Elixir

A Parisian Perfume House and the Quest for the Secret of Life

von Theresa Levitt

320 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Drawing on alchemical theory, Édouard Laugier and Auguste Laurent set out to find the vital essence of life through the craft of perfumes. While drawing the ire of enlightened Bohemian Paris, they discovered fundamental differences in the structures of naturally occurring and synthetic molecules, inaugurating a persistent scientific mystery.