Cultures of Perfume: Scents That Shaped History

A book event at a bookstore celebrating the new title 'Cultures of Perfume: Scents That Shaped History', a richly illustrated survey of the history and origins behind the world's most well known scents. Author Saskia Wilson-Brown, who founded the Los Angeles-based Institute for Art and Olfaction, will be in conversation with Rachel Syme, followed by a signing. Her book tells the story of smell and humanity's fascination with perfume through an illustrated field guide to 36 distinct scent notes, blending anecdotes, historical research and folk knowledge.