Chandler Burr

Chandler Burr is the New York Times perfume critic and the author of The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses and A Separate Creation . Burr, who earned a master's in international economics and Japan studies from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, has written for the Atlantic ; the New York Times Magazine ; US News & World Report , where he was a contributing editor; and the New Yorker . He...See more

Chandler Burr is the New York Times perfume critic and the author of The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses and A Separate Creation . Burr, who earned a master's in international economics and Japan studies from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, has written for the Atlantic ; the New York Times Magazine ; US News & World Report , where he was a contributing editor; and the New Yorker . He lives in New York City. See less