by Mandy Aftel
Index
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absolutes
accessory notes
Addison, Joseph
Albini, Prospero
Albret, Jeanne d’
Alchemy (perfume)
alcohol
allergies
Altenberg, Peter
amber
ambergris
ambrette seed
angelica
animal essences
Anne of Austria
anointing
aphrodisiacs; see also erotic scents
Arctander, Steffen
aromatherapy
aromatics
Ayers, Harriet Hubbard
Aztecs
Bachelard, Gaston
balsam Peru
base notes (bottom notes) ambrette seed animal balsamic costus earthy edible erotogenic green resinous sets of tobacco woody
bath blends
bath oil
baths public scented solitary
bath salts
Baudelaire, Charles
Bayley, William
Beaux, Ernie
Bedichek, Roy
beeswax
Benedict XIV, Pope
Benjamin, Walter
benzoin
Berbers
bergamot
Bergson, Henri
Bernhardt, Sarah
Bible
black pepper
Bloch, Iwan
blotters, perfume
body notes
body odor
bois de rose
Borgia
boronia
bottom notes, see base notes
Brunschwig, Hieronymus
Buddhists
Burckhardt, Titus
cabreuva
Calvino, Italo
Canoe
cardamom
Carles, Jean
carriers
Casanova, Giovanni Giacomo
Castellus, Petrus
cedarwood, Virginia
chamois, scented
chamomile, Roman
champa
Chanel, Coco
Chanel No. 5
Charabot, Eugene
Charles I, King of England
Chiris (perfume house)
chords base heart top
chrism
Christian traditions
chypres (commercial classification)
cinnamon
citrus (commercial classification)
civet
clary sage
Classen, Constance
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
clove
cognac essence
Colette
cologne
color, perfume and
commercial perfume industry
complementary essences
composition commercial categories and custom method of synesthesia and
concretes
coniunctio
Cooley, Arnold
Corbin, Alain
coriander
costus
Coty, François
couture, perfume and
Cowper, William
Daché, Lilly
Dahl, Roald
Davis, Esmé
Descartes, René
Diaghilev, Serge
Dietrich, Marlene
diffusion
Diorissimo
distillation
Donovan (singer/composer)
dryout notes
East India Company
Eau de Cologne
edible blend
Egyptians, ancient
Elixir of Life
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
Ellis, Havelock
enfleurage
Enlightenment
equipment
erogenous blend (recipe)
erotic scents see also aphrodisiacs
Euripides
expression
extraction, solvent
Farina, Johann
fatigue, olfactory
fecal odors
Ficino, Marsilio
fir
fixation
floral (commercial classification)
floral essences see also specific flowers
frankincense
Franklin, Benjamin
Freud, Sigmund
Fritzsche Brothers
galbanum
Gamero, Jean, III
genitalia, scent and
geranium
Gilchrist, Cherry
ginger
gloves, scented
Graham, James
grapefruit
Greek mythology
green (commercial classification)
Guenther, Ernest
Guerlain
Haeffner, Mark
Halpern, Daniel
handkerchiefs, scented
Harlow, Jean
Hatshepsut, Queen of Egypt
head notes (top notes) citrus dry flowery green sets of spicy
heart notes (middle notes) fruity green light narcotic rosy sets of spicy
Henry IV, King of France
Hesse, Herman
Hindu mythology
Hunt, Roland
Huysmans, Joris-Karl
indol
International Flavors and Fragrances
International Fragrance Association (IFRA)
jasmine
Jellinek, Paul
Jellinek, Stephan
Jews, ancient
Jicky
Josephine, Empress of France
Jung, Carl
Kant, Immanuel
Keller, Helen
Kirlian photography
Krishna
Kundera, Milan
kyphi
labdanum
Lalique, René
lavender
Lawless, Julia
leather, scented
Le Guérer, Annick
lemon
Lengyel, Laszlo
life force
Lillie, Charles
limbic lobe
lime
literature: on art of perfumery olfactory
litsea cubeba
Louis XIV, King of France
love potions
Mallory, Thomas
Maple, Eric
Martial
Maupassant, Guy de
Medici, Catherine de
Medici, Cosimo di
meditatio
meditation
meditation blend
memory, odor and
menstruation
Michelspacher
middle notes, see heart notes
Miller, Henry
Miller, Iona
Miller, Richard
Miranda, Carmen
Mumford, Ethel Watts
music, perfume and see also chords
musk
Muslims
Napoléon, Emperor of France
National Geographic (magazine)
Nero, Emperor of Rome
neroli
Newton, Isaac
nutmeg
oakmoss
oils: carrier essential, definition of sacred see also specific oils
olfactory membrane
Omar Khayyam (perfume)
orange: bitter blood sweet
orange flower
oriental (commercial classification)
Orissa tribe
ouroboros
packaging
Paracelsus
Parliament, English
Passy, Jacques
patchouli
Pavlova, Anna
Peau d’Espagne
pepper, black
Peru balsam
petitgrain
pheromones
&n
bsp; Philosopher’s Stone
philosophy, alchemical
Piesse, Septimus
Plath, Sylvia
Plato
Pliny
Poiret, Paul
Polycarp, St.
Pope, Alexander
Poppaea
pregnancy
Proust, Marcel
Quelques Fleurs
Quest International
quinta essentia
quintessence
Ramses II, Pharaoh of Egypt
René (perfumer)
resins
Rilke, Rainer Maria
Rimmel, Eugene
Roman chamomile
Romans, ancient
Rondoletia
rosaries
rose
Rose Jacqueminot, La
rosewood
Roudnitska, Edmond
Rovesti, Paolo
safety precautions
sage, clary
sandalwood
scent classification commercial erotic see also base notes; head notes; heart notes
scent strips, see blotters, perfume
Schiaparelli
Schimmel and Company
Schwartz-Salant, Nathan
Sendivogius, Michael
sensuality, scent and see also erotic scents
Shakespeare, William
smell, sense of how to train
solid perfume see also unguents
Soliman, Ahmed
solutio
spearmint
spirituality and fragrance
Steele, Richard
Stoddart, Michael
storage of essences
sublimatio
supplies sources for
Suskind, Patrick
Swift, Jonathan
synesthesia
synthetic essences
tangerine
tarragon
Taylor, F. Sherwood
thalamus
Tisserand, Robert
tobacco
top notes: an essence’s first perceptible scent as heart notes
Tutankhamen
Umeda tribe
unguents
vanilla
vetiver
Virginia cedarwood
volatility
vomeronasal organ
Wells, H. G.
White Shoulders
Whitman, Walt
Wilde, Oscar
Wildwood, Christine
Yanomamö tribe
ylang ylang
First printing, 2001
North Point Press
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Copyright © 2001 by Mandy Aftel
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© Gibbs Smith, 2008
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eISBN 9781429936125
First eBook Edition : April 2011
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Aftel, Mandy.
Essence and alchemy : a book of perfume / Mandy Aftel.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-86547-553-9 (first edition)
ISBN 13: 978-1-58685-702-8 (new edition)
1. Perfumes. I. Title.
TP983 .A72 2001
668′.54—dc21