Publisher: Atria Books
Date of Publication: March 13, 2012
A sweeping and suspenseful tale of secrets, intrigue, and lovers separated by time, all connected through the mystical qualities of a perfume created in the days of Cleopatra—and lost for 2,000 years.
Jac L’Etoile has always been haunted by the past, her memories infused with the exotic scents that she grew up surrounded by as the heir to a storied French perfume company. In order to flee the pain of those remembrances—and of her mother’s suicide—she moves to America, leaving the company in the hands of her brother Robbie. But when Robbie hints at an earth-shattering discovery in the family archives and then suddenly goes missing—leaving a dead body in his wake—Jac is plunged into a world she thought she’d left behind.
Back in Paris to investigate her brother’s disappearance, Jac discovers a secret the House of L’Etoile has been hiding since 1799: a scent that unlocks the mysteries of reincarnation. The Book of Lost Fragrances fuses history, passion, and suspense, moving from Cleopatra’s Egypt and the terrors of revolutionary France to Tibet’s battle with China and the glamour of modern-day Paris. Jac’s quest for the ancient perfume someone is willing to kill for becomes the key to understanding her own troubled past.the ancient perfume someone is willing to kill for becomes the key to understanding her own troubled past.
M. J. Writes:
M.J. Rose: I've been fascinated with lost fragrances
since long before I started writing The Book of Lost Fragrances... since I
found a bottle of perfume on my great grandmother's dresser that had belonged
to her mother in Russia. Here is one of those lost fragrances that stirs the
senses and the imagination... (reasearched and described with the help of the perfume writer Dimitrios Dimitriadis)
Created in 1875 by the house of Guerlain, Cuir de Russie is
one of the very first olfactory interpretations of Russian Leather - a theme
that would be revisited many times by many perfumers in the 20th century. A
grey ribbon of smoke meanders up through a bright citrus/floral opening,
bringing with it a coal-black parched quality. Birch tar, vetiver and oakmoss
lend a bitter facet to this incredibly rare perfume which treads a fine line
between being defiantly feminine and devoutly masculine. Guerlain not only
succeeded in capturing the essence of true Russian leather in this striking composition,
but also memorialized the essence of that age.
About the Author:
M.J. Rose is the international best selling author of
eleven novels and two non-fiction books on marketing. Her next novel THE BOOK
OF LOST FRAGRANCES (Atria/S&S) will be published in March 2012. Her
fiction and non-fiction has appeared in many magazines and reviews including
Oprah Magazine. She has been featured in the New York Times, Newsweek, Time,
USA Today and on the Today Show, and NPR radio. Rose graduated from
Syracuse University, spent the '80s in advertising, has a commercial in the
Museum of Modern Art in NYC and since 2005 has run the first marketing company
for authors - Authorbuzz.com.
The television series PAST LIFE, was based on Rose's novels in the
Renincarnationist series. She is one of the founding board members of
International Thriller Writers and runs the blog- Buzz, Balls & Hype.
She is also the co-founder of Peroozal.com
and BookTrib.com.
Rose lives in CT with her husband the musician and composer, Doug Scofield, and their very spoiled and often photographed dog, Winka.
For more information on M.J. Rose and her novels, please visit her WEBSITE. You can also find her on Facebook.
Rose lives in CT with her husband the musician and composer, Doug Scofield, and their very spoiled and often photographed dog, Winka.
For more information on M.J. Rose and her novels, please visit her WEBSITE. You can also find her on Facebook.
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