The museum of scent : exploring the curious & wondrous world of fragrance

Aftel, Mandy, author , illustrator.

Contributors: Curry, Foster, photographer. ; Estés, Clarissa Pinkola, writer of foreword.

2023, Book , 262 pages :

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Summary/Review: "An illustrated book on the natural and cultural history of scent, inspired by the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents"--

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Publication information:	New York : Abbeville Press, [2023]
ISBN:	0789214717
ISBN:	9780789214713
Language:	English
Record ID:	4431339
Full edition title:	First edition.
Format:	Regular Print Book
Physical description:	262 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Date acquired:	February 29, 2024
More creator details:	written & illustrated by Mandy Aftel ; photography by Foster Curry ; foreword by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Réyes.
General note:	Includes index.
Contents note:	Aromatic Atlantis -- Getting to the essence -- Perfume organ -- The flower family -- Ambergris -- Theatrum Botanicum -- The woods family -- Botanical treasure boxes -- Civet -- The leaves and grasses family -- Beautiful business -- Wood of the gods -- The resins family -- Symbolorum et embelmatum -- Musk -- The spice family -- Cabinet of curiosities -- Hyraceum -- The citrus family -- Floral reverie -- Castoreum -- The gourmand family -- Maker's knowledge -- Onycha -- The herbal family -- The Rimmel Collection -- Marie Antoinette au Revoir -- The national isolates family -- Aromatic magic.
Summary/Review:	As an artisanal perfumer, Aftel works with aromatic ingredients from all over. She set up her own perfume business and developed a following, but in addition to searching for the best essences, she was driven to know their origins: where they came from, who used them, how, and what for. Here she helps readers explore fragrances, and their interweaving of botany, history, religious customs, beauty, and herbal medicine. Aftel also shares from her collection of postcards and books, showing how bottle labels, recipes, and paintings of the extracting essences reflected how precious beauty was in people's lives. -- adapted from pages 8-12, Aromatic Atlantis.
Contributor:	Curry, Foster, photographer.
Contributor:	Estés, Clarissa Pinkola, writer of foreword.

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