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2000s: When a marriage breaks down, what happens next?
Scent
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When Clementine and Edouard’s last child leaves home, the cracks in their marriage become impossible to ignore. Her work as a perfumer is no longer providing solace and her sense of self is withering. Then, her former lover resurfaces, decades after the end of their bisexual affair, and her world tilts irreversibly. Set in Paris and Provence, this is an intimate portrait of a woman navigating conflicting desires and a troubled past whilst dreaming of a fulfilling future.
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Scent a way between Paris and Provence
There are two main locations in this novel. Paris where the novel starts and where most of the action takes place. The female character in the novel works in perfumery and that takes us back to Provence.
Paris
The Jardin du Luxembourg and Parc André-Citroën are two of the parks in the novel and you should to to visit both to discover the flowers and scents the novel alludes to.
Provence
The home of French perfume.
Grasse is a town of 50,257 people in Provence.
It’s best known for its perfume industry . The city is surrounded by large fruit and flower farms where the oils originate from that are the basis of the French perfume industry.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Scent
Destination/location: Paris, Provence Author/guide: Isabel Costello Broom Departure Time: 2000s
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