A story spanning time and continents, featuring a fragrant ‘boof’, a blue glass bottle, a host of characters - eccentric and mythic - and some beets!

What more could one desire from a novel!?

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New Orleans, P7

“You are correct, as usual, cherie. But let us not be speaking of hurricane drops. Nothing goes out of this shop but perfume. And what perfume! Three o’ clock in the morn - in the night! This boof has made me so dizzy I have lost all sense of time.” She peeked into a vat of percolating petals. Inside the vat the scene resembled an Esther Williams ballet filmed in the lagoons of hell. “This is the strongest jasmine I have ever smelled. It makes my head spin, V’lu. We must buy from that Jamaican again.”

To find out more and to book a ticket (£11.00), please visit Eventbrite.

• The bookish fee covers a drink and there is always a lucky dip gift for one attendee and of course smelling of aromatics in various forms (perfume, essential oils, plant materials etc)

About ScentSational Books

ScentSational Books is a bookclub all about fragrance as a literary muse; whether smell or perfume form the backbone of a fictional story, or the use of olfactive language is richly evocative, transporting us to a different era, country or mood! We shall also explore the gamut of non-fiction books such as biographies, botanical histories, and some more tenuous titles!

 Be it ‘a story about a murderer’; a Chanel biography or an historical novel weaving in rich allusions to scent language and fragrant passages, I hope to offer an immersive, inspiring and engaging experience.

 So if you are smell-curious, a book-lover, budding writer, or simply seeking olfactory inspiration and escape, then a warm and fragrant welcome to you. 

We shall celebrate each book and our subliminal sense with fragrant pairings supplied by me to enhance your immersive reading experience!