Perfumery: practice and principles

Abstract

Partial table of contents: BASIC SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES. What It Takes to Be a Perfumer. The Student Perfumer Today. The Technique of Smelling. Perfumery Raw Materials. The Floral Accords. The Technique of Matching. AESTHETICS AND THE FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPOSITION. The Structure of a Perfume. The Use of Bases. STUDIES IN FINE FRAGRANCE. The Descent of Perfumes. Selected Great Perfumes. ASPECTS OF CREATIVE PERFUMERY. The Challenge of New Materials. The Perfumer and the Market. SCIENTIFIC FUNDAMENTALS. Chemical Reactions in Perfumery. The Physical Basis of Perfumery. Psychophysics and Perfumery. Appendices. Bibliography. Indexes.