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Links to More Perfume
Making Articles, Books and Resources…
The
Sweet Smell of Success by Daphne Moss
The
first digital book on starting a bath, body and perfume
business. It is also the first book that many have purchased
to get them started in the world of fragrance. Dozens of
sources for perfume making oils and essences and ideas for selling your
creations. Although this book focuses mostly on selling
perfume oils and custom blended bath and body products, I have had
great feedback from novice perfumers that this guide was just what they
needed to get solid, honest information on the best suppliers in the
industry. A Forum and Message Board is also available after
your purchase with even more resources.
http://www.aromasuccess.com
Book:
Essence and Alchemy by Mandy Aftel
An engaging book on the history of perfume and beginning techniques of
blending natural essences. Mandy Aftel has a
wonderful way with words, a way that sends your mind off on flights of
fancy. The way she writes it is though blending perfumes is
easy. It is only once you start to work with the rambunctuous
natural essences that you truly begin to appreciate the ability of
natural perfumers to create magic with what I call "linear"
oils. There is nothing spectacular about natural essences and
essential oils on their own. Some even smell ghastly out of
bottle. But there is nothing more practical than natural
essences to train you in the art and science of perfume
creation. And their easy availability, compared to
the hard to come by synthetic aroma chemicals, some only available to
the prestigious perfume houses, makes it easy for the novice to get
their "noses" wet in the act of blending and developing
techniques. If you can make something beautiful out
of these oils, you are well on your way to creating great
perfumes.
Available
at Amazon.com
Aromatics
and More
A
very informative site out of New Zealand. There is a
formulary with several pages of information on making perfumes from
natural essential oils.
http://www.aromaticsandmore.com/pages/makingperfumes.html
Article:
Perfumery Industry in France
"Perfumes:
A Mainstay of the French Economy"
http://www.unc.edu/depts/europe/francophone/Icons/parfum/perfumes.pdf
More
on Beginning Perfumery Part 2 in the Next Issue
Beginning
Perfumery - Part 1
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