The Perfumist of Paris: A novel from the bestselling author of The Henna Artist (The Jaipur Trilogy, 3)

Although this is the 3rd and final book in The Hanna Artist trilogy, it really isn't necessary. It could be a stand-alone book because the author does a nice job of reviewing who's who. Radha is the younger sister of Lakshsmi (the henna artist) and is now 32 and working and living in Paris as a perfume artist. She is married to Pierre, and they have 2 young girls. I enjoyed her story and learning about how she creates new fragrances, even traveling back to India to get the just right ingredient, but nothing mind blowing.

A nice ending to the series. Not my favorite, I didn’t love the FMC in the first book and still didn’t love her in her own book.

Only because I felt like Alka joshi was really trying to include a wow factor in this book as opposed to how it came naturally in her previous two books. But still a very good read. I did enjoy the wow factor. It was revealed beautifully and really did make sense for it to be towards the very end. Because until I reached the end I honestly thought that there were no plot twist or anything. Like always great job Alka Joshi

A great continuation of the family that you grow to love almost like your own throughout the series. Truly a journey through the lives of the first found family introduced, where people will come into and out of each other's lives as they all grow until you find the peace that lasts with the people that love you wholeheartedly and with every mistake you have made that created you. Radha's trauma from the first book being explored was phenomenal and a great look at acceptance, perspective, and blended families at the beginning of their public acceptance in the 20th century.

I really was so excited to read this book because of how
much I loved the first two books…sadly it fell very short. The details about scents became very mundane. It finally got interesting at about 3/4 of the way through the book.