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A nosedive into the past: Secrets from the non-fiction book The Perfume Project

Updated on: Oct 20, 2023, 22:36:26 IST
By Arshia Dhar
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PREMIUM(Clockwise) Lady Making A Garland by Raja Ravi Varma, 1895. A Roman fresco of a port city from the 1st century CE. A double-pot distillery used to extract essential oils from flowers, as depicted in the late-15th-century book of recipes Ni’matnama, by the Sultan of Mandu. (Wikimedia Commons; Sahapedia)
(Clockwise) Lady Making A Garland by Raja Ravi Varma, 1895. A Roman fresco of a port city from the 1st century CE. A double-pot distillery used to extract essential oils from flowers, as depicted in the late-15th-century book of recipes Ni’matnama, by the Sultan of Mandu. (Wikimedia Commons; Sahapedia)
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Divrina Dhingra's debut work traces India’s affection for certain aromas through millennia. Highlights include intricate myths, links to ancient Greece and Rome

Rose, jasmine, sandalwood, saffron, oud and vetiver. When Divrina Dhingra had to pick six fragrances that exemplified the Indian experience, from ancient times through to the present day, these are the ones she zoomed in on. Her new book, The Perfume Project (September 2023; Westland), seeks to explain why.

Dhingra, 41, a lifestyle journalist, is also a trained perfumier who studied at the Grasse Institute in France, and worked as a fragrance development manager in India.

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