Leading fragrance expert Michael Edwards has published the 30th edition of his Fragrances of the World guide book.

“On the 30th anniversary of Michael Edwards’ masterwork, Fragrances of the World, it is remarkable to realise that what he has accomplished will serve the industry for generations to come,” noted The Fragrance Foundation President Emeritus Annette Green.

This edition features Edwards’ famous Fragrance Wheel’ – but it comes to life with a pictorial timeline that shows the evolution of the iconic fragrances within each family.

Edwards and his team make no charge for listings and do not accept advertising, enabling them to work independently with every brand and every perfumer. Every fragrance launch including celebrity, limited edition and niche is categorised, giving the reader the ultimate reference tool at their fingertips.

“The 1984 edition listed just 38 new fragrances. In my wildest dreams, I could never have imagined that thirty years later, I would track more than 1,400 new fragrances in a single year, or that the tiny guide would grow to become the industry’s ‘fragrance bible’,” said Edwards.