The Case Against Fragrance

But, as you’d expect from an acclaimed novelist, it’s also accessible and personal. And the ingredients don’t even have to be named on the label. Her bestselling novel The Secret River received the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. The chemicals in fragrance can be linked not only to short-term problems like headaches and asthma, but to long-term ones like hormone disruption and cancer. On a book tour in 2015, dogged by ill health, she started wondering: What’s in fragrance? Who tests it for safety? What does it do to people? The more Grenville investigated, the more she felt this was a story that should be told. Kate Grenville had always associated perfume with elegance and beautythen the headaches started. Kate Grenville is one of Australia’s most celebrated writers. The Idea of Perfection won the Orange Prize. They’re regulated only by the same people who make and sell them. Grenville’s other novels include Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, Lilian’s Story, Dark Places and Joan Makes History.. The Case Against Fragrance will make you seeand smellthe world differently. Yet products can be released onto the market without testing. This book is based on careful research into the science of scent and the power of the fragrance industry. Like perhaps a quarter of t

The Idea of Perfection won the Orange Prize. Kate Grenville's most recent works are the non-fiction books One Life: My Mother’s Story and The Case Against Fragrance.. Grenville’s other novels include Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, Lilian’s Story, Dark Places and Joan Makes History. Kate Grenville is one of Australia’s most celebrated writers. Her bestselling novel The Secret River received th

Worth Reading Bill Gonch A well written, well researched, and lively discussion of an important topic. As one of the roughly 35% of the population with a fragrance sensitivity I wish more people would read it. If I had contact details, I would buy a copy for the person who sat next to me on a recent flight.. "Great read, very thought provoking. Much recommended!" according to David Heatherly. The arguments are very well researched and fairly presented. A very good presentation on the topic with more than adequate under pinning references.. Essential reading for all humans. “I hadn’t realised just how hard it was to avoid fragrance in one form or another. But I learned cunning. I sprinted through the scented foyers of hotels with a scarf over my nose. In cabs I sat in the back, asked the driver to remove the fragrance diffuser, opened the window and stuck my head into the slipstream like a dog, arriving bedraggled and windblown”The Case Against Fragrance is the second non-fiction book by award-winning Australian novelist, Kate Grenville. It came about when she realised it was fragrance that was the cause of her headaches an

The Idea of Perfection won the Orange Prize. Her bestselling novel The Secret River received the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. About the AuthorKate Grenville is one of Australia’s most celebrated writers. Kate Grenville's most recent works are the non-fiction books One Life: My Mother’s Story and The Case Against Fragrance.. Grenville’s other novels include Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, Lilian’s Story, Dark Places and Joan Makes History