Perfumes Cosmetics & Soaps: With Especial Reference to Synthetics (Volume II: Being a Treatise on Practical Perfumery)

Poucher, William A.

Published by D. Van Nostrand, New York, 1929

8vo. xiv, 521 pp. Index. Photo-illustrated plates. blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light wear; a near fine copy. "The first chapter of this new and enlarged edition contains a short historical survey of the subject, accompanied by some excellent illustrations of kohl pots and other adjuncts of the perfumer in use among the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. A general account of the occurrence and separation of plant perfumes is followed by chapters on flower absolutes, the classification of odours, and fixation. A main feature of the book is provided by a series of some two dozen short monographs on flower perfumes: each of these contains notes on history, varieties, odour, natural perfume, chemistry, compounding, and synthetic components. Formulę and recipes are given for a large number of miscellaneous fancy perfumes and toilet waters, and there are also informative sections on soap perfumery, tobacco flavours, floral cachous, etc. In the second part of the work the subject of cosmetics is treated in similar detail.". Seller Inventory # 20149

Bibliographic Details

Title: Perfumes Cosmetics & Soaps: With Especial ...
Publisher: D. Van Nostrand, New York
Publication Date: 1929
Edition: Third Edition.