When her heightened sense of smell disappears, jeopardizing her career, Poppy Patel, a gifted Paris perfumer, returns home to tend to her grandmother's aromatic garden only to discover it has been uprooted and destroyed, while navigating family drama, childhood friendships and a former love to heal an unscented life

The daughter of Napa Valley hoteliers, Asha "Poppy" Patel was gifted with a nose for fragrances, and chose to become a perfumer in Paris. When her heightened sense of smell disappears, her career is in jeopardy, her world muted. She returns home, hoping tending to her grandmother's garden will bring restorative hope. But the garden has been uprooted and destroyed in the years she's been gone. Torn between a mother who lives vicariously through her and a father who wants her to embrace her family's legacy, Poppy must juggle family drama, childhood friendships, and a former love to forge a future of her own choosing and, in time, heal an unscented life. - adapted from back cover