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Perfumery

The psychology and biology of fragrance

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Steve Toller
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  2. George H. Dodd
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. The biological underpinnings of scents

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Human odour culture: a zoological perspective

      • D. M. Stoddart
      Pages 3-17

    3. The molecular dimension in perfumery

      • G. H. Dodd
      Pages 19-46

    4. The significance of odorous steroids in axillary odour

      • D. B. Gower, A. Nixon, A. I. Mallet
      Pages 47-76

  3. Developmental and social aspects of fragrance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. The acquisition of odour hedonics

      • T. Engen
      Pages 79-90

    3. Perfume as a tactic of impression management in social and organizational settings

      • R. A. Baron
      Pages 91-104

  4. Odour perception and the language of the brain

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Contingent negative variation (CNV) and the psychological effects of odour

      • S. Torii, H. Fukuda, H. Kanemoto, R. Miyanchi, Y. Hamauzu, M. Kawasaki
      Pages 107-120

    3. Emotion and the brain

      • S. Van Toller
      Pages 121-143

  5. Fragrance therapies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. Anxiety reduction using fragrances

      • J. R. King
      Pages 147-165

    3. Essential oils as psychotherapeutic agents

      • R. Tisserand
      Pages 167-181

  6. The consumer and perfume

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. The psychology of fragrance selection

      • J. Mensing, C. Beck
      Pages 185-204

    3. Perfume, people, perceptions and products

      • J. Byrne-Quinn
      Pages 205-216

    4. Selling perfume: a technique or an art?

      • S. Le Norcy
      Pages 217-226

    5. Fragrance education and the psychology of smell

      • A. Green
      Pages 227-233

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 235-268
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About this book

THE SENSE OF SMELL The nose is normally mistakenly assumed to be the organ of smell reception. It is not. The primary function of the nose is to regulate the temperature and humidity of inspired air, thereby protecting the delicate linings of the lungs. This is achieved by the breathed air passing through narrow passageways formed by three nasal turbinates in each nostril. The turbinates are covered by spongy vascular cells which can expand or contract to open or close the nasal pathways. The olfactory receptors, innervated by the 1st cranial nerve, are located at the top of the nose. There are about 50 million smell receptors in the human olfactory epithelia, the total size of which, in humans, is about that of a small postage stamp, with half being at the top of the left and half at the top of the right nostril. The receptive surfaces of olfactory cells are ciliated and extend into a covering layer of mucus. There is a constant turnover of olfactory cells. Their average active life has been estimated to be about 28 days.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Perfumery

  • Book Subtitle: The psychology and biology of fragrance

  • Editors: Steve Toller, George H. Dodd

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2558-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-40720-8Published: 27 September 1990

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2558-3Published: 17 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 268

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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