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 — 510 ratings — published 2009
Perfumes: The Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,727 ratings — published 2008
Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.10 — 855 ratings — published 2001
The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,137 ratings — published
Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.75 — 630 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 — 1,522 ratings — published 2008
Scent and Chemistry: The Molecular World of Odors (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 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 4.60 — 35 ratings — published 1962
The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.73 — 899 ratings — published 2006
Fragrant: The Secret Life of Scent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.74 — 423 ratings — published 2014
Perfumes: The Guide (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.12 — 426 ratings — published 2018
Essence of Perfume (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.20 — 86 ratings — published 2008
Introduction to Perfumery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.95 — 21 ratings — published 1994
The Little Book of Perfumes: The Hundred Classics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.05 — 291 ratings — published 2011
Perfume: The Art and Science of Scent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.91 — 76 ratings — published 1998
Atlas of Perfumed Botany (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.10 — 153 ratings — published
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 — 555,858 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 4.32 — 80 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 ... ... Preparing Artificial Fruit-Essences, Etc. (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.85 — 105 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 4.07 — 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 — 483 ratings — published 2007
The Fragrant Mind: Aromatherapy for Personality, Mind, Mood and Emotion (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.28 — 472 ratings — published 1995
A Short History of the Art of Distillation from the Beginnings up to the Death of Cellier Blumenthal (Leather Bound)
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 4.03 — 420 ratings — published 2021
Perfume: A Century of Scents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.86 — 360 ratings — published 2015
Scent and Subversion: Decoding A Century Of Provocative Perfume (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.97 — 262 ratings — published 2013
Fundamentals of Fragrance Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published
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 3.87 — 15 ratings — published
Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World's Smells (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.05 — 304 ratings — published 2020
Smells: A Cultural History of Odours in Early Modern Times (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.43 — 89 ratings — published 2017
Floating Gold: A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.67 — 356 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 — 220 ratings — published 1982
Frédéric Malle: On Perfume Making (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.21 — 14 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 — 7,922 ratings — published 1990
Working with Unusual Oils: An aromatic journey with lesser known essential oils - Volume 1 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as perfumery)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
Perfume Engineering (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as perfumery)
avg rating 4.50 — 4 ratings — published 2012
The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as perfumery)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,456 ratings — published 1993
The Scented Candle Workshop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as perfumery)
avg rating 4.31 — 55 ratings — published
Fragrant Pharmacy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as perfumery)
avg rating 4.47 — 437 ratings — published 1990
“A great perfumer can take the visual perfection of living flowers and materials and elongate and morph it's lifespann into olfactory bliss.”
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“Fragrance should never be worn like a thick scented choker, where the scent emanates from the neck in strong blasts like a foghorn! Rather, it should sparkle like twinkling stars, where small bursts disperse here and there, they elude us, pique our curiosity and make us want more.”
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