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Fragrant

Author : Mandy Aftel
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101614684
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Fragrant written by Mandy Aftel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2016 Perfumed Plume Award The “Alice Waters of American natural perfume” (indieperfume.com) and author of the Art of Flavor celebrates our most potent sense, through five rock stars of the fragrant world Mandy Aftel is widely acclaimed as a trailblazer in natural perfumery. Over two decades of sourcing the finest aromatic ingredients from all over the world and creating artisanal fragrances, she has been an evangelist for the transformative power of scent. In Fragrant, through five major players in the epic of aroma, she explores the profound connection between our sense of smell and the appetites that move us, give us pleasure, make us fully alive. Cinnamon, queen of the Spice Route, touches our hunger for the unknown, the exotic, the luxurious. Mint, homegrown the world over, speaks to our affinity for the familiar, the native, the authentic. Frankincense, an ancient incense ingredient, taps into our longing for transcendence, while ambergris embodies our unquenchable curiosity. And exquisite jasmine exemplifies our yearning for beauty, both evanescent and enduring. In addition to providing a riveting initiation into the history, natural history, and philosophy of scent, Fragrant imparts the essentials of scent literacy and includes recipes for easy-to-make fragrances and edible, drinkable, and useful concoctions that reveal the imaginative possibilities of creating with—and reveling in—aroma. Vintage line drawings make for a volume that will be a treasured gift as well as a great read.

The Wonder of Perfume

Author : Monsen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781928655046
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book The Wonder of Perfume written by Monsen and published by . This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an all-colour picture book containing images of over 500 perfume bottles. It offers collectors an astonishing array of perfume bottles and atomisers.

Essence and Alchemy

Author : Mandy Aftel
Publisher : North Point Press
ISBN 13 : 1429936126
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Essence and Alchemy written by Mandy Aftel and published by North Point Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An artisan perfumer reveals a lost art and its mysterious, sensual history. For centuries, people have taken what seems to be an instinctive pleasure in rubbing scents into their skin. Perfume has helped them to pray, to heal, and to make love. And as long as there has been perfume, there have been perfumers, or rather the priests, shamans, and apothecaries who were their predecessors. Yet, in many ways, perfumery is a lost art, its creative and sensual possibilities eclipsed by the synthetic ingredients of which contemporary perfumes are composed, which have none of the subtlety and complexity of essences derived from natural substances, nor their lush histories. Essence and Alchemy resurrects the social and metaphysical legacy that is entwined with the evolution of perfumery, from the dramas of the spice trade to the quests of the alchemists to whom today's perfumers owe a philosophical as well as a practical debt. Mandy Aftel tracks scent through the boudoir and the bath and into the sanctums of worship, offering insights on the relationship of scent to sex, solitude, and the soul. Along the way, she imparts instruction in the art of perfume compositions, complete with recipes, guiding the reader in a process of transformation of materials that continues to follow the alchemical dictum solve et coagula (dissolve and combine) and is itself aesthetically and spiritually transforming.

Perfume

Author : Lizzie Ostrom
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1681772892
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book Perfume written by Lizzie Ostrom and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Lizzie Ostrom on an olfactory adventure as she explores the trends and crazes that have shaped the way we’ve spritzed. One hundred perfumes and scents in all their fragrant glory reveal a fascinating social history of the past century. From the belle epoque through the swinging sixties, to the naughty nineties and beyond, Ostrom brings intelligence and wit to this most ravishing of subjects.There was the patriotic impact of English Lavender during World War I and perfumes that captured the Egyptomania of the 1920s. Estee Lauder created "Youth Dew" and with it, distilled the essence of 1950's suburbia. Patchouli oil—the "anti-perfume" of the 1960s—was sure to keep money out of the hands of corporations and "the man." And who could forget the fervor created by the grunge androgyny of CK One? Scent is truly the passport to memory, making Perfume both a lush treat and an insightful examination of the twentieth century through the most mysterious of the five sense.

The Book of Wonders

Author : Rudolph John Bodmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Wonders written by Rudolph John Bodmer and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scent

Author : Elise Vernon Pearlstine
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300265573
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Scent written by Elise Vernon Pearlstine and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating exploration of the natural history of scent and human perceptions of fragrance from the viewpoint of plant and pollinator Plants have long harnessed the chemical characteristics of aromatic compounds to shape the world around them. Frankincense resin from the genus Boswellia seals injured tissues and protects trees from invading pathogens. Jasmine produces a molecule called linalool that attracts pollinating moths with its flowery scent. Tobacco uses a similarly sweet-smelling compound called benzyl acetone to attract pollinators. Only recently in the evolutionary history of plants, however, have humans learned to co-opt their fragrances to seduce, heal, protect, and alter moods themselves. In this wide-ranging and accessible new book, biologist-turned-perfumer Elise Vernon Pearlstine turns our human-centered perception of fragrance on its head and investigates plants' evolutionary reasons for creating aromatic molecules. Delving into themes of spirituality, wealth, power, addiction, royalty, fantasy, and more, Pearlstine uncovers the natural history of aromatic substances and their intersection with human culture and civilization.

The Book of Lost Fragrances

Author : M. J. Rose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451621302
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Lost Fragrances written by M. J. Rose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping and suspenseful tale of secrets, intrigue, and lovers separated by time, all connected through the mystical qualities of a perfume created in the days of Cleopatra--and lost for 2,000 years.

A Death at Tippitt Pond

Author : Susan Van Kirk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781737667421
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book A Death at Tippitt Pond written by Susan Van Kirk and published by . This book was released on 2023-03-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secrets long buried surround the murder of teenage Melanie Tippitt. The daughter of a wealthy family in a small town, her lifeless body was found floating in Tippitt Pond in the summer of 1971. Six people were there that day, and one was convicted of her murder. Case closed.Now, forty-five years later, Beth Russell, a freelance researcher and genealogist, is brought to the town by a lawyer who believes Russell is the daughter of Melanie Tippitt and long-lost heir to the Tippitt fortune. Soon Beth finds herself surrounded by people who want her gone as soon as possible, people with a great deal to lose. The more they push, the more determined Beth is to discover the truth. With the help of a handsome detective, Beth vows to uncover what happened that day at Tippitt Pond.The ghostly presence of Melanie Tippitt, a stranger watching from the woods, and the discovery of secrets in Tippitt House make for a suspense-filled investigation where Beth discovers ? A DEATH AT TIPPITT POND changed everything.

Perfumes

Author : Luca Turin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780670018659
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Perfumes written by Luca Turin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An olfactory scientist and a perfume critic review more than 1,200 fragrances to identify preferred and less-recommended varieties, in a guide that introduces women's and men's fragrances and discusses the history and chemistry of perfumes.

The Laboratory of Chemical Wonders

Author : George William Septimus Piesse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Laboratory of Chemical Wonders written by George William Septimus Piesse and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Universe, Or, The Wonders of Creation

Author : Félix-Archimède Pouchet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 794 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book The Universe, Or, The Wonders of Creation written by Félix-Archimède Pouchet and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lights Out in Wonderland: A Novel

Author : DBC Pierre
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393082326
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Lights Out in Wonderland: A Novel written by DBC Pierre and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-08-08 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lights Out in Wonderland has all the verbal wit and energy of Vernon God Little."—Financial Times Gabriel Brockwell—aesthete, philosopher, disaffected twenty-something decadent—is thinking terminal. He's decided to kill himself—but not immediately. His destination is Wonderland. The style of the journey is all that's to be decided. Traveling between London, Tokyo, and Berlin, Gabriel is in search of the bacchanal to obliterate all previous parties. His adventure takes in a spell in rehab, a near-death experience eating a poisonous Japanese delicacy, and finally an orgiastic feast in the bowels of Berlin's majestic Tempelhof Airport. Along the way, Gabriel falls apart, only to reemerge with a new outlook on the world and a mission to right his past wrongs. Lights Out in Wonderland is an allegorical banquet, a sly commentary on these End Times and the march toward banality, and a joyful expression of the human spirit.

The Wonders

Author : Elena Medel
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1643753029
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book The Wonders written by Elena Medel and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Wonders is a poet’s novel, delicate but strong, impressing its images firmly on the imagination.” —Hilary Mantel LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD NOW TRANSLATED INTO FIFTEEN LANGUAGES From award-winning Spanish poet Elena Medel comes a mesmerizing new novel of class, sex, and desire. Already an international sensation, The Wonders follows Maria and Alicia through the streets of Madrid, from job to job and apartment to apartment, as they search for meaning and stability in a precarious world and unknowingly trace each other’s footfalls across time. Maria moved to the city in 1969, leaving her daughter with her family but hoping to save enough to take care of her one day. She worked as a housekeeper, then a caregiver, and later a cleaner, and somehow she was always taking care of someone else. Two generations later, in 2018, Alicia was working at the snack shop in Madrid’s Atocha train station when it overflowed with protestors and strikers. All women—and so many of them—protesting what? Alicia wasn’t entirely sure. She couldn’t have known that Maria was among them. Alicia didn’t have time for marches; she was just trying to hang on until the end of her shift, when she might meet someone to take her away for a few hours, to make her forget. Readers will fall in love with Maria and Alicia, whose stories finally converge in the chaos of the protests, the weight of the years of silence hanging thickly in the air between them. The Wonders brings half a century of the feminist movement to life, and launches an inimitable new voice in fiction. Medel’s lyrical sensibility reveals her roots as a poet, but her fast-paced and expansive storytelling show she’s a novelist ahead of her time.

The Wonders of the Plant World

Author : George Francis Scott Elliot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The Wonders of the Plant World written by George Francis Scott Elliot and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Official Bulletin

Author : Chicago Dental Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1652 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Official Bulletin written by Chicago Dental Society and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Perfumes

Author : Luca Turin
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847651526
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book Perfumes written by Luca Turin and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-08-06 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I've long wished perfumery to be taken seriously as an art, and for scent critics to be as fierce as opera critics, and for the wearers of certain "fragrances" to be hissed in public, while others are cheered. This year has brought Perfumes: The Guide by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez, which I breathed in, rather than read, in one delighted gulp.' Hilary Mantel, Guardian Perfumes: The Guide is the culmination of Turin's lifelong obsession and rare scientific flair and Sanchez's stylish and devoted blogging about every scent that she's ever loved and loathed. Together they make a fine and utterly persuasive argument for the unrecognised craft of perfume-making. Perfume writing has certainly never been this honest, compelling or downright entertaining.

The Essence

Author : Gestalten
Publisher : Gestalten
ISBN 13 : 9783899552553
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book The Essence written by Gestalten and published by Gestalten. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The empire of scent: explore the realm of perfumes, smells, and aromatic incense to reveal the enduring allure of fragrance. Scents are linked with our most cherished memories--life without the ability to smell is unimaginable. Dive deep into the essentials of olfaction; open up the psychology and science of smell, discover the key fragrance families, and come to understand the historical and cultural ramifications that make the multi-billion dollar perfume industry what it is today. The Essence reveals the power of scent and fragrance to captivate--introducing key global locations, from the lavender fields of Provence and the laboratories where perfumes are created, to incense factories in India. The Essence introduces the trailblazers shaping the future and the vital role that technology and scented products will play in the 21st century, making the book an inviting read for fragrance novices and connoisseurs alike, opening up a new and fragrant world.