Natural Perfumers Guild

Natural Perfumery Books & Articles

Classic Perfumery Books Available to Guild Members:

Upon joining the Guild, members will receive PDF versions of the following classic perfumery and perfumery-related books:

Askinson, G. W. - Perfumes and Cosmetics, Their Preparation and Manufacture 1923

Charabot, E. - Le Parfum chez la Plante 1908 (In French)

Clifford, F.S. - A Romance of Perfumed Lands 1880

Cristiani, R.S. - Perfumery and the Kindred Arts 1877

Diete, Dr. C. - A Practical Treatsie on the Manufacture of Perfume 1892 (trans. by W.A. Brannt)

Drown, D. - Fragrant Flowers 1860

Dussauce, H. - A Practical Guide for the Perfumer 1868

Ebert, A. E. and A. E. Hiss - The Standard Formulary 1896

Fenner, B. - Fenner's Complete Formulary Sixth Edition 1888

Fletcher, E. - The Woman Beautiful 1901

Gildemeister, E. - The Volatile Oils 1914

Leadbeater, C.W. - The Perfume of Egypt 1895

Lillie, C. - The British Perfumer 1822

Mayo, C.A. and T.J. Keenan - American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record 1893

McNail, J. - Citrus Products Part 1 1926

Morfit, C. - Perfumery, Its Manufacture and Use with Instructions on Every Branch of the Art

Nefwazi, S. - The Perfumed Garden 1886

Parry, E. J. - Raw materials of perfumery, their nature, occurrence and employment

Parry, E. J. - The Chemistry of Essential Oils Vol. 1

Parry, E. J. - The Chemistry of Essential Oils Vol. 2

Piesse, G.W. Septimus - The Art of Perfumery and Method of Obtaining the Odor of Plants 1886

Rimmel, E. - The Book of Perfumes 1867

Sawer, J. Ch. - Odorographia 1894

A Natural History of Raw Materials and Drugs Used in the Perfume Industry n.d.

Schimmel (Fritzsche Bros.) - Semi-Annual Report on Essential Oils 1904

The Toilet of Flora 1879 Walter, E. - Manual for the Essence Industry 1916

Yahna, H. - The Miracle of Smell and Taste n.d. (2005?)

Articles Available to Guild Members:

Aristotle - On Sense and the Sensible

Benalloul, G. - Techniques for a Bold Perfume Historical Overview

Burfield, Tony - On Adulteration of Aromatics

deMaupassant, G. - Stable Pefume

Dioscoredes - Book One Aromatics

Gilbert, A. - The Emperor's New Theory

Hoskins, J. - All the Perfumes of Arabia

Huysmans, J. - Against the Grain

Marshall, S. - Frankincense

McCoy, A. - Natural Perfumery: A Fragrant Evolution (pub. Aromatic Sage.com)

McCoy, A. - Steve Earl - Position Paper: Defining Natural Perfumery

McCoy, A. - Robert Tisserand, Tony Burfield - IFRA/EU Boycott Primer (pub. self)

McCoy, A. - The Beauty of Botanicals Made Liquid: The Passion of Natural Perfumers (pub. Basenotes.net)

McCoy, A. - The Stages of Public Acceptance of Natural Perfumery (pub. Basenotes.net)

McCoy, A. - Book Review: What the Nose Knows (pub. Basenotes.net)

McCoy, A. - Book Review: The Essence of Perfume (pub. Basenotes.net)

McCoy, A. - Anya's Garden blog since 2006 - hundreds of short articles on perfumery

Melville, H. - Ambergris/Moby Dick Ch. 92

Monell Institute - Olfactory World

Piesse, W. - Perfume Organ Pliny the Elder - Historia naturalis Roudnitska, E. - Where are We Going? 1969

Roudnitska, E. - Perfumery and Marketing 1970

Roudnitska, E. - The Novice and His Perfume Palette 1982

Roudnitska, E. - Concerning the Circumstances Favorable to the Creation of an Original Perfume 1984

Theoprastus - Concerning Odours Vainstein, A. - Floral fragrance