The Art of Making Perfume Paperback – May 31, 2010

The Art of Making Perfume This is one of the books inspired me to go in business for myself So Thank You very Much From Paul

This book isnot hard to understand it also includes recipes on how to make perfumes. This boook is a good book for someone who wants to attempt making there own perfumes at home or someone who wants to try it as a hobby.Good book to start with not too wordy or too hard to understand.

Excellent

its okay

I love these types of how-to books as I love learning trying out different things and expanding my education. This book was easy to follow and understand. This book provided help on how to make perfume and loads of recipes to try out. I learned how to make body sprays, aftershave colognes, floral waters, water colognes and more. It was a trial and error experience for me as I had a brief accidental experience of applying too many essential oils into my mixture making the scent a little too strong. The most important chapter in the book explained how to extract oils and how to use it for healing benefits.

Thanks a lot! The book is helping me to start my own online business. Aromatherapy with essence of plant and flowers.

I dont understand the good reviews. This is a very slim book, like a manual almost. I order books on amazon all the time. This is the first time with a book I have felt ripped off. If you notice, the same information repeats itself throughout the book many many times! Its as though sections were copied and pasted to the next section to bulk up the slim material. It does NOT show you how to start a perfume business. I found much more information on making perfume on the internet for free.

she contradicts herself in more than one place in this book as far as ratios go (of essential oils to fixative to water/alcohol). She also claims that all natural means non-toxic which is not true. Some essential oils are photo-toxic and some will burn your skin if they are too concentrated and peppermint essential oil can cause a child to stop breathing. Writing those types of statements are very irresponsible. I have only been studying aromatherapy for 5 years off and on but things like that were definitely emphasized to me in the first course I took.Poisonous mushrooms and poisonous berries are all natural but they still kill. Also if you use an oil as a fixative and put the perfume in a spray bottle, you will clog up the sprayer, she doesn't mention that. The concentrations of essential oils that she recommends are way too high, aroma therapists generally do not exceed 3% concentration for application on the skin and even less when children, the elderly or pregnant women are involved. These type of generalized "all natural" is always good and can't be harmful statements makes everyone who practices these alternative and complimentary techniques look like incompetent quacks who should be hauled off and put into jail.