Kew - Fragrance

Authors: Josh Carter, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew & Samuel Gearing

Memoirs | Gardening: flowers

Published on 24^th October 2024 by Headline Publishing Group (Welbeck) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 208 pages, illus
216mm x 156mm | 560g

The luxurious and evocative scents that have fragranced the world all have their roots firmly in nature. Kew: Fragrance explores the botanical origins of perfume, unveiling the science and secrets behind the most intoxicating ingredients and their journey from bloom to bottle.

From lemon, lavender and licorice to cumin, cardamom and cotton flower, Fragrance reveals the alchemy, cultural meaning and plant provenance of 100 key ingredients that make up the most seductive scents. With beautiful botanical illustrations from the Kew archive and expert text, this book is an enchanting exploration of scent and the plant origins of perfume.