My local NPR station had a great interview up this morning with Charles Burr, the New York Times perfume critic and author of The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York. I couldn't bear listen to all of it—frankly, the high-flown adjectives used in perfume descriptions remind me of nothing more than the faux-Lawrencian paragraphs in Cold Comfort Farm—but the sizable chunks I did listen to were entertaining and informative, and I'm thinking of requesting a review copy of the book. Check the interview out for yourself here.

Labels: Atypical Wordcandy, Nonfiction