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Essence and Alchemy
Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume | Mandy Aftel
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An artisan perfumer reveals a lost art and its mysterious, sensual history. For centuries, people have taken what seems to be an instinctive pleasure in rubbing scents into their skin. Perfume has helped them to pray, to heal, and to (…more)
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🍫🍫Yes, please! I‘m not sure I can eat them. They‘re too pretty to look at. Violet chocolate kisses.

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"For each great love in his life he jealously kept the perfumes used by the various women concerned. By the time he was eighty he had collected eight such perfumes, labeled with their respective names, the years of love which they represented, and the places to which they were linked."??