Entertaining romp through a century of perfumes

Fragrance has always been wrapped in social and economic issues, controversy, memories and history as Lizzie Ostrom so persuasively shows in the lively Perfume: A Century of Scents.

The 10 chapters - each devoted to a single decade - examine 10 different perfumes that influenced that decade.

A sharply focused introduction to each chapter further puts the decade - and its fragrance fashion - in perspective.