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Eau de Rachel Zoe

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Lauren Garroni

imageUber-stylist Rachel Zoe is hard at work to become the Martha Stewart of fashion. She's already released a book, Style A to Zoe. Plus she has a clothing line in the works, her own reality show (The Rachel Zoe Project) soon to debut, and she's even developing her own perfume. Smell the Zoe. Although no release date on the scent has been set, a source said, "This scent will really reflect her personal style and hopefully finally brand her." At last, Zoe will cement her grip on the overly thin, super-tan, luxe boho stylista market.

The Sweet Smell of Success

Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez, two of the world's most well-respected sniffers, are days away from the release of their illuminating and entertaining new book, Perfumes: The Guide. Below, they sound off on Tom Ford's cocaine-and-crotch controversy, slathering George Clooney in rancid butter, and how to decode fragrance-speak. What's "fresh" actually mean? God only nose.

By

Nick Haramis

imageLuca Turin is a biophysicist who specializes in the art of fragrance. In 1992, he wrote his first book on scent, which was the best-selling tome of its kind in France. (Mostly because it was the only book of its kind in France, jokes Turin.) Tania Sanchez is a successful writer and poet, the sour to Turin's sweet, who has traded editorial advice for free perfume. Together, they've written Perfumes: The Guide, a comprehensive, lighthearted, hilarious look at, well, almost every perfume and cologne ever made. It's at once illuminating and silly, but make no mistake, these two take their noses very seriously. Says Turin of the book's imminent release, "I don't have a lot of perfumer friends, but I think that number is going to go down, not up." After the jump, their scents and sensibilities.

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