The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York runs 12.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mel Foster (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mel Foster
Mel Foster narrates 158 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,838 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
3,749 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York is an audiobook by Chandler Burr: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Mel Foster, released April 13, 2008, on the Non-Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mel Foster
- Released
- April 13, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781400176571
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York as an audiobook?
The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York?
The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York is narrated by Mel Foster.
Is The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.