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LIBRARY OF RESOURCES

Constantly growing list of books and articles that inspire me and that I collect along this olfactory journey. It is often difficult to access quality information on perfumery and the sense of smell, so some books are ready to download in pdf, other links direct you to where you can buy them. Let's read and smell each other more!

PERFUMERY AND OLFACTION

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Aroma: The Cultural History Of Smell; Constance Classen, David Howes, Anthony Synnott (PDF)

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The Chemistry of Fragrances: From Perfumer to Consumer; Charles Sell (PDF)

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De olfato. Aproximaciones a los olores en la historia de México; Élody Dupey García, Guadalupe Pinzón Ríos

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Filosofía del olfato; Chantal Jacquet

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El Perfume o El Miasma. El olfato y lo imaginario social, Siglos XVIII y XIX; Alain Corbin

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The Smell Report- An Overview of Facts and Findings; Kate Fox (PDF)

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Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin; Arcander (PDF)

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The Diary of a Nose; Jean-Claude Ellena

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Creating an original perfume - E. Roudnitska (PDF)

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The Woody Notes of Fragrance; Glen O Brechbill

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Herbolaria oaxaqueña para la salud; Ángela Méndez Hernández (PDF)

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La cultura de los olores. Una aproximación a la antropología de los sentidos; ​Larrea Killinger Cristina (PDF)

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Fragrance and Wellbeing: Plant Aromatics and Their Influence on the Psyche; Jennifer Peace Rhind

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Nose Dive- Catherine Haley Epstein

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Nose Dive- Harold McGee

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ARTICLES

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The Science of Sex and Smell- A brief overview of olfactophilia; Phsycology Today

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Copal de Bursera bipinnata. Una resina mesoamericana de uso ritual; Aurora Montúfar López

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Perfumery Material: Cassie & Mimosa & Differences with Cassia & Cassis; Perfume Shrine

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Chypre series 1: the origins; Perfume Shrine

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Designing with Smell: Practices, Techniques and Challenges; Henshaw Victoria, McLean Kate, Medway Dominic, Perkins Chris, Warnaby Gary 

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Musical Scents: On the Surprising Absence of Scented Musical/Auditory Events, Entertainments, and Experiences (PDF)

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POETRY AND LITERATURE (that you can almost smell)

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I Remember Nightfall; Marosa di Giorgio

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Mortal y rosa; Francisco Umbral

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Quieres hacer el favor de callarte, por favor; Raymond Carver

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El spleen de Paris; Charles Baudelaire

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