When Andrew first suggested I think seriously about creating fragrance, I did what I do with most new projects - I make a bolt for the books! I was surprised at how few useful books there are about fragrance and the perfume industry but I was equally surprised by how many I had. In no particular order (I hate some of these books, anyway), here's a short list to which I've added to in the last few years and continue to update:
- Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin by Steffen Arctander
- The Perfume Bible by Josephine Fairley & Lorna McKay
- The Chemistry of Fragrances: From Perfumer to Consumer by Charles S. Sell (Editor)
- Cult Perfumes: The World's Most Exclusive Perfumeries by Tessa Williams
- The New Perfume Handbook by Nigel Groom
- Perfume: A Century of Scents by Lizzie Ostrom
- The Essence of Perfume by Roja Dove
- What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life by Avery Gilbert
- Perfume (Le Snob) by Dariush Alavi
- Scent and Subversion: Decoding a Century of Provocative Perfume by Barbara Herman
- Fragrances of the World by Michael Edwards
- The Case Against Fragrance by Kate Grenville
- Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume by Mandy Aftel
- Perfume: The art and craft of fragrance by Karen Gilbert
- Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
- The Silence Of The Lambs by Thomas Harris
- Scent and Chemistry: The Molecular World of Odors by Günther Ohloff, Wilhelm Pickenhage & Philip Kraft
- Perfumes: The A-Z Guide by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez
- The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York by Chandler Burr
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
- Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent by Jean-Claude Ellena