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Education
The Art and Science of Perfume
A Complete Education in Fragrance
Eight parts, forty chapters, the whole story from Egypt to niche.
Paperback · 6 x 9 in · 321 pages · first edition 2026
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What's inside
- 01Part One: a history of perfume from the ancient world to niche perfumery today
- 02Part Two: the science of smell, aroma molecules and skin chemistry
- 03Part Three: composition structure, concentration, longevity and sillage
- 04Part Four: the olfactive families
- 05Part Five: the great perfumers (Coty, Beaux, Roudnitska and more)
- 06How to buy and evaluate
About the book
The definitive guide to understanding fragrance: history, the science of smell, olfactive families, the great perfumers, and how to buy and evaluate.
Written for people who want to move beyond the moment and truly understand what they are smelling. From the ancient origins of perfumery to the synthetic revolution, from the science of olfaction to the great olfactive families and the perfumers who defined them, this is a complete education in fragrance.
For fragrance enthusiasts who want to understand what they are smelling.
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