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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. Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume Essence and Alchemy: Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume and over one million other books are available 50 out of 5 stars Essence & Alchemy By nancy on Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume Essence and Alchemy has 434 ratings and 38 reviews I perhaps should have expected a book on perfume to waft about Very Trivia About Essence and Alche Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume by Mandy Aftel Essence and Alchemy has 5 ratings and 0 reviews Start by marking Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume as Want to Read: Want to Read saving Essence and Alchemy: Amazoncouk: Mandy Aftel Buy Essence and Alchemy by Mandy Aftel (ISBN: Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume and over 2 million other books are available for Amazon Kindle Learn more Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume: Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Aftel's Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume be Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume: Amazoncouk Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume Hardcover "Essence and Alchemy" looks at the social and just rambles on about alchemy and how magical perfume Essence and Alchemy - Books on Google Play Essence And Alchemy resurrects the Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume 1 but I found Aytoun Ellis's "The essence of beauty : a history of perfume Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume by Mandy Aftel The NOOK Book (eBook) of the Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume by Mandy Aftel at Barnes & Noble in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume - scribdcom Essence and Alchemy resurrects the social and metaphysical legacy that is entwined with the Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume by Mandy Aftel Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume - Kindle edition by Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume Essence and Alchemy resurrects the social and metaphysical legacy that is entwined with the Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent
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