Author: Patrick Suskind
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: perfume
Number of Pages: 255
Published: 2006-11-07
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0307277763
ISBN-13: 9780307277763

An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind’s classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man’s indulgence in his greatest passion—his sense of smell—leads to murder.In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift-an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But Grenouille’s genius is such that he is not satisfie

Author: Tom Robbins
Publisher: Bantam
Keywords: perfume, jitterbug
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1990-04-01
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0553348981
ISBN-13: 9780553348989

Jitterbug Perfume is an epic.Which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn’t conclude until nine o’clock tonight (Paris time).It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle.The bottle is blue, very, very old, and embossed with the image of a goat-horned god. If the liquid in the bottle actually is the secret essence of the universe, as some folks seem to think, it had better be discovered soon because it is leaking and there is only a drop or two left.

Author: N. Groom
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: second, handbook, perfume, new
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 1997-06-30
List price: $209.00
ISBN-10: 0751404039
ISBN-13: 9780751404036

The first edition of this unique book established itself as an unparalleled source of information on perfume. Although it is primarily aimed at perfumers and others in the perfume industry, it has also found substantial sales among a wide range of others including aromatherapists, botanists, and many others who wanted to learn more about this faceted subject. The new edition is now aimed squarely at perfumery marketing specialists and others in the industry world-wide and covers in particular the needs of publicity/advertising teams and journalists, together with sales people and cons

Author: Mary Lynne
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Keywords: perfume, making, art, ancient, scents, galaxy
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 1994-08-10
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 1564594580
ISBN-13: 9781564594587

Make your own mystical perfumes! The author, a cosmically illumined physician, made perfumes based upon the biblical formula mentioned in Exodus 30:34. There it tells exactly what plants to use and how much to use from each plant. This manuscript, originally published in the late 1960’s, has been eagerly sought after in vain by alchemical students because it has never been published until now. The many perfumes this book describes, can be used for all kinds of medicinal, psychic, and every-day uses. The story of the author and her successes in bringing these ancient formulas to ligh

Author: Luca Turin
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Keywords: science, smell, perfume, adventures, scent, secret
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2007-11-01
List price: $13.99
ISBN-10: 0061133841
ISBN-13: 9780061133848

One man’s passion for perfume leads him to explore one of the most intriguing scientific mysteries: What makes one molecule smell of garlic while another smells of rose? In this witty, engrossing, and wildly original volume, author Luca Turin explores the two competing theories of smell. Is scent determined by molecular shape or molecular vibrations? Turin describes in fascinating detail the science, the evidence, and the often contentious debate—from the beginnings of organic chemistry to the present day—and pays homage to the scientists who went before. With its uniquely accessi

Author: Chandler Burr
Publisher: Picador
Keywords: paris, new, york, industry, perfume, scent, year, inside, perfect
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2009-01-06
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0312425775
ISBN-13: 9780312425777

The Perfect Scent is the thrilling inside story of the global perfume industry, told through two creators working on two very different scents. The first is commissioned by the French luxury brand Hermés, and developed by a perfumer named Jean-Claude Ellena, who begins his search for the scent on the banks of the Nile. The second is a celebrity fragrance, developed in New York by movie star Sarah Jessica Parker and a team of perfumers from a global conglomerate. Chalder Burr, the New York Times’s perfume critic, spent a year behind the scenes watching both creators at work. His thrillin

Authors:Marcello Pennacchio, Lara Jefferson, Kayri Havens,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: hallucinogen, perfume, incense, medicine, ethnobotany, smoke, abuses, plant, derived, uses
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2010-07-15
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0195370015
ISBN-13: 9780195370010

Plants provide the food, shelter, medicines, and biomass that underlie sustainable life. One of the earliest and often overlooked uses of plants is the production of smoke, dating to the time of early hominid species. Plant-derived smoke has had an enormous socio-economic impact throughout human history, being burned for medicinal and recreational purposes, magico-religious ceremonies, pest control, food preservation, and flavoring, perfumes, and incense.This illustrated global compendium documents and describes approximately 2,000 global uses for over 1,400 plant species. The Uses and Abuses