The Parramatta Perfumer

di Chinmoy Mukherjee (Autore)

Chinmoy Mukherjee, 2025

In the shadowed heart of a Punjabi haveli, where the low hiss of cow-dung fires has whispered secrets for centuries, a legacy of scent is born and carried across seven seas. The Parramatta Perfumer follows Chunmun Singh, a young heir to an ancient lineage of attar-makers, whose hands are stained not just with rose petals and sandalwood oil but with the unyielding spirit of his soil—the mitti that holds the memory of ancestors, festivals, and unbreakable bonds. From the golden mustard fields of Amritsar, where peacocks cry and jasmine vines climb in defiant sweetness, to the sterile fluorescent glare of a Sydney shopping mall, Chunmun's journey is one of fragrance as power, love as alchemy, and ambition as both fire and poison. This is a tale of ruthless grace disguised in petals. Guided by the timeless strategies of Chanakya—Saam, Daam, Dand, and Bhed—Chunmun transforms from wide-eyed apprentice into a perfumer-king who can topple empires with a single drop of tainted oil or unite worlds with a breath of jasmine laced with eucalyptus. Yet beneath the triumphs and betrayals lies a deeper pilgrimage: the search for a scent that can hold both the sacred smoke of home and the sharp, alien breeze of a new continent. It is a story of how far a man will travel to prove his roots are unbreakable—and how, in the end, every conqueror must return to kneel in the dust from which he came. Rich with the narcotic haze of Ruh Gulab, the peppery sweetness of sarson, and the metallic tang of cunning, The Parramatta Perfumer is at once a sensual ode to the ancient art of Indian attar-making and a darkly glittering fable about identity, legacy, and the intoxicating price of carrying one's soil to the ends of the earth. Singh is king, the story whispers—east or west, the fragrance of home is the only empire that truly endures. Hindi translation has been provided at the end of the book.

• Autore: Chinmoy Mukherjee
• Editore: Chinmoy Mukherjee
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
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• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798232810719