{"product_id":"smells-like-history-creative-spark-publishing-9798279346721","title":"Smells Like History: Perfume, Incense, and Scent Through Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eBefore writing came fragrance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong before humans recorded words on clay or parchment, they burned resins to speak with gods, anointed rulers with oils, and marked love, power, and death through scent. Smell was one of humanity's first languages - invisible, intimate, and deeply symbolic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmells Like History\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a richly atmospheric journey through time and across cultures. From Egyptian temples steeped in kyphi smoke to Arabian caravans trading frankincense, from perfumed Roman politics to the rose fields of Grasse and the laboratories that gave birth to modern fragrance, this book reveals how scent shaped belief, identity, commerce, and power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlending lyrical storytelling with global history, each chapter opens a window onto moments when the air itself mattered - when what people breathed shaped who they were. These are not technical catalogs or dusty timelines, but intimate human stories of traders and healers, chemists and worshippers, artisans and dreamers whose ideas traveled farther than they ever could. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmells Like History\u003c\/i\u003e invites you to reconsider the past through the most powerful and overlooked of the senses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause history does not only survive in monuments and manuscripts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt lingers in the air.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Creative Spark Publishing,Theo Ashbridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798279346721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Creative Spark Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997328716031,"sku":"9798279346721","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/smells-like-history-creative-spark-publishing-9798279346721","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}