The Art of Perfumery
By George William Septimus Piesse
- Release Date: 1882-01-01
- Genre: Nature
Description
This is a nature book. Although history attributes the first perfume container to the period of Darius III (4th century bc), the roots of perfumery reach much deeper into the past. And the methods of obtaining the odours of plants; with instructions for the manufacture of . . . dentifrices, pomatums, cosmetiques, perfumed soap, etc.