By Anton Constantinou
Anyone who has ever read or watched a heist story will know that the bad guy usually gets away with it, but is eventually found out. The Ghost Perfumer: Creed, Lies, & the Scent of the Century by Gabe Oppenheim is that story for fragrance lovers. A fragrance heist story about a genius perfumer (Pierre Bourdon) and a fraud who took credit for his work (Olivier Creed).
Part fragrance house profile, part perfumer biography, part rise of a con man, The Ghost Perfumer is a coming together of three brilliant stories culminating in a tale of identity theft and industry corruption. An engrossing reference book on the perfume industry and the people in it, where manipulation runs rampant and greed reigns supreme.
A triple narrative from the get-go, The Ghost Perfumer parallels the history of perfume house Creed with the lives of Creed businessman, Olivier Creed, and Creed perfumer, Pierre Bourdon. A perfumer whose creations would make Creed a success story but also signal its corruption.
Creed fan boys and fragrance enthusiasts will take great enjoyement in the book’s back stories on perfume house, Creed, and its big releases. And, for lovers of investigative literature, the book offers what is possibly one of the greatest curtain down moments on a cosmetics business.
If heist stories and fragrance are your thing, give The Ghost Perfumer a read. You won’t be disappointed.
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