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Tilar J. Mazzeo discusses two French entrepreneuses - La Veuve Clicquot and Coco Chanel.

Tilar J. Mazzeo tells the tales of two French icons -- Chanel No.5 and Veuve Clicquot champagne, as well as the women behind the success stories. Mazzeo’s sweeping story of the iconic scent (known as “le monstre” in the fragrance industry) stretches from Coco Chanel’s early success to the rise of the seminal fragrance during the 1950s to the confirmation of its bestseller status in today’s crowded perfume market.

In The Widow Clicquot, Tilar J. Mazzeo brings to life—for the first time—the fascinating woman behind the iconic yellow label: Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, who, after her husband's death, defied convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured together. Steering the company through dizzying political and financial reversals, she became one of the world's first great businesswomen and one of the richest women of her time.

About Tilar J. Mazzeo

Tilar J. Mazzeo is the New York Times best-selling author of books on wine, travel, French culture, and the history of luxury, including The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It, The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World’s Most Famous Perfume, The Back-Lane Wineries of Sonoma, The Back-Lane Wineries of Napa, and the forthcoming The Ritz at War: Luxury in Occupied Paris.  She divides her time among the California wine country, New York City, and coastal Maine, where she is an associate professor of English at Colby College.

Visit the author's website here: http://tjmazzeo.wordpress.com/