Joy, scandal, sin a cultural history of fragrance from 1750 to the present. It shouldnt be surprising that a book called perfume so successful immerses the reader in odour. Did we miss a book or a great online read relating to the history of perfumery or the materiality of. Maja by myrurgia is a oriental spicy fragrance for women. 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. A year inside the perfume industry in paris and new. Although perfume and perfumery also existed in east asia, much of its fragrances were incense based. The fragrance features nutmeg, carnation, patchouli, cloves, vetiver, rose, geranium, citruses and lavender. The perfect scent has drama, unforgettable characters, history, and location. The best books on perfume five books expert recommendations. She talks about how people have moved away from the idea of perfume as a ritualistic, meditative, aesthetic creation.
The mass marketing of perfume, which includes a lot of synthetics and chemicals. The word perfumery refers to the art of making perfumes. 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. A story of perfume obsession and the last mystery of the senses hardcover. Perhaps myrurgias best known fragrance was maja, first introduced in 1918 and reintroduced in 1945. 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. After the spanish civil war, in the 1950s and 1960s, myrurgia was spains leading perfumer house with gal being their chief competitor. The word perfume is used today to describe scented mixtures and is derived from the latin word, per fumus, meaning through smoke. Lets get to your final book, the essence and the alchemy. A natural history of perfume by mandy aftel, the secret of scent. Or else you can dig into the meat of the book the history of the fragrance. The title remained in bestseller lists for about nine years, and received almost unanimously positive national and international critical acclaim. She gives you the history of perfume through the ages, from the ancient egyptians and assyrians.
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