Chandler Burr author biography, plus links to books by Chandler Burr.

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Chandler Burr

Chandler Burr was born in Chicago and raised in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Principia College. He began his journalism career in 1987 as a stringer in The Christian Science Monitor's Southeast Asia bureau and later became a Contributing Editor to U.S. News and World Report. He earned a Masters degree in international economics and Japan studies from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins.

Burr is a journalist, author, and curator of olfactory art. Burr created the New York Times perfume critic's position, which he occupied from 2006-2010. In 2010 he left the Times to establish the world's first department of olfactory art, at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. His first exhibition The Art of Scent 1889-2012 ran from Nov 22, 2012 to May 3, 2013.

Burr is also author of The Perfect Scent, The Emperor of Scent, and A Separate Creation, amongst other books. He has written for the Atlantic and The New Yorker, and currently lives in New York City.

Follow Chandler at http://chandlerburr.com/

This biography was last updated on 06/01/2009.

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