Louis Vuitton: A Perfume Atlas

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Presented in a luxurious package, Louis Vuitton: A Perfume Atlas offers a rare look at the time-honoured crafts of the perfumer, with specially commissioned illustrations and texts revealing the stories of the precious natural elements that create the house's unique perfumes. With exclusive, first-hand access to Louis Vuitton's master perfumer Jacques Cavallier Belletrud, A Perfume Atlas explores how the flowers are cultivated, the growing seasons and techniques used to harvest the blossoms, and how essential oils are extracted, distilled and composed to create new and complex fragrances. From Chinese magnolia and osmanthus to India's tuberose and jasmine, each seed pod, berry, woody stem, fruit, leaf and flower opens a world that evokes the thrill of far-off places and names, trade routes, sea journeys and the rhythms of the seasons. A poetic celebration of a most mysterious art, Louis Vuitton: A Perfume Atlas is the perfect gift for lovers of nature, luxury, travel and beauty.

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Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud is Louis Vuitton's master perfumer, and the creator of several award-winning perfumes. Lionel Paills is a perfume journalist based in Paris. He is the author of Esprit de synthse: Du parfum, des molecules, Chanel: The Art of Creating Fragrance: Flowers of the French Riviera and Petit lexique des amateurs pris d'odeurs et de parfums. Aurore de la Morinerie is a Paris-based fashion illustrator. She is a regular contributor to Le Monde, ELLE and Harper's Bazaar, and collaborates with a number of prestigious fashion houses, such as Herms, Maison Margiela and Cartier.