Atlas of Scents

An imaginative journey to the islands of the blessed, fantastical forests and gardens of paradise.

Atlas of Scents takes you to a journey of scents, flowers, trees and all cultural history of perfumes in our world. This well written book captivates its reader to a beautiful journey in different countries, as well as the fantastic history and myths of our humankind explaining both the history of scents and our need and curiosity on them. Would you like to search and find a perfect perfume or ingredient, suitable for especially for you?

Author Ari Turunen tells the true story of scents behind the perfumes in all details. Atlas of Scents presents with 286 colour pages 70 different ingredients, flowers and plants from all over the world and tells the cultural and at the same time the scientific history of scents, essential oils and perfumes. The world of scents is also science as ten pioneers of perfumery have won the Nobel prize of chemistry.

Atlas of Scents is designed as a coffee table book with stitched binding. 181 pictures, over 200 examples of perfumes and maps. Rights can be sold as a package including the design and photos. Paper is Munken®Polar.

Ari Turunen has a degree on social sciences and geography. He has written 13 books on cultural history and popular science. His books have been translated to 12 languages