A Guide to the History of Perfume - A Selection of Vintage Articles on the Uses and Progress of Perfumery

Author: Various
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447483944
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 37

Book Description
This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative publications on the subject of model engineering. Each publication has been professionally curated and includes all details on the original source material. This particular instalment, "A Guide to the History of Perfume" contains information on the use and progress of perfumery. It is intended to illustrate aspects of the history of perfume and serves as a guide for anyone wishing to obtain a general knowledge of the subject and understand the field in its historical context. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

A Guide to Perfume Production - A Selection of Vintage Articles on the Methods and Ingredients of Perfumery

Author: Various
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 147339077X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 88

Book Description
This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative publications on the subject of model engineering. Each publication has been professionally curated and includes all details on the original source material. This particular instalment, "A Guide to Perfume Production" contains information on the methods and ingredients of perfume manufacturing. It is intended to illustrate aspects of perfume production and serves as a guide for anyone wishing to obtain a general knowledge of the subject and understand the field in its historical context. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The Perfume Companion

Author: Sarah McCartney
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 0711242194
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
'An authoritative guide from two experts who really know their way around scent' – FUNMI FETTO The Perfume Companion is a beautifully illustrated compendium of almost 500 recommended scents, designed to help you pick out your next favourite fragrance. Perfumes have the power to evoke treasured memories, make us feel fabulous and help us express our best self. But with so many out there, how do you choose something new? When the scents in the perfume shop are merging into one aromatic haze, how do you remain focused? And if your favourite scent goes out of stock, how do you replace it? The Perfume Companion is here to help. Sarah McCartney and Samantha Scriven deliver a host of scents for you to try – including bargain finds and luxury treasures, iconic stalwarts and indie newcomers, the lightest florals and the deepest leathers. With insider information about how perfumes are really made, discover hundreds of new fragrances and find the scents to share your own memories with. This is the perfect companion for your scented adventures.

Scent and Subversion

Author: Barbara Herman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493002023
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 293

Book Description
An intriguing look at vintage perfume's powerful past, including reviews of more than 300 scents, with stunning period advertisements throughout.

The Essence of Perfume

Author: Roja Dove
Publisher: Black Dog Pub Limited
ISBN: 9781908966469
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 351

Book Description
As the world's leading perfume authority, Dove leads readers on an extravagant journey through the world of scent, from Ancient Egypt to the present. Beginning with a comprehensive discussion of the sense of smell and the materials of the master perfumer, Dove goes on to celebrate the great classics, the makers who brought them to life and the bottle makers who gave them shape.

Perfumes

Author: Luca Turin
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1847651526
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
'I've long wished perfumery to be taken seriously as an art, and for scent critics to be as fierce as opera critics, and for the wearers of certain "fragrances" to be hissed in public, while others are cheered. This year has brought Perfumes: The Guide by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez, which I breathed in, rather than read, in one delighted gulp.' Hilary Mantel, Guardian Perfumes: The Guide is the culmination of Turin's lifelong obsession and rare scientific flair and Sanchez's stylish and devoted blogging about every scent that she's ever loved and loathed. Together they make a fine and utterly persuasive argument for the unrecognised craft of perfume-making. Perfume writing has certainly never been this honest, compelling or downright entertaining.

Perfumery

Author: Jean Carles
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780244800314
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90

Book Description
A unique reference work containing the method of training a 'nose' by Jean Carles who founded the Givaudan Perfumery school in Grasse France together with the famous 'charts'. Together with a short biography and monograph on the master, this book will become a favourite resource in your perfumery reference library.

Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin

Author: Steffen Arctander
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244329214
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 560

Book Description
A perfumer's and flavorist's practical description of available materials, their origin, production and processing, appearance, odor and flavor type, evaluation, application and availability with brief notes on their main constituents, replacements and most common adulterants.

Perfume

Author: Lizzie Ostrom
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681772892
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 355

Book Description
Join Lizzie Ostrom on an olfactory adventure as she explores the trends and crazes that have shaped the way we’ve spritzed. One hundred perfumes and scents in all their fragrant glory reveal a fascinating social history of the past century. From the belle epoque through the swinging sixties, to the naughty nineties and beyond, Ostrom brings intelligence and wit to this most ravishing of subjects.There was the patriotic impact of English Lavender during World War I and perfumes that captured the Egyptomania of the 1920s. Estee Lauder created "Youth Dew" and with it, distilled the essence of 1950's suburbia. Patchouli oil—the "anti-perfume" of the 1960s—was sure to keep money out of the hands of corporations and "the man." And who could forget the fervor created by the grunge androgyny of CK One? Scent is truly the passport to memory, making Perfume both a lush treat and an insightful examination of the twentieth century through the most mysterious of the five sense.

Fragrant

Author: Mandy Aftel
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1594631417
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
Winner of the 2016 Perfumed Plume Award The “Alice Waters of American natural perfume” (indieperfume.com) and author of the Art of Flavor celebrates our most potent sense, through five rock stars of the fragrant world Mandy Aftel is widely acclaimed as a trailblazer in natural perfumery. Over two decades of sourcing the finest aromatic ingredients from all over the world and creating artisanal fragrances, she has been an evangelist for the transformative power of scent. In Fragrant, through five major players in the epic of aroma, she explores the profound connection between our sense of smell and the appetites that move us, give us pleasure, make us fully alive. Cinnamon, queen of the Spice Route, touches our hunger for the unknown, the exotic, the luxurious. Mint, homegrown the world over, speaks to our affinity for the familiar, the native, the authentic. Frankincense, an ancient incense ingredient, taps into our longing for transcendence, while ambergris embodies our unquenchable curiosity. And exquisite jasmine exemplifies our yearning for beauty, both evanescent and enduring. In addition to providing a riveting initiation into the history, natural history, and philosophy of scent, Fragrant imparts the essentials of scent literacy and includes recipes for easy-to-make fragrances and edible, drinkable, and useful concoctions that reveal the imaginative possibilities of creating with—and reveling in—aroma. Vintage line drawings make for a volume that will be a treasured gift as well as a great read.