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

From the author of Reese's Book Club Pick THE HENNA ARTIST, the final chapter in Alka Joshi’s NEW YORK TIMES bestselling Jaipur trilogy takes readers to 1970s Paris, where Radha’s budding career as a perfumer must compete with the demands of her family and the secrets of her past.

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368 pages

Average rating: 7.94

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Corvus_Libri
Sep 18, 2023
10/10 stars
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 a...read more
Anonymous
Jul 11, 2023
6/10 stars
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.
jenlynerickson
May 26, 2023
8/10 stars
“Perfume. The very word conjures an image of Cleopatra seducing Mark Antony in a bathtub filled with rose petals.” Roses aren’t just an important ingredient in fragrances. In India, “the crazy quilt of business hustle, larger-than-life celebrations and the fiery cuisine,” cooks use roses in food, especially desserts. I included roses on my Insta photo as a tribute to the rose petal jam Gulkand from the Hindi word for rose that Alka Joshi‘s mother...read more

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