A message came to me in the middle of night, informed me that a perfume brand would be holding a launch as well as a talk with Dee Lestari, author of Aroma Karsa. The entry was for free, could you imagined how thrilled I am? Without any doubt, I directly fill the form and boom, they've chosen me after one of the participants.
Could I say that this is like Dinner with Dee Lestari?
Aroma Karsa is one of Dee Lestari's works whose main characters, Jati Wesi and Tanaya Suma, can smells and fragrances more than normal humans. They are very sensitive to smells. They even can describe what ingredients in it without left one kind of ingredients.
Because Jati Wesi and Tanaya Suma cannot be presented in real life, to represent them, they are presented by the author, Dee Lestari.
Even though this event was a small launch of a perfume brand, Dee talked a lot about the Aroma Karsa novel as participants' wishes. About how he started Aroma Karsa, the creation of Jati Wesi and building a case within Aroma Karsa. You could say this is a book talk event rather than launching a perfume brand.
Even though Dee Lestari's latest book is Rapijali, talking about Aroma Karsa is still special for me and Aroma Karsa fans. Dee said that Aroma Karsa fans are very militant fans. It's true, compared to other books, I really like Aroma Karsa the most. Next there are the Series of Supernova and Perahu Kertas. Jati Wesi is the winner in my heart, I said it!
In this forum, Dee provides tips and tricks about writing. How she came up with the initial idea to write Aroma Karsa. She said that she got the initial idea for writing Aroma Karsa when she was writing her previous book and suddenly she smelled a calming aroma at that moment. From there, Dee developed a story based on aroma. Dee also added that the sense of smell is a very powerful sense, we can tell whether a food is stale or not just by its smell. Then Dee carried out research and even took courses in making perfume so that he could create the characters of Jati Wesi and Tanaya Suma perfectly. Whatever Jati Wesi does in Aroma Karsa, that is what Dee does in real life. In research, Dee Lestari doesn't make a joke.
Still in the same forum, Dee said that Aroma Karsa did have a open ending, as if the author had deliberately left it for something, namely to create a new story or sequel which was immediately cheered by militant fans in front of her.
Yes, I am one of those who wants Aroma Karsa to have a second book, sequel or prequel. Anything about Jati Wesi, I will love it!
It didn't stop there, when asked whether Aroma Karsa would be made into a film, Dee Lestari even gave the good news or sneak peek that Jati Wesi would be made into a series version. I think it will be more better than a movie.
She said that several actors and actresses are already approached and that list are, Chicko Jericco, Nicholas Saputra, Reza Rahadian as Jati Wesi, then there are an actress like Putri Marino, Dian Sastro, and Adinia Wirasti for Tanaya Suma charachter.
In your opinion, who is suitable to be Jati Wesi and Tanaya Suma? I have no idea about it. I believe Dee will choose perfect actor and actress for her Jati Wesi and Tanaya Suma.
Talking about Aroma Karsa, I reviewed it here, maybe you want to read my review again.
The Best Novel of Dee | Aroma Karsa
Talking about Aroma Karsa, there are several parts of the story that I forgot, for example about the character Arya. In this small forum, Dee repeatedly mentioned Arya, who was Suma's lover. So I was kind of reminded to read it again. Yes, I think I'll read it again.
I can't define my happiness when I met my favorite writer, Dee Lestari. Thrilled is not enough!
For this show I took one of my collection, it was Supernova 6 for get her sign. Unfortunately, my Aroma Karsa in my hometown so I can't get her sign in that novel.
Vivie Hardika
I have so much imagination in my head. Something that I can't achieve as a human and as a girl. So writing is very challenging. Since Junior High School, I have written whatever I want to write. Without skill, I just write what I want to read. Now I have 12th published novels and all of them are romance.
Yeah, I proudly say that I am a passionate author.