Recommended reading

 

IN ENGLISH (in alphabetical order)

An Introduction to Perfumery by Tony Curtis and David G. Williams.

Artisan Perfumery Or Being Led By The Nose by Alec Lawless.

Atlas of Perfumed Botany, Jean-Claude Ellena.

Essence and Alchemy by Mandy Aftel

Essential Oil Safety: A Guide for Health Care Professionals by Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young.

Floating Gold: A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris by Christopher Kemp.

Fragrant: The Secret Life of Scent by Mandy Aftel.

In Search of Perfumes, Dominique Roques.

Listening to Scent by Jennifer Peace Rhind.

Nose Dive by Catherine Haley Epstein.

Perfume: A Century of Scents by Odette Toilette.

Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent by Jean-Claude Ellena.

Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin by Steffen Arctander.

Scent and Chemistry, the Molecular World of Odours, Ohloff et al.

The Art of Perfumery by G. W. Septimus Piesse (1855) or get a free version at Gutenberg Project

The Big Book of Perfume - For an olfactory culture by Le collectif Nez, Jérémy Perrodeau, et al.

The Chemistry of Essential Oils: An Introduction for Aromatherapists, Beauticians, Retailers and Students by David Williams.

The Chemistry of Fragrances: From Perfumer to Consumer by edited by Charles S Sell

The Diary of a Nose – A Year in the Life of a Perfumer by Jean Claude Ellena

The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York by Chandler Burr.

What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life by Avery Gilbert

EN ESPAÑOL (en orden alfabético)

El Buscador de Esencias, Dominique Roques.

El Libro de los Perfumes, Eugene Rimmel.

El Olfato (Qué Sabemos de), Laura López-Mascaraque/CSIC.

El Gran Libro del Perfume, Jeanne Doré.

El Libro de los Perfumes, Eugene Rimmel.

El Perfume: Los secretos de la Elaboración del Perfume (Grandes Obras), Agustí Vidal Valls.

El Perfume Perfecto: Un Año Dentro de la Industria del Perfume en París y Nueva York: 2 (Moda y memoria), Chandler Burr.

Historia del Perfume, Clara Buedo.

La Vendedora de Perfumes, Elena del Valle Baranda.

Odorama: Historia Cultural del Olor, Federico Kukso

Pequeña Historia del Perfume, Mandy Aftel.

Perfume. Arte y ciencia, Laszlo y Riviere.