Atlas of Perfumed Botany by Jean-Claude Ellena, Karin Doering-Froger, Erik Butler

Atlas of Perfumed Botany
Jean-Claude Ellena, Karin Doering-Froger, Erik Butler
Page: 168
Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
ISBN: 9780262046732
Publisher: MIT Press
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A cartography of fragrance that charts the botany and geography of perfume composition.

For perfume makers, each smell carries with it a multitude of associations and impressions that must be carefully analyzed and understood before the sum of all its parts emerges. All perfumers have their own idiosyncratic methods, drawn from their individual olfactory experiences, for classifying fragrances. In Atlas of Perfumed Botany, virtuoso perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena leads readers on a poetic, geographic, and botanical journey of perfume discovery. Ellena offers a varied and fascinating cartography of fragrances, tracing historical connections and cultural exchanges. Full-page entries on plants ranging from bergamot to lavender are accompanied by detailed and vivid full-color botanical illustrations.

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