6 must-read science books like In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents by Dominique Roques

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In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents

By: Dominique Roques

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

In this intoxicating concoction of history, travelogue, and memoir, one of the perfume industry's l…

"El perfume nos tranquiliza primero hablándonos de nosotros y después nos cautiva hablándonos de él mismo."

-Dominique Roques, In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents

If you liked the science plot in In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents by Dominique Roques , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Don't Tell Alfred

By: Nancy Mitford

3.82

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

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2. Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer

By: Novella Carpenter

3.47

Format: None pages,

"One of New York Times Top 10 Books of 2009" (Dwight Garner) "Captivating... By turns edgy, moving,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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3. Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness

By: Suzy Favor Hamilton , Sarah Tomlinson

3.63

Format: 143 pages, Hardcover

The former middle distance Olympic runner and high-end escort speaks out for the first time about h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook

4. The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom

By: Slavomir Rawicz

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The harrowing true tale of seven escaped Soviet prisoners who desperately marched out of Siberia th… read more

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5. The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms

By: Amy Stewart

4.15

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

In The Earth Moved, Amy Stewart takes us on a journey through the underground world and introduces … read more

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6. Scent and Subversion: Decoding a Century of Provocative Perfume

By: None

3.69

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Let Scent and Subversiontake you for a whiff on the wild side of 20th century perfume. Perfume has … read more

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7. Perfumes: The Guide

By: Luca Turin , Tania Sanchez

4.03

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The first book of its kind: a definitive guide to the world of perfume Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez… read more

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8. Peregrinos de la belleza: Viajeros por Italia y Grecia

By: María Belmonte

4.50

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

A partir del siglo XVIII Italia y Grecia se convirtieron en lugares de culto y peregrinacion obliga… read more

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9. The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks

By: Amy Stewart

3.44

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley.… read more

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10. Journey to Ixtlan

By: Carlos Castaneda

3.99

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

In Journey to Ixtlan, Carlos Castaneda introduces readers to this new approach for the first time a… read more

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11. I'll Drink to That: A Life in Style, with a Twist

By: Rebecca Paley , Betty Halbreich

4.65

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Eighty-six-year-old Betty Halbreich is a true original. A tough broad who could have stepped straig… read more

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12. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

By: Zoë Schlanger

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more

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  • science
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
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13. Blizzard

By: Marie Vingtras

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A runaway bestseller about a boy gone missing in the middle of an Alaskan blizzard, and the people … read more

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  • audiobook
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14. Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society

By: Sophie Green

3.75

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Noosa Heads, 1987: Newly-divorced Cynthia has returned to her hometown from Los Angeles to reconnec… read more

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15. Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance

By: Elise Vernon Pearlstine

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating exploration of the natural history of scent and human perceptions of fragrance from t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • nature
  • science
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16. In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents

By: Dominique Roques

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

In this intoxicating concoction of history, travelogue, and memoir, one of the perfume industry's l… read more

Similar categories in Dominique Roques's In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents book and Dominique Roques's In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents

  • science
  • history
  • memoir
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"El perfume nos tranquiliza primero hablándonos de nosotros y después nos cautiva hablándonos de él mismo."

-Dominique Roques, In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents

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17. Infused: Adventures In Tea

By: Henrietta Lovell

4.08

Format: 239 pages, Hardcover

Henrietta Lovell is best known as "The Rare Tea Lady". She is on a mission to revolutionize the way… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Lapidarium: The Secret Lives of Stones

By: Hettie Judah

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the lapidaries of the ancient world, this book is a beautifully designed collection of … read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Elixir: A Parisian Perfume House and the Quest for the Secret of Life by Theresa Levitt

19. Elixir: A Parisian Perfume House and the Quest for the Secret of Life

By: Theresa Levitt

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A story of alchemy in Bohemian Paris, where two scientific outcasts discovered a fundamental distin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
  • audiobook
Cover of Revelations in Air: A Guidebook to Smell by Jude Stewart

20. Revelations in Air: A Guidebook to Smell

By: Jude Stewart

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary, strange, and startlingly beautiful exploration of smell, the least understood of … read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • science
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21. The Museum of Scent: Exploring the Curious and Wondrous World of Fragrance

By: Mandy Aftel

4.36

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Breathe in the natural and cultural history of scent with this richly illustrated book inspired by … read more

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  • nonfiction

8 must-read audiobook books like In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents by Dominique Roques

Transform Your Habits

Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness

Suzy Favor Hamilton , Sarah Tomlinson

3.63

Transform Your Habits

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Zoë Schlanger

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Blizzard

Marie Vingtras

3.79

Transform Your Habits

In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents

Dominique Roques

4.01

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19 Top audiobook books like Revelations in Air: A Guidebook to Smell by Jude Stewart

Transform Your Habits

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

Pema Chödrön

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Book of a Thousand Days

Shannon Hale , James Noel Smith

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor

Mark Schatzker

4.75

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Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1)

Sylvain Neuvel

5.00

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