Sběratel vůní - Putování za světovými parfémy – Roques Dominique (2022)

Scents have many secrets. Discovering them means embarking on a journey around the world. Head, heart, base. These are the three essential components of a perfume that unfold at different times. Each of these components can consist of several scents, and the entire perfume can include dozens of essences. Successful, intoxicating, and aphrodisiac combinations are therefore well-guarded secrets of major luxury brands and the global perfume business. But where do the scents themselves come from? Dominique Roques has been supplying perfumers around the world with fragrant essences from more than one hundred fifty raw materials and fifty countries for over thirty years. And now he wants to share the story of scents, places, and people behind successful perfumes, whether they are orchardists, gatherers, growers, businessmen, or even mobsters. Roques reveals the complex and fragile system on which the perfume industry stands, how much work and effort goes into each essence, and how to do everything sustainably and responsibly. And in his storytelling, he takes readers on an adventurous journey from Andalusia to Laos, from Venezuela to Somalia, from ancient methods to the latest technologies.