The perfumer from Paris

The Perfumer of Paris —the final book in the Jaipur Trilogy —takes readers to 1970s Paris, where Radha must balance her career as a perfumer with the demands of her family and the secrets of her past.

Paris, 1974. Radha now lives in France with her husband, Pierre, and their two daughters. She still grieves for the baby she abandoned many years ago when she was a child herself, but she loves being a mother and has finally found her passion: scents.

She loves the exciting and challenging work with a master perfumer, helping create new fragrances for clients and building her career one perfume at a time. Radha just wishes Pierre understood her need to work. She understands his frustration, but she can't give up on her dreams.

Tasked with her first major project, Radha travels to India, where she enlists the help of her sister, Lakshmi, and the courtesans of Agra—women who use the power of scent to enchant, tease, and seduce. She is about to complete her quest when she discovers that the son she never told her husband about is heading to Paris to find her—a move that jeopardizes her carefully constructed world and threatens to destroy an already fragile marriage.

“A stunning portrait of a woman blossoming into her full power… Strong and evocative as the essences of Radha's laboratory, evoking India and France with equal beauty. This is Alka Joshi's best book yet!” — Kate Quinn, author of Alice's Network

“A sensory reading experience, filled with sumptuous details about the art of blending scents. Complex, intelligent, and emotionally charged, this final volume is as captivating as one could hope for. Readers will devour—or should I say inhale?” —Sarah Penner, author of The Little Shop of Poisons