Perfumery
Practice and Principles
by Robert R. Calkin
and J. Stephen Jellinek

A text/reference regarding the structure and function of components used in perfume development and the process of developing perfumes.

Coverage includes:

• Gas chromatography, mass spectrometry and a host of other analytical techniques
• The esthetics and techniques of perfume development
• The manifold and ever-changing safety-related requirements of countries and customers
• Concerns about the environmental impact of materials and impurities which affect the perfumer's work.

Contents

1. 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

2. Aesthetics and the Fundamentals of Composition
   • The Structure of a Perfume
   • The Use of Bases

3. Studies in Fine Fragrance
   • The Descent of Perfumes
   • Selected Great Perfumes

4. Aspects of Creative Perfumery
   • The Challenge of New Materials
   • The Perfumer and the Market

5. Scientific Fundamentals
   • Chemical Reactions in Perfumery
   • The Physical Basis of Perfumery
   • Psychophysics and Perfumery

Appendices
Indexes

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