden and the smell of earth, but it's almost like I am smelling something very different from everyone else on this page. Eleven positions are then listed, six with the woman on her back, one from behind, two with one or both on their sides, one over furniture and one hanging from a tree. The Perfume Garden is a historical fiction novel set in an interesting and uncommonly cruel era, with both a mystery to solve and a dash of romance.Although this book opens brilliantly with a scene between the two famous war reporters that made up Robert Capa, it quickly degenerated to something rather mediocre, with chapters that were too short to really get the feel of the characters. There's a somberness to some of their scents, like When the Rain Stops or even Under the Lemon trees, but From the Garden is bright and happy. We don't see much of Freya as a mother to Libby, other than as sense that Freya has always been protective of Libby and she's done everything to keep her safe.

A fresh, fruity floral fragrance with top notes of apple, pear, lemon, mandarin and loganberry supported by a heart of freesia, waterlily, lychee and osmanthus resting on a base of musk, woods and dry fruits.The narratives tie together very nicely and I found myself quite invested in the family stories happening. 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. At Daring Light, we share with you this gem from MB Parfums, a sensory experience that endures beyond seasons. I have to say that I was much more interested in what was going on in 1937 than what was going on with Emma. Emma is also suffering a second loss and hopes that a move to Spain might help her 'find herself' again.