The Perfumist of Paris by Alka JoshiMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Hooter: Adding closure amongst the plethora of vivid scents in this journey called life.
Alka Joshi's trilogy ties up the ends with the Perfumist of Paris focusing this time on the younger sister Radha who is married to a Frenchman in France along with her two daughters. Starting off with regular NRI struggles of keeping the kids true to their cultural origins to the struggles of ambition versus family a lot of women have to contend with - life takes a turn as her dream job as a perfumist gets her an opportunity to design her own signature scent for a client which involves traveling down memory lane back to the multi-sensory world of India.
Reconnecting with characters from the prior books, Alka Joshi continues to build a vivid tapestry of characters - a strength she leans on. You can visualise the settings our protagonists are in with the rich prose Alka uses along with the conflicts that society throws onto our main protagonists. Since Radha has been my least favourite character in the series and this being her swansong made me less enthusiastic of this book compared to the rest so far but having invested in the trilogy, it felt good to get closure in Alka Joshi's signature style.
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