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A review by holly2kidsandtired
A Perfumer's Secret by Adria J. Cimino
3.0
I will be honest and state that this novel took me far longer to finish than it should have. I kept putting it down and picking it up. I don't know if it didn't grasp my attention enough or if it was just where I am in life and what I have going on.
Zoe Flore travels to France when her aunt dies and leaves her the treasured perfume formula of the scent her mother always wore. Knowledge of the inheritance brings Zoe a family she never knew existed. A family who still resents that her mother left France and whose secrets they aren't willing to share. When the formula is stolen, Zoe discovers some answers and more questions as she searches for who took it.
I can't say I really connected with characters here. None of them experience much happiness nor do they find joy in life. Instead there is anger, betrayal and disloyalty. As Zoe attempts to recreate the formula even as she searches for it, I think she eventually finds some closure, but it's not an inherently happy story.
I loved the perfume aspects of the story. So fascinating to read about the process of creating scents, but also the rivalry that can occur between perfume families and manufacturers. This is as much a story about family as it is about perfume.
Zoe Flore travels to France when her aunt dies and leaves her the treasured perfume formula of the scent her mother always wore. Knowledge of the inheritance brings Zoe a family she never knew existed. A family who still resents that her mother left France and whose secrets they aren't willing to share. When the formula is stolen, Zoe discovers some answers and more questions as she searches for who took it.
I can't say I really connected with characters here. None of them experience much happiness nor do they find joy in life. Instead there is anger, betrayal and disloyalty. As Zoe attempts to recreate the formula even as she searches for it, I think she eventually finds some closure, but it's not an inherently happy story.
I loved the perfume aspects of the story. So fascinating to read about the process of creating scents, but also the rivalry that can occur between perfume families and manufacturers. This is as much a story about family as it is about perfume.