The Scent of Mimosa
curiousgeo
  • Reads 22,792
  • Votes 3,865
  • Parts 35
  • Time 4h 13m
  • Reads 22,792
  • Votes 3,865
  • Parts 35
  • Time 4h 13m
curiousgeo
Complete, First published Jan 16, 2021
Mature
beautifulbillionairebohemianfamilyhistoryfamilysecretsflowersfragrancefrancefrenchgardenlovestorynostalgiaperfumeprovencerivieraromancescentsecretwattys2021womensfiction
[Wattys 2021 Shortlisted]  In the ancient French perfume capital of Grasse, lives bohemian recluse Cassandra Ducasse, the last remaining member of a legendary family of perfumers. Trapped by her past, Cassandra is unwilling to take up the reins of her family business. When she is forced into an unlikely working partnership with hotshot marketing executive Vince, the two could make the perfect team to create a hit fragrance for global superstar, Imogen.  But can they put their differences aside for long enough to see that each holds the key to unlock the other's happiness.
  
  Featured by @Beauty, October 2021; @adultfiction, October 2021
  Winner: Contemporary Romantics Award by @Contemporarylit 2022
  
  Highest rankings (at different times)
  #1 in perfume
  # 1 in France
  # 1 in Provence
  # 1 in Riviera
  # 9 in womensfiction
  # 3 in familyhistory
  And for one brief, glorious, but likely flawed moment... #10 in romance.
All Rights Reserved
beautifulbillionairebohemianfamilyhistoryfamilysecretsflowersfragrancefrancefrenchgardenlovestorynostalgiaperfumeprovencerivieraromancescentsecretwattys2021womensfiction
Table of contents

35 parts

Sign up to add The Scent of Mimosa to your library and receive updates
or
Content Guidelines
You may also like
Lara by NoelleThorne
20 parts Complete Mature
When Lara's life in Portland falls apart, she's given a timely opportunity to escape when she inherits her grandmother's cottage in a tiny town on the northern coast of France. Love, mystery, and self-discovery await as she explores a new country, makes new friends, and uncovers a secret about her grandmother's past. Will Lara find her heart's desire, or has it always been there waiting for her? *** 1st Place Winner of the Optimistic Awards 2020 *** 2nd Place Winner of the Borderverse Awards 2021
The Untouched Beauty (Completed) by Lissasysnop
65 parts Complete Mature
Raylee Nash was fresh out of college and devastated to learn of her mother's death. She travels from Calorforinia to Arizona to where her mother lived. She's left to take care of everything her mother owned including a flower shop in town and now she's left with flowers that she knows nothing about. The shopping center has two other stores connected to it and that's a bakery and a parts store/garage. Parker Cohen works in the shopping center for his father in the parts store. He literally bumps into Raylee in the bakery and then a couple of other times and decides to introduce himself to the hot blonde. A special thanks to @hannahnapady for making my cover! 🍌 #1 in Adult Reads 1-6-21 #1 in lovemaking 7-31-20 #2 in untouched 11-7-20 #2 in Adult Reads 6-30-21 #2 in Adult Reads 4-13-22 🔞Rated R 🔥Mature Sexual Content 🤐Graphic Language
Something New Blooms by KaraCarreira
6 parts Complete
@ADULTFICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH September 2022 & DELVE DEEPER 2021 Contest Winner Everything fell apart for Acacia Clegg when she walked in on her fiancé cheating on her with her maid of honour. Nine years later, she has built a new life in a new state. Her garden design business is blossoming. All that's missing is a new love and a new beginning. When a birth in the family brings Acacia back to her home town, the last person she expects to bump into is Keanu Lucas, the man who broke her heart. He reveals that he never cheated on her. She realises she never stopped loving him. All Acacia wants is for her and Keanu to pick up where they left off. Unfortunately, it's not so simple, because he's engaged to another woman. The past will not be erased nor will the present rewrite itself, leaving Acacia with a difficult choice: to try to win Keanu back or part ways with him forever and break her heart anew. Featured on @SeasonalReads 'Singing Spring' Cover by @raizelrose3
Oneshot | Dimitrescu by Mej_aa
17 parts Complete Mature
This is a one-shot about Alcina Dimitrescu and her Daughters, how will the adventures be? Can you always survive? What sacrifices will be made? Will you find Love?
The Ostler's Boy (The Ostler's Boy Book 1) by meganalexandria
34 parts Complete Mature
2023 December Book of the Month @CupidOnTour @WattpadSeries General Fiction Feature JUNE 2023 @HistoricalFiction 'Rise of Civilization' Reading List JUNE 2023 @TheWattys Shortlist 2021 @HistoricalFiction Top 10 of 22 For Historical Fiction Awards @HistoricalFiction Top 25 of 2022 For Historical Fiction Awards #RomanceAwards2022 Shortlister! ----- Love. Duty. Valor. Court & Class. A pseudo medieval romance through the eyes of a reluctant queen. ----- After nearly decades of war, the Oreia and Chalke Empires have forged peace through a political union. And Svana, heir apparent, and driven by Duty, has accepted Fate. Sam; marriage. But like any true newly-adult, and naive young woman, she immediately gets herself into trouble. A simple trip to meet her betrothed blossoms into a forbidden romance that leaves her dreaming, hoping, and wanting for the elusive memory of her childhood; her soulmate. If fate, class disparity and danger is your game, you'll find solace in this dark, broody romance: The Ostler's Boy. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. @WattpadHistoricalRomance 's 'Medieval' Reading List DECEMBER 2021 @HistoricalFiction 's 'Medieval' Reading List NOVEMBER 2021 @WattpadDarkFantasy 's 'A Kingdom in Shadows' Reading List OCTOBER 2021 #1 in #historicalfiction DECEMBER 2022 #1 in #KnightInShiningArmor NOVEMBER 2022 #1 in #LifeAndDeath NOVEMBER 2022 #2 in #Swordfighting NOVEMBER 2021 #2 in #fire NOVEMBER 2021 #6 in #sexsecenes NOVEMBER 2021 #2 in #KingsandQueens OCTOBER 2022 #23 in #Romance OCTOBER 2021 #1 in #Medieval OCTOBER 2021 #2 in #darklove NOVEMBER 2021 #1 in #darkacademia DECEMBER 2022 #3 in #knightinshiningarmor FEBRUARY 2024
Missed the Frame by WritingxNicole
12 parts Complete
✨ONC SHORTLIST, HONORABLE MENTION, AND AMBASSADOR PICK✨ Back home in his small town after suffering an accident, U.S. Marine Hayes McAdams tries to find a new purpose in life. Picking back up his old love of photography, Hayes agrees to let his friend Dylan set him up with a couple of photography gigs. But what Hayes never expects is for Dylan to accidentally set him up to shoot his ex-girlfriends wedding. Will Hayes be able to handle working with the girl who absolutely broke his heart, along with her unruly future mother-in-law, or will he once again have to say goodbye? "If the world is a frame I guess I belong somewhere out among the stars." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This is an entry for ONC 2021. The prompt I will be using is #29: "I am in the mood to dissolve in the sky." -Virginia Woolf Enjoy!
The Royal and The Housemaid by me_Tehreem
59 parts Complete
Cassandra is forced to switch jobs, from a waitress to a housemaid at the royal palace, due to certain circumstances. Working for a royal family is not exactly the most normal job and when you throw in two princes, a queen and a jealous girlfriend it gets that much more difficult. Follow 20 year old Cassandra's story as she struggles to support her sick mother with nothing but a high school degree and an incident that stains her past. Side note: I wrote this story back in 2014, so please take it easy on me while you read it. As you move through the story and onto the sequel, you'll see my writing develop. Happy Reading! :)
Relative Fiction | ✓ by moonraess
33 parts Complete Mature
[wattys 2021 winner - new adult] A heroin addict struggling with recovery finds an unusual solace in a brilliant, beautiful girl in his therapy group, who seems to have being happy and sober down to a science. [2x wattpad editor's choice pick (2021 & 2023) & 6x featured story] Copyright 2020-2025 | Taylor Romagnoli [moonraess]
You're Dead To Me by Nancy_Mitchell
77 parts Complete Mature
CAROLINE MATISSE - - - »I'm trained to kill, not to love« I have killed many men in my life. I have stabbed them to death, made them choke on their pathetic words, I was born into this game. The game of killing, or to be killed. But nobody trained me to love, not to say, marrying my enemy, the one I wanted dead more than anything else. And here I am, forced to sign the papers, forced into a life I know no meaning of. Sold to Giovanni De'Bardi, the bastard I call my prey. - - - #1 Action-romance #1 Mansions #1 Paid-story #1 Hate #2 Jewelry #2 Assassin #3 Enemies-to-lovers #3 Love and Hate #4 Mafia #4 Mansion #5 Heartbroken #8 Crying #15 Slow burn #25 New-adult #30 Romance #31 Dark romance #69 Spicy
You may also like
Slide 1 of 9
Lara cover
The Untouched Beauty (Completed) cover
Something New Blooms cover
Oneshot | Dimitrescu cover
The Ostler's Boy (The Ostler's Boy Book 1) cover
Missed the Frame cover
The Royal and The Housemaid cover
Relative Fiction | ✓ cover
You're Dead To Me cover

Lara

20 parts Complete Mature

When Lara's life in Portland falls apart, she's given a timely opportunity to escape when she inherits her grandmother's cottage in a tiny town on the northern coast of France. Love, mystery, and self-discovery await as she explores a new country, makes new friends, and uncovers a secret about her grandmother's past. Will Lara find her heart's desire, or has it always been there waiting for her? *** 1st Place Winner of the Optimistic Awards 2020 *** 2nd Place Winner of the Borderverse Awards 2021

More details