The Perfumer's Secret
$24.26
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
19 October 2021
Summary
The Perfumer’s Secret is an intoxicating feast for the senses, a highly passionate and dramatic story of duty, deception and desire from the beloved, bestselling author Fiona McIntosh.
“I am at one with Nature’s perfection - her beauty, her colours, her fragrances - and she has allowed me to glimpse it in a man.”
On the eve of the First World War, Fleurette, the only daughter of the wealthy Delacroix perfume dynasty, is being forced to marry a man she loathes, Aimery De Lasset…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761042416 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761042416 |
| Author: | Fiona McIntosh |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 19 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 268g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
“Macintosh’s latest offering is an intimate and unusual portrait of wartime France, and of a perfume dynasty … A romance for the senses.” –Better Reading
“A lively tale with a rich assortment of ingredients: France, perfume, shocking family secrets, war heroes, and a feisty heroine with feminist sensibilities, which nonetheless do not get in the way of true love. This is a well-crafted read.” –The Age
“A grand historical love story ideal for Francophiles and romantics.” –Book’d Out
“Meticulously researched and beautifully written, The Perfumer’s Secret solidifies McIntosh’s place as one of Australia’s most loved storytellers.” –2015 Booktopia Book of the Year
About The Author
Fiona McIntosh
Fiona McIntosh is an internationally and million-copy bestselling author of novels for adults and children across several genres. Alongside her highly successful historical fiction titles, for which she has been nominated at the Australian Book Industry Awards for commercial fiction book of the year, her popular Detective Jack Hawksworth series has recently been released across the UK. Several of her historical titles as well as the ‘world of Hawksworth’ crime novels have been optioned for the screen. Her debut children’s picture book, Harry and Gran Bake a Cake, was published in 2025. Fiona roams the world for her research and lives between Adelaide in South Australia and Wiltshire in England.
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