VBT# The Book of Lost Fragrances - MJ Rose
Today's VBT# is MJ Rose's new book "The Book of Lost Fragrances" . This is a change from her previous novels in which we are familiarised with the infamous Dr Morgan Snow - Therapist. This novel reminded me alot of the novel "Perfume" by Patrick Suskind and Jessica Verday's "Hollow Series" which featured Abbey who loved to mix and make scents.
Synopsis: The Book of Lost Fragrances - MJ Rose - March 2012
Jac L’Etoile and her brother Robbie have come from a long line of perfumers and are heirs to their family’s French perfume company which is in financial trouble. For Robbie he wants nothing more than to create a new scent that will bring the company back to it’s former glory but Jac has pushed that side of her life as far from her as she can and focuses instead on mythology. The thing is though that it is really Jac with the incredible sense of smell and the knack for putting scents together. When Robbie finds an ancient pottery pot that is in shards it seems to be an item that several people want and ultimately Robbie goes missing. When Jac receives the call that her brother has gone missing she travels back to her childhood home with reservations. It is there that she is thrown right back into the family business and her visions begin to escalate with greater frequency as well. These pottery shards that Robbie had seem to be tied into a family legend and it is said that the pot contained a scent that can take a person back in their past lives and find their true soulmate – that a person has a connection with this individual all through time.
As a young girl Jac suffered from episodes and nobody seemed to be able to help her until Malachai, a doctor who has a great interest in past lives helps Jac learn how to handle the episodes and be able to live her life. Once back at her childhood home these visions begin to escalate again but this time she starts to look at them a little differently and instead of being terrified she tries to find the meaning within them. Jac’s visions will take her back to the days of Cleopatra and back into her own family’s past. Will they once again destroy her sense of sanity or will they lead her to her own true soulmate?
Book Excerpt
Cut into the walls were several doors, one larger than the others. Here
Saurent was already chiseling away at its plaster seal. The walls of the antechamber were painted with delicate and detailed
murals, beautifully rendered in earth-toned colors. The murals were so
vibrant La Etoile expected to smell the paint, but it was Napolaeon's
cologne he breathed in. The stylized motif of water lilies that bordered
the crypt and framed the paintings interested the perfumer. Egyptians
called the flower the blue lotus and had been using its essence in
perfumes for thousands of years. Lâ Etoile, who at thirty had already
spent almost a decade studying the sophisticated and ancient Egyptian art
of perfume making, knew this flower and its properties well. Its perfume
was lovely, but what separated it from other flowers was its
hallucinogenic properties.
Saurent was already chiseling away at its plaster seal. The walls of the antechamber were painted with delicate and detailed
murals, beautifully rendered in earth-toned colors. The murals were so
vibrant La Etoile expected to smell the paint, but it was Napolaeon's
cologne he breathed in. The stylized motif of water lilies that bordered
the crypt and framed the paintings interested the perfumer. Egyptians
called the flower the blue lotus and had been using its essence in
perfumes for thousands of years. Lâ Etoile, who at thirty had already
spent almost a decade studying the sophisticated and ancient Egyptian art
of perfume making, knew this flower and its properties well. Its perfume
was lovely, but what separated it from other flowers was its
hallucinogenic properties.
Next Stop on the VBT# :
Âmes Soeurs, the Scent of SoulmatesI had wanted to commission one and looked into it but to do it well with a
really quality perfumer was astronomically expensive. Far more than I got
paid for the book. I gave up on that idea early on.
When I was writing the book to keep in the world of scent ,I burned
a lot of candles. When I finished writing, I gave a copy of the book, to
the perfumer who'd created the candles that had inspired me the most.
Frederick Bouchardy. (Joya Studios).
After he read the novel he contacted me and we met for tea in the
Peninsula Hotel in NYC. He told me he loved the book and wanted to create
his version of the fragrance at the heart of the novel. I was so
astonished and honored, I actually started to cry.
Bouchardy even named the fragrance after one in the book: Âmes Sœurs the
sense of soul mates. It has hints of Frankincense, Myrrh, Orange Blossom
and Jasmine. I think it has a smoky uncommon finish that suggests the past
and the future, and lost souls reunited.
really quality perfumer was astronomically expensive. Far more than I got
paid for the book. I gave up on that idea early on.
When I was writing the book to keep in the world of scent ,I burned
a lot of candles. When I finished writing, I gave a copy of the book, to
the perfumer who'd created the candles that had inspired me the most.
Frederick Bouchardy. (Joya Studios).
After he read the novel he contacted me and we met for tea in the
Peninsula Hotel in NYC. He told me he loved the book and wanted to create
his version of the fragrance at the heart of the novel. I was so
astonished and honored, I actually started to cry.
Bouchardy even named the fragrance after one in the book: Âmes Sœurs the
sense of soul mates. It has hints of Frankincense, Myrrh, Orange Blossom
and Jasmine. I think it has a smoky uncommon finish that suggests the past
and the future, and lost souls reunited.
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