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Perfumery Books
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Perfumery Practice and Principles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.45 — 22 ratings — published 1994
Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.74 — 672 ratings — published 2012
The Diary of a Nose: A Year in the Life of a Parfumeur (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.85 — 531 ratings — published 2009
Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.07 — 889 ratings — published 2001
Perfumes: The Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,745 ratings — published 2008
The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,174 ratings — published
The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,560 ratings — published 2008
Scent and Chemistry: The Molecular World of Odors (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.36 — 22 ratings — published 1990
The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.72 — 922 ratings — published 2006
Fragrant: The Secret Life of Scent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.74 — 429 ratings — published 2014
Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.56 — 36 ratings — published 1962
Perfumes: The Guide (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.12 — 434 ratings — published 2018
The Essence of Perfume (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.21 — 86 ratings — published 2008
Perfume: The Art and Science of Scent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.92 — 77 ratings — published 1998
Introduction to Perfumery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.87 — 23 ratings — published 1994
The Little Book of Perfumes: The Hundred Classics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.05 — 294 ratings — published 2011
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.04 — 579,214 ratings — published 1985
Atlas of Botanical Fragrance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.09 — 163 ratings — published
The Perfume Companion: The Definitive Guide to Choosing Your Next Scent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.20 — 79 ratings — published
Perfume and Flavor Chemicals (Aroma Chemicals) 2 Book Set
by (shelved 4 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.67 — 12 ratings — published
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 3.83 — 107 ratings — published 1973
In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.02 — 458 ratings — published 2021
The Big Book of Perfume (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.28 — 90 ratings — published 2018
Floating Gold: A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris
by (shelved 3 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.66 — 357 ratings — published 2012
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 4.06 — 31 ratings — published 2006
The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.80 — 502 ratings — published 2007
The Fragrant Mind: Aromatherapy for Personality, Mind, Mood and Emotion (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.27 — 473 ratings — published 1995
Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.65 — 134 ratings — published 2022
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
Perfume: In Search of Your Signature Scent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.34 — 134 ratings — published
Perfume: A Century of Scents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.87 — 368 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 4.04 — 315 ratings — published 2020
Smells: A Cultural History of Odours in Early Modern Times (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.45 — 93 ratings — published 2017
Scent: The Mysterious and Essential Powers of Smell (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.47 — 30 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 — 228 ratings — published 1982
Frédéric Malle: On Perfume Making (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.21 — 14 ratings — published 2012
What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.54 — 323 ratings — published 2008
The Smell Culture Reader (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.85 — 13 ratings — published 2006
Scents & Sensibilities: Creating Solid Perfumes For Well-being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 3.88 — 86 ratings — published 2005
A Natural History of the Senses (Trade Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as perfumery)
avg rating 4.15 — 8,002 ratings — published 1990
Citrus: A World History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as perfumery)
avg rating 3.79 — 34 ratings — published
Fragrance: From plant to perfume, the botanical origins of scent (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
by (shelved 1 time as perfumery)
avg rating 3.97 — 32 ratings — published
“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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“There is no reason for verbosity in the olfactory world. Less is more.”
― A Perfumer's Secret
― A Perfumer's Secret
