What a feast for the senses this novel is! Sight, sounds, tastes and particularly smells! From the streets of Paris to the villages of India..I loved this one and am so hoping we see more Radha, Malik and Lakshmi! I love these people and I have loved the opportunity to spend the 70s with Radha and her family in Paris. This novel really is Alka Joshi’s best book yet, I completely agree with Kate Quinn. In addition to learning more about the creation of perfumes I absolutely loved thinking about family, this novel doesn’t just invite me to to think about motherhood, daughterhood, but sisterhood and found families…I found myself thinking a lot about creativity and passion.. by chance I have spent a book thinking about the Olympia painting (horse, SO good too) so it was wonderful seeing it from a different perspective. Thank you so very much for the gifted copy Harper Collins! I devoured it!!!!!
I just cannot wait to bookclub The Perfumist of Paris!! There is SO much to talk through, but hard to do without spoilers. Also I want to mention it is book 3 in a trilogy, they’re stand along, but it’s SUCH a great series!!!
