Essence & Alchemy: A Book of Perfume
- ISBN-10
- 0747554099
- ISBN-13
- 9780747554097
- Category
- Perfumes
- Pages
- 244
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Author
- Mandy Aftel
Description
As long as there has been passion, there has been perfume. Wealthy Romans used to scent their doves to impress their friends; in Shakespeare's time, a woman in love would place a peeled apple into her armpit to saturate it with her scent and then present it to her lover. This book is a sensual journey through one of life's great pleasures.
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