Coming to My Senses: A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bride Hardback - 2012
by Alyssa Harad
Summary
A sudden love affair with fragrance leads to sensual awakening, self-transformation, and an unexpected homecoming
At thirty-six—earnest, bookish, terminally shopping averse—Alyssa Harad thinks she knows herself. Then one day she stumbles on a perfume review blog and, surprised by her seduction by such a girly extravagance, she reads in secret. But one trip to the mall and several dozen perfume samples later, she is happily obsessed with the seductive underworld of scent and the brilliant, quirky people she meets there. If only she could put off planning her wedding a little longer. . . .
Thus begins a life-changing journey that takes Harad from a private perfume laboratory in Austin, Texas, to the glamorous fragrance showrooms of New York City and a homecoming in Boise, Idaho, with the women who watched her grow up. With warmth and humor, Harad traces the way her unexpected passion helps her open new frontiers and reclaim traditions she had rejected. Full of lush description, this intimate memoir celebrates the many ways there are to come to our senses.
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- Title Coming to My Senses: A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bride
- Author Alyssa Harad
- Binding Hardback
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking, Qb2
- Publication date 2012-07-05
- ISBN 9780670023615 / 0670023612
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.7 x 1.2 in (21.34 x 14.48 x 3.05 cm)
- Age range 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Category Biography / Autobiography
- Library of Congress subjects Feminism - United States, Feminists - United States
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011046010
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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