A fascinating personal and life-long journey that unveils the secrets of a global industry by
a leading expert in his field. In Search of Perfumes is a fragrant journey across the world
revealing the beauty and mysteries of the perfume trade. Fruits flowers spices bark leaves
and branches are just some of the natural ingredients from the plant world that are used in the
creation of perfume. Dominique Roques travelling from Andalusia to Somaliland by way of
Bulgaria Laos El Salvador Indonesia and Egypt describes his search to find the best natural
ingredients precious to perfumers everywhere. In Search of Perfumes demonstrates how the
prestigious multi-million-pound perfume industry may begin its life as a single plant harvested
by producers surviving on ancestral traditions and techniques and often risking their lives in
the process as they combat the rising threat of climate change. Roques reveals the beauty and
mysteries of a familiar trade a return to the source of the world's scents.
