The Emperor of Scent

Die Lebensgeschichte des Luca Turin, eines verschrobenen Wissenschaftlers, der es sich zur Lebensaufgabe machte, endlich das Geheimnis des Geruchssinns zu enträtseln: Die wahre Geschichte hinter Patrick Süskinds "Perfume".

Informationen zum Autor Chandler Burr Klappentext In the tradition of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief and James Gleick's Genius, The Emperor of Scent tells the story of Luca Turin, an utterly unusual, stubborn scientist, his otherworldly gift for perfume, his brilliant, quixotic theory of how we smell, and his struggle to set before the world the secret of the most enigmatic of our senses. Zusammenfassung In the tradition of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief and James Gleick's Genius! The Emperor of Scent tells the story of Luca Turin! an utterly unusual! stubborn scientist! his otherworldly gift for perfume! his brilliant! quixotic theory of how we smell! and his struggle to set before the world the secret of the most enigmatic of our senses.

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Chandler Burr

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In the tradition of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief and James Gleick's Genius, The Emperor of Scent tells the story of Luca Turin, an utterly unusual, stubborn scientist, his otherworldly gift for perfume, his brilliant, quixotic theory of how we smell, and his struggle to set before the world the secret of the most enigmatic of our senses.