"The smell of suspense, and a life that does not blindly follow others" Author: Song Yuan Publisher: Shanghai Culture Publishing House

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What is a good perfume?

As a useless thing, the quality of perfume has nothing to do with its efficacy. Senior perfume critic Song Yuan selected 37 niche perfumes and interpreted the various characteristics of good perfumes from different angles. In the detailed and in-depth perfume testing experience, we will see how perfume expresses the creator's artistic inspiration and inspires the user's spiritual world.

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What is a good life?

Life is a fluid situation, and individuals are constantly developing and changing in this flow. Seeing and embracing the ever-changing self, while having expectations for the future, is the joy of life. Song Yuan recorded 37 life fragments, like a small cross-section of life. This is a reflection on the present, and also contains an open attitude towards the future.

★Jointly recommended by international perfume gurus, the niche perfume course by well-known perfume critics. Veteran perfume critic Song Yuan has selected 37 unique niche perfumes with stories. From the perfume trial experience to the brand story, perfume characteristics and applicable scenarios, he will lead readers to have an in-depth understanding of the unique and charming field of niche perfumes and reveal the characteristics of a good perfume.

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★Choose a unique perfume, choose a life that is not blindly following others. Perfume is part of a good life. In the book, Song Yuan talks about 37 life episodes related to perfume, using stories to interpret the charm of perfume, and also explains an open and expectant attitude towards life.

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★ Pioneer photographers and well-known designers work together to create visuals. The theme pictures of each perfume in the book are specially created by pioneer photographers. The art of smell is more concrete in the highly impactful visual effects. At the same time, Zhou Weiwei, the designer who has won the "Most Beautiful Book Award" eight times, was specially invited to do the book binding, presenting a high-level aesthetic.

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About the Author
Song Yuan is a writer and perfume critic. She has published a collection of essays, Only Fragrance Remains the Same, and has written for many fashion magazines such as VOGUE. As the "evangelist and enlightener of salon perfume in China", she was the opening speaker of the 2018 Milan Art Perfume Exhibition Esxence, and the general convener and jury chairman of the first niche perfume award mNPA2019. The companies she founded, such as "minorité", are the exclusive Chinese operators of many overseas high-quality niche brands.

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Songyuan graduated from Peking University, National Taiwan University, and National University of Singapore, and has lived in France and Italy.