The Great Idle Person of the Zhenguan Era.

Summary

Li Su, a poor young man, needs to earn a living. He considers selling poetry, but decides against it as it would attract unwanted attention. Instead, he uses his skills in perfumery to create a fragrance. He extracts fragrance oil from wildflowers and fuses it with high-proof liquor, creating a perfume. After perfecting the recipe, Li Su creates a large batch of perfume and orders small, exquisite bottles to sell it in. He plans to promote the perfume in the imperial palace, among the nobility, and in the middle-class women's circle in Chang'an City. Li Su's creation of perfume solves his family's economic crisis, and he is confident about its future market.

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