Archive for February, 2012

Blog tour continues: M.J. writes about ISSEY MIYAKE – LE FEU D’ISSEY

The latest release in M.J.’s Reincarnationist series, THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES, is ripe with sensual references to perfume and M.J. has done significant research into the mysteries of scent.

 

…And so, she is touring the blogosphere leaving a gorgeous trail of guest posts about lost fragrances.

 

Tune in here for blog tour updates and links to her delicious posts . Your senses will thank you!

 

Here’s an intro to M.J.’s Guest Post at Savvy Verse and Wit on ISSEY MIYAKE – LE FEU D’ISSEY…

 

 

A creation that came well ahead of its time, Le Feu d’Issey was launched amidst countless androgynous, unisex releases in the mid 90s, and represented the polar opposite of the scents that found their success at that time…

 

For her complete post click here.

 

THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES comes out on March 13 from Atria Publishing! I’ve read the book and it’s beautiful and impossible to put down. You will be spellbound as I was.

 

More goodies:

 

Review at Reading the Past
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Russia brings 30,000-year-old flower back from the dead

One you’ve read M.J.’s new book THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES you will know why this incredible news would be extremely interesting to the character’s in M.J.’s book…

 

Russia regenerates 30,000-year-old flower

 

 

(AP) MOSCOW – It was an Ice Age squirrel’s treasure chamber, a burrow containing fruit and seeds that had been stuck in the Siberian permafrost for over 30,000 years. From the fruit tissues, a team of Russian scientists managed to resurrect an entire plant in a pioneering experiment that paves the way for the revival of other species.

 

The Silene stenophylla is the oldest plant ever to be regenerated, the researchers said, and it is fertile, producing white flowers and viable seeds.

 

The experiment proves that permafrost serves as a natural depository for ancient life forms, said the Russian researchers, who published their findings in Tuesday’s issue of “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” of the United States….

 

For the complete article click here.

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Next Up On M.J.’s Blog Tour…

As you may already know, M.J. is touring the blogosphere for the latest release in her Reincarnationist series, THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES. Tune in here for blog tour updates and links to her delicious posts about lost fragrances. Your senses will thank you!

 

Here’s an intro to M.J.’s Guest Post at Love of Books: GUERLAIN – ODE…

 

 

The scent which memorialised the passing of the Perfumer’s crown at Maison Guerlain in 1955 from grandfather Jacques to grandson Jean-Paul…

 

For her complete post click here.

 

THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES comes out on March 13 from Atria Publishing! I’ve read the book and it’s beautiful and impossible to put down. You will be spellbound as I was.

 

More goodies:

 

Review at A Bookish Affair
Review at Elle Lit
Guest Post at The Literate Housewife
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