{"product_id":"coming-to-my-senses-a-story-of-perfume-pleasure-and-an-unlikely-bride-paperback","title":"Coming to My Senses: A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bride - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlyssa Harad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It's been a long while since I've read a book so luscious. This memoir about falling in love with perfume made me want to smell \u003ci\u003eeverything\u003c\/i\u003e.\" -\u003cb\u003eCeleste Ng\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Fires Eve\u003c\/i\u003er\u003ci\u003eywher\u003c\/i\u003ee and \u003ci\u003eEverything I Never Told You\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A woman, I think we can all agree, should smell like herself. But which self?\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Late one night near the middle of her life when all her careful plans have gone awry, Alyssa Harad stumbles across a blog devoted to reviewing perfume. She is not the kind of woman who wears perfume. But she is a reader, and the ability to describe a fragrance unfolding in the air with words seems like a magic trick. In the reviews perfume becomes a place, a person, a moment in history. Perfume becomes a story at a moment when she needs a new one. Harad follows the magical trail of scent from a private museum of rare essences in Austin, Texas, to the glamorous fragrance showrooms of Manhattan, and finally to a homecoming in Boise, Idaho--undoing and expanding her understanding of gender, femininity, pleasure and identity along the way. Candid, elegant, insightful, full of lush description and gentle humor, \u003ci\u003eComing to My Senses\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the intimate connections between our senses and our selves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlyssa Harad\u003c\/b\u003e holds a PhD in English from the University of Texas, Austin. She has written about perfume for \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and the award-winning perfume blogs \u003ci\u003eNow Smell This \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Perfume-Smellin' Things.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives with her husband in Austin, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.72 x 5.17 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46870897655947,"sku":"9780143123385","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/coingratulations.com\/products\/coming-to-my-senses-a-story-of-perfume-pleasure-and-an-unlikely-bride-paperback","provider":"Coingratulations","version":"1.0","type":"link"}