The Essence: Discovering the World of Scent, Perfume and Fragrance

Whether you are a fragrance industry veteran or someone looking to learn more about scent, this book is an excellent resource and an enjoyable read.Well researched, smartly curated and beautifully designed, 'the Essence' provides a fantastic survey of the history of perfumery up till modern times, including fantastic interviews with important figures and brands working broadly in the world of olfactory creation. Artists working with scent, archivists cataloguing historical perfumes and accords, and technologists innovating with scent as a means to affect mood paint a multi-faceted future of scent.Highly recommended for *anyone* looking to delve deeper into the fascinating world of fragrance.

This book really has some wonderful pictures and interesting articles on perfumery and the magic of fragrance. Wonderful relaxing read or just nice to flip through.

Lovely book but some of interviews are rather boring and it could have been curated better.

This book is amazing! Full of information including the history, technology, science of perfumery as well as interviews with perfumers. The layout of very organized and the text is broken up nicely with graphs, perfume photos and photos of the cultivation process. A must have for perfume enthusiasts!

Bought this as a gift for my mom for Mother's Day. She liked the book and thought it was an interesting read on perfumes and fragrances.