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A review by scatterbooker
The Scent of You by Maggie Alderson
4.0
The Scent of You is a sweet romance and relationship focused novel set in the world of perfumery. Polly is a part-time yoga teacher and successful English perfume blogger. Her professor husband, David, abruptly left their home under mysterious circumstances leaving strict instructions not to look for him. Polly copes with the stress of David's disappearance and her mother's failing health with the help of her two children, Shirley, the blunt yoga student, Guy, the mysterious perfumer, and Edward (Chum), an old university boyfriend.
I enjoyed the detailed descriptions of all the lovely perfumes interspersed throughout the novel and loved Polly's blog posts which linked perfumes with memories. The characters were all well-developed and likable, except for Polly's husband and occasionally Polly herself. I couldn't help but wonder how Polly had no idea of the issue David had been facing for so many years!
I enjoyed the detailed descriptions of all the lovely perfumes interspersed throughout the novel and loved Polly's blog posts which linked perfumes with memories. The characters were all well-developed and likable, except for Polly's husband and occasionally Polly herself. I couldn't help but wonder how Polly had no idea of the issue David had been facing for so many years!