num_pages: 256
description: Renowned perfumer Mandy Aftel explores the primal nature and fundamental importance of aroma in everyday life, teaching people about the nature of smell and the idea of "olfactory consciousness" in Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume.
language: English
title: Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume
titlecomplete: Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume
genres: Unfinished, Historical, Science, Crafts, Fashion, Food, Nonfiction, History, Microhistory, Research
ratings_count: 735
publisher: Gibbs Smith