Fabulous Fragrances: How to Select Your Perfume Wardrobe: The Women's Guide to Prestige Perfumes

by Jan Moran

Book Overview

An entertaining collection of more than 700 fragrances for women and men, Fabulous Fragrances II is a bestselling book from fragrance expert Jan Moran, with a Foreword by Bijan. Fashion columnist Mr.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963906550
• ISBN13: 9780963906557
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Crescent House Pub.
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.8" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

One of the best I've read

I agree with "reader from Brisbane, Qld Australia." Moran knows her craft. Much can be learned from this book. I was blown away by the author's knowledge. Her writing style IS a delight, not too technical. I loved reading about designer histories. If you love fragrances, there's a touch of romance here.

Jan knows perfume - aptly describes the beauty of scents

Fragrance II has many bonuses. It does cover a lot for the perfume lover. Of those it can't detail, at least there is an `honourable mention' section that lists many perfumes and the type they are (eg Giorgio for Men: Chypre - Spicy). Actually, reading through this list made me want to purchase Fabulous Fragrances I as well.Page 19, called 'Perfume', on its own, makes the book worthwhile and made me know I was gong to enjoy it.It will tempt you to look at and sample more perfumes - possibly even push your credit card up considerably, after you've read the details on some perfumes.Jan's writing style on perfume, even before I'd gotten to her unique description on each particular perfume listed in this book, is a real delight to read - this lady knows how to make you love perfume, and appreciate the hours that go into the makeup of every bottle of perfume you've ever purchased.Highly recommended. A very qualified Perfume lover wrote this book

I love this book!

This book is so FAB!The one thing I wish is that it included MORE PERFUMES!!! My Sin, and Touch by Fred Haymen aren't in it how dissappointing!!! I have to get the old version of the book just to see more perfumes, and I'm sure they overlap with the perfumes already described in THIS book. Who cares about men's perfumes, use the space for MORE of ours'!!! I am glad and very satisfied with the content of the book - I say it satisfies my love of reading these yummy descriptions and reading about the author describing perfumes in general, and it's interesting to see what's in these perfumes. So not only that the book is fab'n fun but educational. It truly IS an art! With notes, single notes just like in a song! Cool!!!!

Fabulous Fragrances II - - What a treasure!

Exciting, glamorous, informative and educational, Fabulous Fragrances II contains a wealth of helpful information for women and men who want to learn more about fragrances. And, it's so easy to use! Since I'm not an expert on perfumery, how wonderful it is that someone created a guide that I can enjoy and understand! Fragrances are listed alphabetically and each one shows the scent type, composition, and distributor. The Cross Reference lists the "type" of a particular scent and names others of that type, making it easy to find other perfumes to try. Now, when I go shopping for a fragrance, I'll be better informed of what to ask for. The "famous patrons" information is exciting ... we like to know who wears what. Throughout the book I discovered the names of today's celebrity scents, as well as those of the past.Moran's book also offers historical insight into some of the world's most established perfumers, as well as the creative beginnings of many fragrances. While reading the book, I developed greater respect, understanding, and appreciation of the world of perfumery.I would highly recommend it to anyone who loves fragrance!

Describes over 300 women's perfumes. Fun and informative.

Detailed descriptions of many perfumes (over 300). Good for those who want an idea of what is in their favorite perfume, those who are looking for a new one, and those, like me, who just plain enjoy reading voluptous descriptions of fragrances (the adjectives abound!) I recommend it.