Author: Booth, Nancy M.
Publisher: Storey Books
Copyright: 160
Number of Pages:
ISBN: 0882669850
Price: $14.95
Take the quick "personal scent profile" quiz in this book to pinpoint your fragrance preferences, then create perfumes, splashes and colognes that are uniquely you!
Professional perfumer Nancy Booth provides step-by-step, illustrated instructions for making personal blends - and creating your favorite perfumes - using herbs, essential oils, fragrance oils, and alcohol.
With Perfumes, Splashes and Colognes you'll learn how to:
- Craft personal fragrances for the entire family
- Make fragrant mixtures for the home, including potpourris and burning perfumes
- Care for, store and apply your homeade fragrances
- Package your creations as attractive gifts
Nancy M Booth owns Gingham 'n' Spice, Ltd., a wholesale and retail business selling dried herbs, potpourri, fragrance and essential oils and related products internationally. She also teaches classes in perfumery.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - The Essentials of Fragrance
- Chapter 2- The Ingredients of Fragrance
- Chapter 3 - Building Your Fragrance Profile
- Chapter 4 - How to Create Your Own Fragrances
- Chapter 5 - Recipes for Perfumes, Colognes and Sweet Waters
- Chapter 6 - More Forms of Fragrance: Bath Salts, Incense and More
- Chapter 7 - Packing Your Fragrances
- Appendix A: Perfumes Listed by Fragrance Family
- Appendix B: Perfumers and Their Perfumes
- Appendix C: Fragrant Flowers and Their Scents
- Source Guide
- Related Reading Material
- Glossary
- Index
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