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Aftel is also an author herself, publishing several books in the 1980s and 1990s including a biography of Brian Jones.She became interested in scent while working on a novel; [4] envisioning her protagonist would be a perfumer, Aftel began collecting rare books on perfume as part of her research, but ultimately wrote a book on the history of perfume instead.
Solid perfume is used either by rubbing a finger or dipping a cotton swab against it and then onto the skin. Sometimes solid perfume can take more time for the deeper notes to come out than a spray perfume. The latest solid perfumes are designed as handbag aromas, so a compact way of making perfume more portable.
Since 1910, with the addition of vanilla, tonka, styrax, and geranium, peau d'espagne is also employed as a perfume for women. [2] According to perfumer Mandy Aftel , it has "lost none of its sensuous appeal over the decades" and is an exception to the "generally tame and uninspired" floral blends of the turn of the 19th century.
34 Boulevard Saint Germain Solid Perfume. If you're a fan of Diptyque's signature scented candles, the brand's solid perfume (yes, perfume!) delivers on all the good smells you've become ...
Organic solvent extraction is the most common and most economically important technique for extracting aromatics in the modern perfume industry. Raw materials are submerged and agitated in a solvent that can dissolve the desired aromatic compounds. Commonly used solvents for maceration/solvent extraction include hexane, and dimethyl ether.
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Mandy Aftel (born 1948), perfumer and cookbook author; Barbara Albright (1955–2006), author of cookbooks and books on knitting; Ida Bailey Allen (1885–1973), food editor, chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer; Jackie Alpers (born 1968), cookbook author, food photographer; Jean Anderson (1929–2023), editor, food columnist, cookbook writer