Author: Arnold James Cooley
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Category : Cosmetics
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Instructions and Cautions Respecting the Selection and Use of Perfumes, Cosmetics and Other Toilet Articles
Author: Arnold James Cooley
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Category : Cosmetics
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Category : Cosmetics
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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The Toilet and Cosmetic Arts in Ancient and Modern Times
Author: Arnold James Cooley
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Category : Beauty, Personal
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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Category : Beauty, Personal
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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Essence and Alchemy
Author: Mandy Aftel
Publisher: North Point Press
ISBN: 1429936126
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
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 make love. And as long as there has been perfume, there have been perfumers, or rather the priests, shamans, and apothecaries who were their predecessors. Yet, in many ways, perfumery is a lost art, its creative and sensual possibilities eclipsed by the synthetic ingredients of which contemporary perfumes are composed, which have none of the subtlety and complexity of essences derived from natural substances, nor their lush histories. Essence and Alchemy resurrects the social and metaphysical legacy that is entwined with the evolution of perfumery, from the dramas of the spice trade to the quests of the alchemists to whom today's perfumers owe a philosophical as well as a practical debt. Mandy Aftel tracks scent through the boudoir and the bath and into the sanctums of worship, offering insights on the relationship of scent to sex, solitude, and the soul. Along the way, she imparts instruction in the art of perfume compositions, complete with recipes, guiding the reader in a process of transformation of materials that continues to follow the alchemical dictum solve et coagula (dissolve and combine) and is itself aesthetically and spiritually transforming.
Publisher: North Point Press
ISBN: 1429936126
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
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 make love. And as long as there has been perfume, there have been perfumers, or rather the priests, shamans, and apothecaries who were their predecessors. Yet, in many ways, perfumery is a lost art, its creative and sensual possibilities eclipsed by the synthetic ingredients of which contemporary perfumes are composed, which have none of the subtlety and complexity of essences derived from natural substances, nor their lush histories. Essence and Alchemy resurrects the social and metaphysical legacy that is entwined with the evolution of perfumery, from the dramas of the spice trade to the quests of the alchemists to whom today's perfumers owe a philosophical as well as a practical debt. Mandy Aftel tracks scent through the boudoir and the bath and into the sanctums of worship, offering insights on the relationship of scent to sex, solitude, and the soul. Along the way, she imparts instruction in the art of perfume compositions, complete with recipes, guiding the reader in a process of transformation of materials that continues to follow the alchemical dictum solve et coagula (dissolve and combine) and is itself aesthetically and spiritually transforming.
Publisher and Bookseller
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
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Languages : en
Pages : 1408
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Languages : en
Pages : 1408
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Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
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Languages : en
Pages : 1046
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Languages : en
Pages : 1046
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Painted Faces
Author: Susan Stewart
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445654008
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Susan Stewart guides the reader through the bewildering, fascinating and complex story of cosmetics, from the ancient world to the present day.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445654008
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Susan Stewart guides the reader through the bewildering, fascinating and complex story of cosmetics, from the ancient world to the present day.
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
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Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-general's Office, United States Army
Author: Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.)
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Category : Medical libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
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Category : Medical libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
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