The Scent of A Book

"Mysterious, haunting, and tragic, Seduction emerges as a suspenseful alchemy of potent ingredients, beautifully blended, that ignites your senses and leaves you aching for more." —Jamie Ford, NYT bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

 

My newest novel is about many things: Victor Hugo and the secret séances he attended, Druid ruins, grief, ghosts, reincarnation and the lengths we go to for love.

 And scent.

 Below is a descriptions of the magical fragrance I imagined Jac L’Etoile smells in Seduction.

 I haven’t ever smelled it except in my mind – but if it reminds you of a perfume tell me which one in the comments. Just email me at  [email protected].

I’ll go smell them all and the one that comes closest will win the owner the necklace on the cover. And everyone who enters wins a  manuscript page from the book – signed by me.

Also if you want to join a  “by invitation only” Seduction book club on Facebook where I’ll be talking to readers about the book during the month of May – mention that in the email.

 And here is the msytery scent as described in the book:

 But there was something else Jac smelled. A rich and spicy perfume that combined roses, ylang ylang and oak moss. Trapped in the pages for how many years, a fine French perfume was escaping.

 It was the kind of scent she had grown up with. 

Nothing like most modern mass-produced fragrances, but 
beautifully articulated and rounded. She sniffed at it. There was one note that she couldn’t quite figure out, and that note was similar to the mysterious note in Ash’s cologne.

 No, not similar, it was the same note. It was that curious amber she’d found in Fantine’s  studio.

Was this another of Fantine’s scents? Was the amber note her signature? The way vanilla was Jean Guerlain’s? The way tuberose was her grandfather’s?

 Have you ever smelled a scent like this? Just tell me below.

 And to pre-order Seduction so you can join the book club buy Seduction - (only $13.48) Pre-order the hardcover of Seduction from Amazon, BN.com or support your local Indie Store by May 7th.

 "A luxurious, sensual experience for the reader. This atmospheric tale of suspense is fully engrossing." —Library Journal (starred review)

 

Comments

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What an interesting challenge! Here are a few suggestions:

Ruffles by Oscar de la Renta
Clandestine by Guy Laroche
Bal a Versailles by Jean Desprez (vintage version)
Mariella Burani by Mariella Burani

--Kitty

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And one more suggestion... Demi Jour by Houbigant.

--Kitty

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Here is one last idea from me: Anne Klein II. This one is heavier on the amber than the others I named.

I look forward to seeing other people's suggestions on fragrances that might fit your description. Many commercial fragrances contain rose and ylang in either the top notes or middle notes, but I'm hard pressed to think of one that uses those two specific floral notes as the most predominant ones without the addition of other florals, such as iris, gardenia, violet, mimosa, etc.