tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post807023399633785689..comments2024-03-29T05:13:21.130+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: Kathleen Tessaro The Perfume Collector: fragrance book reviewPerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-70566688278320737072013-05-18T02:23:48.712+01:002013-05-18T02:23:48.712+01:00I forgot to mention : I love the cover graphic whi...I forgot to mention : I love the cover graphic which is so appropriate and so 1950"s. P@WAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-50805839000770377452013-05-18T02:20:10.191+01:002013-05-18T02:20:10.191+01:00I am actually in the middle of reading this novel ...I am actually in the middle of reading this novel and I believe I've figured out the ending early on....also smelling Eva's body scent: wasn't this newly done in the novel Perfume? I liked Elegance by KT so much better so far.....P@WAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-34925934102866129762013-05-17T01:08:58.954+01:002013-05-17T01:08:58.954+01:00I enjoyed being immersed in stories about perfume ...I enjoyed being immersed in stories about perfume from the great age of early and mid-twentieth century perfumery that I was willing to overlook the wobbles with plot and characterisation. I did especially enjoy the concept of Eva being a 'scent muse' to a perfumer. Funny thing, I smelled my 14-year-old son's hair this morning and even though it was freshly washed, it was an annemariecnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-52859618164200002882013-05-16T17:43:04.959+01:002013-05-16T17:43:04.959+01:00Ines,
you're a brave soul. I was slapping my...Ines, <br /><br />you're a brave soul. I was slapping myself silly while (finally) succumbing to the Da Vinci Code.Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-16363160378604072532013-05-16T17:42:13.394+01:002013-05-16T17:42:13.394+01:00MH,
it does score on the originality stakes, for...MH, <br /><br />it does score on the originality stakes, for sure, but it's a decently written chick lit opus at least (much better than some I browsed). I kinda think the readers here are a bit more sophisticated, but a light read should be adequately written any way. <br />I do think that like the Oulipo group had hypothesized the only possible plot device for the roman policier was for thePerfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-72229969256920565912013-05-16T08:42:18.700+01:002013-05-16T08:42:18.700+01:00Now that Miss Heliotrope mentioned it, I noticed t...Now that Miss Heliotrope mentioned it, I noticed that trend too and it's starting to annoy me.<br />The latest being Seduction by MJ Rose where we go back and forth until at certain moment the stories will converge. BUt I keep losing interest and have switched over to Dan Brown's Inferno which has a completely new set of annoying things but at least it's action packed. :)Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-84253932063440206032013-05-16T02:02:51.893+01:002013-05-16T02:02:51.893+01:00Glad you read it, not me.
I find that the current...Glad you read it, not me.<br /><br />I find that the current/past double story with the current discovering the past has become a little too cliche-ish, and is not often done that well. It's a clever idea, and appears in a range of novels, from Booker-winning to not so, but too often follows the exact plot of person from the more modern period uncovering the past only to find that particular Miss Heliotropenoreply@blogger.com