Coming to My Senses: A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bride, (Paperback)

from Daumari

Picked this up thinking it was more of an exploration of the history of perfume with some personal anecdotes, but it was primarily a memoir, specifically of Alyssa Harad's descent into the world of perfume fans coinciding with her wedding preparations. I could identify with some of the 'secret ho...

from Laura400

Oh dear. Well, Harad seems like a lovely person and very kind. I do like her very much after reading her book. And she is an excellent writer, fluent, quick-witted, self-deprecating and able to carry any reader along. It pains me to say, therefore, that I can't really recommend this book to very ...

from satyridae

I loved the smells conjured by this book. I really enjoyed Harad's evocative prose, and I think this memoir shone for all the perfumery parts. I didn't love the wedding parts quite so much, but even that was fun to read. I found the part about her mother's perfume, near the end of the book, to be...

from lauriebrown54

"Coming to My Senses" is a memoir of a short period of author Harad's life, covering the time between her discovery of perfume blogs and shortly after her wedding. It is all about how perfume became not just an interest, but a passion, and how it changed the way she thought about herself. Harad w...