Perfumes

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Perfumery as an Art

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Art of Perfumery

      • Edmond Roudnitska

      Pages 3-48

3. Perfumery as a Topic in Life Sciences

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49

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   2. Odours and Perfumes as a System of Signs

      • J. Stephan Jellinek

      Pages 51-60

   3. Semiochemicals: Mevalogenins in Systems of Chemical Communication

      • Wittko Francke

      Pages 61-99

   4. Origin of Natural Odorants

      • Rodney Croteau, Frank Karp

      Pages 101-126

   5. A Consideration of Some Psychological and Physiological Mechanisms of Odour Perception

      • Avery N. Gilbert, Morley R. Kare

      Pages 127-149

4. Trapping and Measuring of Odours

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151

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   2. The Measuring of Odors

      • Norbert Neuner-Jehle, Franz Etzweiler

      Pages 153-212

   3. Trapping, Investigation and Reconstitution of Flower Scents

      • Roman Kaiser

      Pages 213-250

5. Classification of Odours

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251

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   2. Empirical Classification of Odours

      • Maurice Thiboud

      Pages 253-286

   3. Chemical Classification and Structure— Odour Relationships

      • Günther Ohloff, Beat Winter, Charles Fehr

      Pages 287-330

6. Compository Techniques and Application Segments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 331-331

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   2. Creative Perfumery: Composition Techniques

      • Jean-Claude Ellena

      Pages 333-345

   3. Support Materials for Odorant Mixtures

      • Benno Streschnak

      Pages 347-362

   4. Perfumery Applications: Functional Products

      • John K. Funesti

      Pages 363-382

   5. The Impact of Market Research

      • J. Stephan Jellinek

      Pages 383-396

7. Production of Perfumes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 397-397

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The idea of publishing this book on Perfumes: Art, Science and Technology grew out of the observation that, on the verge of the 1990s, there was really no state-of-the-art compilation of the relevant know-how on which the fragrance industry is based. It was obvious that such a compilation would be well received, not only by perfumers and fragrance chemists, but also by those involved in related trade and marketing or in the development and distribution of consumer products, by researchers from other fields, by students and, finally, by amateurs of perfumes in general. Therefore, we set out to find competent authors who were willing to contribute to the endeavour, and we did not do this unselfishly; on the contrary, we selected a wish-list of specialists who would provide us with new insight and characterize the trends and research priorities determining the future. Thus, we were counting on learning much ourselves in the course of the project. We were more than pleasantly surprised by the reactions to our first letter-and so was Elsevier. We certainly had not expected perfumers who are usually much more 'doers' than 'writers' to react in such an enthusiastic way; especially, the spontaneous affirmative answer from the famous E. Roudnitska created a momentum which contributed significantly to the successful comple­ tion of this book. But, of course, we should not create the impression that the other authors' chapters are less important, and we thank all of them heartily for their invaluable effort.

• chemistry
• development
• flow
• future
• material
• natural product
• perfume
• structure

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