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title: "Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume Kindle Edition"
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# Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume Kindle Edition

**Brand:** mandy aftel
**Price:** FREE
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- **What is this?** Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume Kindle Edition by mandy aftel
- **How much does it cost?** FREE with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

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*by M***T on Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2017*

There is no doubting Mandy Aftel's nose. Its her writing that's open to question. Sorry, that's way too harsh.  When Mandy waxes lyrical about perfume in general she goes all airy-fairy and loses me. But I'm glad I slogged through to the parts where she's really talking about what she really does. She gives a lot of hard-won information about the workings of each fragrance note, and how each one goes with the others. This knowledge must have taken her years to acquire and its very generous of her to share it. It'll save amateur perfumers a lot of costly errors.  Even some of the jumbo-jumbo stuff about alchemy is kind of interesting.I do need to complain about the quality of the printing. The ink is grayer than black and the pages seem like they were laser printed rather than offset printed. Please upgrade this in the next printing.

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*by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2017*

In order to properly review colognes and perfumes,  I had to literally educate myself regarding essential oils,  Top tones,  Mid tones, and Bass tones. I have read and studied several books about the history of perfumery and ingredients one needs just to START!  Start up cost would be somewhere close to $300 for various essential oils, herbal fragrances, citrus fragrances,  just to name a few.  The book is easy to read, difficult to grasp at times.  The author seems to go from one subject to another in the blink of an eye. So, if you can change your mindset easily,  it is a delightful book. Readers will definitely learn from this book. You will receive a delightful history of perfumeryand the author includes beautiful illustrations.Ms. Aftel is well-known in the business of creating custom scents,  and very well-versed in her craft.  I would not say she is a great author, but then, neither am I. If you are wanting to start creating your own fragrances, this is a very good book for the beginner.  I would recommend.

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    Wonderfully written and informative.
  

*by P***R on Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2017*

Some reviewers seem to have wanted a recipe book. This book is so much more. You'll get basic how to information, but more importantly you'll get context to understand why and how scents work. The result will be to enable you to make creative decisions on your own. I loved this book and I'm going to read it again, and return frequently to passages i highlighted the first time through.

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