Book Information
Japanese title (English gloss): Perfume Brand Stories
Author: Sachiko Hirata
Year of publication: 2007
Publisher: Gakken Plus
Book Review
The author Sachiko Hirata’s father founded Parfum, Japan’s only perfume magazine. Hirata works to advance the perfume industry while also serving as the magazine’s editor-in-chief.
The book introduces fashion brands and their representative perfumes across 54 brands, with color photographs, making it a good book for understanding the connections between brands and perfumes. It does not explore them in depth, so I recommend it as a broad, introductory overview of the relationship between brands and fragrances. Even so, few books explain this many brands, making it extremely valuable. It is out of print and difficult to obtain.
