Our firm is handling the estate of the deceased Mrs Eva d'Orsey and it is our duty to informjou thatjou are named as the chief beneficiary in her will. We requestjour presence at our offices at jour earliest convenience, so that we may go through the details of jour inheritance.
There is only one problem. Grace has never heard of Eva d'Orsey.
So begins a journey which takes Grace through the streets of Paris and into the seductive world of perfumers and their muses. An abandoned perfume shop on the Left Bank will lead her to unravel the heartbreaking story of her mysterious benefactor, an extraordinary woman who bewitched high society in 1920s New York and Paris.
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