7+ Chapter Chat: Armchair Travel to Pair

Christine Wells on love, perfume, and female strength
The novel is a love letter to Paris and perfume meant to be an escapist, armchair-travel read celebrating female strength.
Published: Oct. 22, 2026 at 2:50 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Author Christine Wells joins Chapter Chat from Australia to talk The Lost Perfumes of Paris.

The novel is a love letter to Paris and perfume meant to be an escapist, armchair-travel read celebrating female strength.

Wells shares how she connects with readers, what goes into cover design, and her hybrid writing process.

Wells talks about researching but avoiding a rigid plan so characters can come to life on the page.

As she puts it: too rigid feels like paint-by-numbers.

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