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A secret history of scent, memory and desire from the Sunday Times bestselling author of ELEGANCE and THE DEBUTANTE.One letter will turn newly-married Grace Munroe's life upside down:'Our firm is handling the estate of the deceased Mrs Eva D'Orsey and it is our duty to inform you that you are named as the chief beneficiary in her will.'So begins a journey which leads Grace through the streets of Paris and into the seductive world of perfumers and their muses. An abandoned perfume shop on the Left Bank will lead her to unravel the heartbreaking story of her mysterious benefactor, an extraordinary woman who bewitched high society in 1920s New York and Paris.
Vi er i London i 1950’erne. Nygifte Grace Munroe får et brev, som vender fuldstændig op og ned på hendes liv. I brevet står, at hun skal arve efter den afdøde Mrs Eva D’Orsy, som hun aldrig nogensinde har hørt om. Brevet leder Grace til gaderne i Paris og ind i den forføriske verden af parfumesamlere og deres muser. Her kommer hun nærmere den hjerteskærende sandhed om sin ukendte velgører, en kvinde som tilhørte 1920 tallets overklasse i New York og Paris. Mrs Eva D’Orsy blev udødeliggjort i tre stemningsfulde parfume. Eva d'Orsey historie vil ændre Graces liv for evigt, tvinger hende til at vælge mellem den kvinde, hun forventes at være, og den person, hun virkelig er. "Tag en dyb indånding- en kærlighedshistorie fortalt på en helt ny måde."-Kate Alcott, forfatter til The Dressmaker
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