The art of creating perfumes was, for centuries, steeped in mystery. Over the past thirty years, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and other technological innovations have largely lifted the veil of secrecy. The formulas of successful perfumes can now be analyzed, studied, and taught, profoundly altering virtually every aspect of the perfume industry, making it both much more efficient and far more competitive. This book is the first ever to present the time-honored skills and techniques of perfumery together with a detailed look at the physical, chemical, and psychophysical underpinnings of perfume development and an in-depth analysis of the structure of some of the world's great perfumes. Destined to become one of the most consulted volumes in your professional library both now and for years to come, Perfumery covers every aspect of the modern perfumer's art, including matching using gas chromatography, the structure of great perfumes, aesthetic principles of perfume creation, the perfuming of functional products, the perfumer and marketing, the IFRA recommendations, and much more.

Partial table of contents: BASIC SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES. What It Takes to Be a Perfumer. The Student Perfumer Today. The Technique of Smelling. Perfumery Raw Materials. The Floral Accords. The Technique of Matching. AESTHETICS AND THE FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPOSITION. The Structure of a Perfume. The Use of Bases. STUDIES IN FINE FRAGRANCE. The Descent of Perfumes. Selected Great Perfumes. ASPECTS OF CREATIVE PERFUMERY. The Challenge of New Materials. The Perfumer and the Market. SCIENTIFIC FUNDAMENTALS. Chemical Reactions in Perfumery. The Physical Basis of Perfumery. Psychophysics and Perfumery. Appendices. Bibliography. Indexes.