Thames & Hudson will publish the English version of Louis Vuitton: A Perfume Atlas in June (the French version launches this month).
A journey for the senses across multiple continents, Louis Vuitton: A Perfume Atlas traces the origins of the precious essences that help create Louis Vuitton’s exclusive perfumes.
Louis Vuitton: A Perfume Atlas offers a rare look at the time-honored crafts of the perfumer, with specially commissioned illustrations, photographs, and texts revealing the stories of the precious natural elements that form the basis of the house’s unique perfumes.
With exclusive, firsthand access to Louis Vuitton’s master perfumer, Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud, this book explores the sources of the raw materials, the techniques used to harvest them, and how essential oils are extracted, distilled, and composed to create new and complex fragrances. From Chinese magnolia and osmanthus to India’s tuberose and jasmine, each seed pod, berry, woody stem, fruit, leaf, and flower opens a world that evokes the thrill of far-off places and names, trade routes, sea journeys, and the rhythms of the seasons.
A poetic celebration of a most mysterious art, Louis Vuitton: A Perfume Atlas is the perfect gift for lovers of nature, luxury, travel, and beauty.
With text by fragrance journalist Lionel Paillès, illustrations by Aurore de la Morinerie and photographs by Sébastien Zanella, hardcover 388 pages, $200. (The current pre-order price on Amazon in the US is $171.) A luxury edition that includes 45 fragrance vials will be out in June and run €5,000.
(quote via thamesandhudsonusa, additional information via vogue.fr)
I love books but have no perfumes by this house. Does anyone know if it has any more general information?
I assume it is mostly general information with some stuff about their perfumes as well.
Looks pricey $ 200 the publisher’s site says. Too bad it seems like the type of book I love