Chandler Burr
PopTech 2009
As perfume critic for The New York Times, Chandler Burr reviews the latest scents, speaks on the global stage and leads participatory classes explaining perfume to the average person.
Beyond his responsibilities at The NYT, Chandler writes on politics, business, travel, food and sexual orientation. His first novel You or Someone Like You was published in 2009, and he is the author of three non-fiction titles: The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York, The Emperor of Scent and A Separate Creation. He has served as contributing editor for U.S. News and World Report and his stage play, Exquisite, was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play.
Of the style he brings to perfume writing, Chandler states, “I’m a science journalist … and I depart from a sort of relentlessly clinical, empirical approach upward toward the aesthetics of perfume."
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Watch Chandler Burr’s scent dinner at Natalie’s Restaurant at PopTech 2009
Watch Chandler Burr’s talk at PopTech 2008.