Scent of the Vanishing Flora by Roman Kaiser (2010) {Fragrant Reading - New Book}
Roman Kaiser, whose name is associated with the Scent Trek program at Givaudan and extensive headspace data collecting has published his third book following The Scent of Orchids (1993) and Meaningful Scents Around the World (2006.) It is entitled Scent of the Vanishing Flora...
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Perfumers are more often than not asked to translate the vision of a fashion designer into liquid meaning. In a reverse exercise hosted by French magazine L'Express, 5 perfumers - Jean-Claude Ellena, Thierry Wasser, Francis Kukdjian, Fabrice Pellegrin and François Demachy - were asked to imagine what style of fashion would best embody one of their latest creations... 
Perfumer and author Jean-Paul Guerlain although better known for his love of and dedication to perfumery has long confessed his love for literature. The author of a memoir book previously about his travels to uncover essences and rare materials, Les routes de mes parfums (The Paths of my Perfumes) (Editions Le Cherche Midi in 2002), October 2010 will see him unveil a new tome entitled Parfums d'Amour (Perfumes of Love.)
A February 2010 article in Cosmetics Business reports about recent trends in fragrance-bottle making and what makes a luxury perfume flacon truly tick. I especially loved the passage where specialists point out to the importance of the feeling of weight and the sound the cap makes when you open it, which all send cues of luxury. Sound-engineering is critical when designing cars for instance, and the noise the door makes when it opens or close is never left to chance. But to go back to perfume, this is oh-so true. 
The June 2010 issue of W Magazine has a story on the house designed by Serge Lutens in Marrakech. The place itself is reportedly little lived-in as Lutens prefers the more humane proportions of a modest studio on the outskirts of the city. It still serves as his perfumer's laboratory.
