ESSENCE AND ALCHEMY BY MANDY AFTEL

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Essence and Alchemy by Mandy Aftel Product Details Paperback: 256 Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher Publication Date: 2004-10-06 ISBN: 1586857029 List Price: $16.95        Price: $11.53 Editorial Reviews Product Description Publishers Weekly called this unique title an "extraordinary treatise on the history and making of perfume" and hails author Mandy Aftel's ability to "bring sheer delight in the bouquet of aromas in the natural world" and her "irreverent sensibility that embraces 'little-acknowledged' aphrodisiacs like the smell of sweat." Renowned perfumer Mandy Aftel explores the primal nature and fundamental importance of aroma in everyday life, teaching people about the nature of smell and the idea of "olfactory consciousness" in Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume. With gorgeous illustrations, the book also serves as a practical guide to making custom scents for a variety of uses, and explains the process of selecting "base notes", "heart notes" and "head notes" to create truly personal aromas and perfumes. Writer and perfumer Mandy Aftel was a founder and chief perfumer of all-natural perfume company Grandiflorum, and went on to create Aftelier, a company that concentrates exclusively on creating custom perfumes for men and women. As an authority on natural essences and custom perfumes, she has participated in panels for the perfume industry, and demonstrated and taught the art of natural perfumery across the nation. Her work has been featured in publications including In Style, Vogue, W Magazine, Self, O (Oprah) Magazine, Allure, Health and Elle. Customers who bought this book also bought Perfumes, Splashes & Colognes: Discovering and Crafting Your Personal Fragrances Scents & Sensibilities: Creating Solid Perfumes for Well-Being Perfumes: The Guide The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell

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