Perfume - A Century of Scents

There was the patriotic impact of English Lavender during World War I and perfumes that captured the Egyptomania of the 1920s. Estee Lauder created -Youth Dew- and with it, distilled the essence of 1950's suburbia. Patchouli oil--the -anti-perfume- of the 1960s--was sure to keep money out of the hands of corporations and -the man.- And who could forget the fervor created by the grunge androgyny of CK One? Scent is truly the passport to memory, makingPerfume both a lush treat and an insightful examination of the twentieth century through the most mysterious of the five sense.