Our mission is to transform the most popular works of legendary authors to modern reading room. From storied French perfume house Serge Lutens, created by famous perfumer Christopher Sheldrake, this perfume is inspired equally by Wilde’s famous letter and Psalm 130 from which it takes its name ( “from the depths I have cried out to you, Oh Lord”), and is meant to be the smell of confession and resurrection, moving from the scent of ash and musk to the smell of Wilde’s signature chrysanthemum, and into greens, earth, and new growth.PDF Books World library is a high quality resource for free PDF books, which are digitized version of books attained the public domain status. It stands in contrast to Wilde’s popular plays and quips, as though his buoyant wit had turned inside out to reveal the wounded heart beneath it. It is a heartbreaking confession - and a confession in a literal, religious sense, as it draws closely on biblical ideas of sin and creation and depicts Wilde’s identification with Christ - mourning both his and his beloved’s vanity and weaknesses.

Oscar Wilde wrote “De Profundis” (which translates “from the depths”) from prison, a letter to the young loutish lover who had put him there. Photo via Lucky Scent De Profundis by Serge Lutens Whether you’re already fragrance-obsessed, or have never worn perfume before reading this, these scents will pair perfectly with a love of reading, and cater to a range of literary interests.

Here are eight suggestions of perfumes for the book lover. Perfume makers are often directly inspired by literature, too many perfumes are based on specific authors or characters, more general ideas of literary eras and history, or on the imagined scent of books and libraries themselves. Scent is a storytelling genre, one seeking to transport the wearer to a different time or place, a memory or an imagined history. And perfume, for its part, is frequently obsessed with literature. Many famous books center on or are based around perfume, from Patrick Suskind’s 1985 novel Perfume to the numerous books in which scents become plot points or character development. Perfume and literature have long been entwined, each one referencing or seeking to summon the other. Sign up for our newsletter to get submission announcements and stay on top of our best work.

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