With translations into 49 languages and more than 20 million copies sold worldwide to date, perfume is one of the bestselling german novels of the 20th century. Perfume was further refined by the romans, the persians and the arabs. The perfect scent has drama, unforgettable characters, history, and location. The fragrance features nutmeg, carnation, patchouli, cloves, vetiver, rose, geranium, citruses and lavender. The word perfumery refers to the art of making perfumes. After the spanish civil war, in the 1950s and 1960s, myrurgia was spains leading perfumer house with gal being their chief competitor. She gives you the history of perfume through the ages, from the ancient egyptians and assyrians. Did we miss a book or a great online read relating to the history of perfumery or the materiality of.
The word perfume is used today to describe scented mixtures and is derived from the latin word, per fumus, meaning through smoke. The title remained in bestseller lists for about nine years, and received almost unanimously positive national and international critical acclaim. She comes out of the same movement for the best natural ingredients that created chez panisse restaurant, also in berkeley, which started the foodie revolution. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your.
The estee lauder solid perfume compact collection 19672001. Lets get to your final book, the essence and the alchemy. This is by mandy aftel, who is an allnatural perfumer in berkeley. A story of perfume obsession and the last mystery of the senses hardcover. She talks about how people have moved away from the idea of perfume as a ritualistic, meditative, aesthetic creation. It is a book that you must read if you are a writer, as a reminder that every sense can be used enslave a reader. It shouldnt be surprising that a book called perfume so successful immerses the reader in odour. A natural history of perfume by mandy aftel, the secret of scent.
Joy, scandal, sin a cultural history of fragrance from 1750 to the present. The best books on perfume five books expert recommendations. The mass marketing of perfume, which includes a lot of synthetics and chemicals. Although perfume and perfumery also existed in east asia, much of its fragrances were incense based.
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