![]() ![]() I’d always called her Jiji-big sister-but she hadn’t always called me choti behen. It’s lovely to hear Lakshmi’s gentle Hindi here in my Paris apartment four thousand miles away. I hear the smile in her voice, and I respond with my own. I don’t want to wake Pierre and the girls. Not to remind me of the day he came into this world but to let me know I’m not alone in my remembrance. I pick up on the first ring I know it’s going to be her. Five Indian jasmine-scented stars!” -Martha Hall Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls, Lost Roses, and Sunflower Sisters CHAPTER 1 “I loved every fragrant page of Alka Joshi’s The Perfumist of Paris, as I cheered Radha along her fascinating journey from fragrance house lab assistant to fully realized woman and mother. She still grieves for the baby boy she gave up years ago, when she was only a child herself, but she loves being a mother to her daughters, and she’s finally found her passion-the treasure trove of scents. Radha is now living in Paris with her husband, Pierre, and their two daughters. ![]()
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