The Perfumer's Secret

McIntosh's latest offering is an intimate and unusual portrait of wartime France, and of a perfume dynasty ... A romance for the senses.

Better Reading

A wonderful love story, set among the flowers and scents of Grasse during the First World War.

Good Reads

Fiona McIntosh offers a lively tale with a rich assortment of ingredients: France, perfume, shocking family secrets, war heroes, and a feisty heroine with feminist sensibilities, which nonetheless do not get in the way of true love. This is a well-crafted read.

The Age

All the elements of a great read are in The Perfumer's Secret. There are families united and torn apart by war, there are women emerging from their chrysalis, there is conflict and love. Importantly, I love fiction which includes fact and teaches me something new; in this novel I learned about the journey the rose blossom takes from its bush onto my shelf as perfume.

Starts At Sixty Book Club

A grand historical love story ideal for Francophiles and romantics.

Book'd Out

Meticulously researched and beautifully written, The Perfumer's Secret solidifies McIntosh's place as one of Australia's most loved storytellers.

2015 Booktopia Book of the Year

The Perfumer's Secret is a romance for the senses. In her signature style, Fiona McIntosh weaves together history and fiction, transporting us to wartime France with her vivid descriptions of the scents that shape her heroine's life, for better or for worse. McIntosh's latest offering is an intimate and unusual portrait of wartime France, and of a perfume dynasty.

Better Reading

... all the elements of a great read are in The Perfumer's Secret. There are families united and torn apart by war, there are women emerging from their chrysalis, there is conflict and love. Importantly, I love fiction which includes fact and teaches me something new; in this novel I learned about the journey the rose blossom takes from its bush onto my shelf as perfume.

Starts At Sixty Book Club

Fiona McIntosh delivers another evocative tale of women who find their strength through adversity and the men who love them. If you enjoy sweeping stories of love and adversity set in a previous time, you'll love The Perfumer's Secret.

Good Reads

A rich historical tale of passion, duty, secrecy, love, perfumery and family scandal ... Fiona McIntosh writes a beautiful, engaging and vivid story about women finding strength through a difficult time.

Good Reads

Uplifting, emotional, romantic and raw, at times devastating, always thoroughly engaging ... I couldn't put The Perfumer's Secret down. It's brilliant.

Good Reads

Do you love novels that completely transport you into another world? Bestselling Australian author Fiona McIntosh has delivered another compelling historical read ... Passion lies in her future with a Romeo and Juliet-style love affair. A fabulous Sunday afternoon read.

Family Circle

A beautiful, remarkable story full of family secrets, family duty, drama and romance.

Novels in Heels