Highly Recommended

As a veteran beauty editor, I recommend this book to all new writers covering fragrances. I also keep a stash of copies for last-minute gifts and dinner party hostesses. Jan Moran is a well-known fragrance expert who writes with authority and passion. Elegantly written and deceptively simple, her book is modestly priced for anyone who spends $50 or $100, or more, on a bottle of fragrance.

To shed light on prior comments, the term "prestige" is a common term used in fragrance retailing. It has long been used to distinguish more expensive luxury fragrances from less expensive "mass market" fragrances.

Recently I traveled to Los Angeles to cover the opening of the Annette Green Perfume Museum at FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising) where I had the pleasure of finally meeting, and later interviewing, Jan Moran.

Her book is not biased toward Coty Prestige fragrances and she has never for worked Coty Prestige, although Coty Prestige is a company with a fine lineage. If you take the time to read the Amazon Product Review section (above), and you'll see that the book contains quite a few Chanel fragrances, including No. 5, No. 22, Allure, Gardenia, Coco, and others.

The Amazon Product Review information states: "Discover the scents of Chanel, Guerlain, Gucci, Armani, Lauder, Klein, Patou, Arden, Revlon, and others, such as the specialty houses of Creed, Jo Malone, Trish McEvoy, and Penhaligon's." And many, many more. Just look at the cover material. True, Fabulous Fragrances II is a revised edition (also stated in the Review), but be glad for it, because the first book is out of print, and then you'd miss all the classics this one still contains.

This book is beautiful, yet practical. If you want technical information, there are plenty of fine perfumery books for professionals, but they can also be quite expensive. Fabulous Fragrances II is a great read for most people who simply love the magic and passion of perfume, and want to learn more. The fragrance descriptions are engaging and evocative. In my opinion, this book is a real treasure.

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My opinion may be just a bit biased......

As I was reading all the reviews for 'Fabulous Fragrances II : A Guide to Prestige Perfumes for Women and Men,' I notcied a common 'mild disappointment' with everyone. Since I just happen to be "in the biz" myself

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I wanted to share a little factoid about Moran concentrating on certain fragrances as opposed to .... well the rest of them.

In the title of this book, the words " Prestige Perfumes " are used. Prestige is owned by Coty [...]

' Coty Inc. is the largest fragrance company in the world and one of the leaders in global beauty with annual net sales approaching USD $3 billion. Coty Inc. operates in over 25 countries and sells its products in broad and select distribution channels in over 80 markets spanning the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Coty Inc., comprised of the Coty Beauty and Coty Prestige divisions, has a diverse portfolio of over 35 distinctive celebrity, designer and lifestyle brands. Top sellers include Calvin Klein, adidas, Rimmel, Davidoff, Lancaster, Jennifer Lopez, Jil Sander, Joop! and Kenneth Cole. Additional distinguished brands include Aspen, Astor, Baby Phat, Calgon, Celine Dion, Cerruti, Chopard, Chupa Chups, David & Victoria Beckham, Desperate Housewives, Esprit, Exclamation, Isabella Rossellini, Jette Joop, Jovan, Marc Jacobs, mary-kateandashley, Miss Sixty, Miss Sporty, Nautica, Nikos, Pierre Cardin, Sarah Jessica Parker, Shania Twain, Stetson, the healing garden, Vanilla Fields, Vera Wang and Vivienne Westwood. '

Of course Moran would have to add in other fragrances such as the famous Chanel No. 5 & other scents from Chanel... Mostly due to fact that most ever fragrance book attempts to cover at least some of the FAMOUS and POPULAR lines that everyone knows of.

So that be all this fragrance guy has to say about it.

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Title is misleading if you bought the first book....

I bought her first book, "Fabulous Fragrances", which was a great book. However, I really feel like "Fabulous Fragrances II" should be called, "Fabulous Fragrances" and then state, "Revised edition" beneath it. Imagine my dismay at reading the first book and then excitedly ordering the second one, shelling out my 29.00 only to find it is the same exact book with some new things added. I was extremely dissapointed. The first book was soooooooo good. This second book has most of the same text word for word, which in my opinion makes it a revised book. THey added some more perfumes (while still including all the old stuff), and added a section for men. There are SO many other NEW perfumes that couldve been listed in place of what was in the previous book. Really dissapointing. There was NOT enough new material in this for it to be a seperate book. I hope others read this before they buy an almost identical version of the first book.

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