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Perfumery Books
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Perfumery Practice and Principles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.40 — 20 ratings — published 1994
The Diary of a Nose: A Year in the Life of a Parfumeur (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.85 — 498 ratings — published 2009
Perfumes: The Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,711 ratings — published 2008
Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.09 — 840 ratings — published 2001
The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,125 ratings — published
Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.74 — 598 ratings — published 2012
The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,508 ratings — published 2008
Scent and Chemistry: The Molecular World of Odors (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.35 — 20 ratings — published 1990
Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.62 — 34 ratings — published 1962
Fragrant: The Secret Life of Scent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.74 — 421 ratings — published 2014
The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.74 — 881 ratings — published 2006
Perfumes: The Guide (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.12 — 418 ratings — published 2018
Essence of Perfume (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.21 — 85 ratings — published 2008
The Little Book of Perfumes: The Hundred Classics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.05 — 285 ratings — published 2011
Perfume: The Art and Science of Scent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.91 — 75 ratings — published 1998
Atlas of Perfumed Botany (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.09 — 150 ratings — published
Introduction to Perfumery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.00 — 19 ratings — published 1994
Perfume and Flavor Chemicals (Aroma Chemicals) 2 Book Set
by (shelved 4 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.67 — 12 ratings — published
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.04 — 537,751 ratings — published 1985
The Perfume Companion: The Definitive Guide to Choosing Your Next Scent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.20 — 76 ratings — published
The Big Book of Perfume (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.36 — 73 ratings — published 2018
The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants With Instructions for the Manufacture of Perfumes for the Handkerchief, Scented Powders, ... Preparing Artificial Fruit-Essences, Etc. (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.86 — 104 ratings — published 1973
Perfumes: Art, Science and Technology (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as perfumery)
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 1991
Chemistry of Fragrances: From Perfumer to Consumer (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.20 — 10 ratings — published
Chemistry of Fragrances: From Perfumer to Consumer (Rsc Paperbacks)
by (shelved 3 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.10 — 30 ratings — published 2006
The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.77 — 478 ratings — published 2007
A Short History of the Art of Distillation from the Beginnings Up to the Death of Cellier Blumenthal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.56 — 9 ratings — published 1970
In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.02 — 398 ratings — published 2021
Perfume: A Century of Scents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.86 — 350 ratings — published 2015
Scent and Subversion: Decoding A Century Of Provocative Perfume (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.98 — 260 ratings — published 2013
Perfumery: Practice and Principles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
Perfume Accords (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.79 — 14 ratings — published
Working the Bench II: A Practical Guide for the Apprentice Natural Perfumer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published
Working the Bench: A Natural Botanical Perfumery Instructional for Beginners (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings — published 2013
Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World's Smells (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.04 — 296 ratings — published 2020
Smells: A Cultural History of Odours in Early Modern Times (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.47 — 83 ratings — published 2017
Floating Gold: A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.68 — 355 ratings — published 2012
Scent: The Mysterious and Essential Powers of Smell (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.48 — 29 ratings — published 1988
L'Esprit Serge Lutens: The Spirit of Beauty (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.50 — 6 ratings — published 1992
Serge Lutens (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.67 — 9 ratings — published 1998
The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Social Imagination (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.80 — 214 ratings — published 1982
Frédéric Malle: On Perfume Making (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.23 — 13 ratings — published 2012
The Smell Culture Reader (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.92 — 12 ratings — published 2006
Scents & Sensibilities: Creating Solid Perfumes for Well-Being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.90 — 84 ratings — published 2005
A Natural History of the Senses (Trade Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.15 — 7,872 ratings — published 1990
Working the Bench II (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as perfumery)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Kyphi Magic and Art Creating the Breath of the Gods (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as perfumery)
avg rating 4.80 — 5 ratings — published 2014
Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as perfumery)
avg rating 3.61 — 104 ratings — published 2022
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as perfumery)
avg rating 4.06 — 58,926 ratings — published 2001
Oils and Perfumes of Ancient Egypt (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as perfumery)
avg rating 4.14 — 14 ratings — published 1998
“Labeled apothecary bottles filled with raw material oils lined the risers: flowers, resins, leaves, woods, mosses, spices, herbs, seeds, grains, roots, bark, and fruit. From the animal kingdom came fixatives: civet, musk, and ambergris. The absolutes, the resinoids, the essential oils.”
― Scent of Triumph
― Scent of Triumph
“A great perfumer can take the visual perfection of living flowers and materials and elongate and morph it's lifespan into olfactory bliss.”
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