What are you reading this month? If you're getting started with approaching your passion for perfumery and looking for some recommendations, here's a list of some of our favorites! The Perfume Companion is a beautifully illustrated compendium of almost 500 recommended scents, designed to help you pick out your next favourite fragrance. With insider information about how perfumes are really made, discover hundreds of new fragrancesand find the scents to share your own memories with. This is the perfect companion for your scented adventures. Part of the Le Snob series of guides (which also includes Cigars, Champagne, and Shoes), Perfume contains tips on developing your fragrance appreciation skills, information about scent creation processes, a compact international shopping directory and exclusive contributions from Christopher Chong, Roja Dove, Jo Fairley, Robby Geller, Francis Kurkdjian, Carrie Merideth, Linda Pilkington and Andy Tauer, covering topics from advertising to the use of suynthetic materials. The majority of the book conists of over 100 must-try fragrances as chosen by Dariush Alavi (@persolaise ). Perfect for brushing up on your fragrance knowledge during your commute to work! The Essence Of Perfume by @rojadove is the Perfumer's definitive guide, offering a rare glimpse into the knowledge, passion, and creativity of a Master Perfumer. Since it was first launched, The Essence Of Perfume has become the benchmark text for perfumery worldwide, and is an indispensable industry reference for many professional fragrance organisations. For one year, Jean-Claude Ellena kept a diary of his life as 'parfumeur exclusif' ('le nez' or 'the nose') for Hermès. Believing that creating a scent is like creating a work of art, and describing himself as a writer using 'olfactory colours', he explains how all of the five senses come into play when creating a perfume. #fragrancelover #fragrancelovers #perfumelover #perfumery #bookrecommendation #perfumebooks #sotd