Résumé
In the heart of the Grasse region, amid the sumptuous scenery of flowers and fragrances, the young woman possesses a major asset:
She has memorized more than 5,500 scents throughout her young life.
Who passed this gift on to her?
A question as orphaned as she is. She grew up in a children’s home starting at age three. This September 1st, she just turned 18. She walks alone through the gray dawn, her luggage in hand. With no bearings, she feels abandoned for the second time.
Although her life had begun in fits and starts at the boarding school, her courageous struggles had toughened her and equipped her well. Ever since she had calmed her anger, she no longer fought against her past—silenced by a strange secret—but had accepted it.
Now, determined and driven by that force so dear to Victor Hugo, she will create perfumes of rare intensity that will attract the covetous gaze of all manner of predators. To fully unleash her talent, she knows above all that she must uncover her true story—whether it is magnificent, frightening, perilous, harrowing, terrible, or all of these at once.
She has memorized more than 5,500 scents throughout her young life.
Who passed this gift on to her?
A question as orphaned as she is. She grew up in a children’s home starting at age three. This September 1st, she just turned 18. She walks alone through the gray dawn, her luggage in hand. With no bearings, she feels abandoned for the second time.
Although her life had begun in fits and starts at the boarding school, her courageous struggles had toughened her and equipped her well. Ever since she had calmed her anger, she no longer fought against her past—silenced by a strange secret—but had accepted it.
Now, determined and driven by that force so dear to Victor Hugo, she will create perfumes of rare intensity that will attract the covetous gaze of all manner of predators. To fully unleash her talent, she knows above all that she must uncover her true story—whether it is magnificent, frightening, perilous, harrowing, terrible, or all of these at once.
