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  2. History of perfume - Wikipedia

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    The book also described one hundred and seven methods and recipes for perfume-making, and even the perfume making equipment, like the alembic, still bears its Arabic name. [ 11 ] The Persian Muslim doctor and chemist Ibn Sina (also known as Avicenna) introduced the process of extracting oils from flowers by means of distillation , the procedure ...

  3. George William Septimus Piesse - Wikipedia

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    George William Septimus Piesse (30 May 1820 – 23 October 1882), known as Septimus Piesse, was an English chemist and perfumer.Piesse was a leading author and innovator of modern perfume ideas, inventing the concept of notes in perfumery that are still used universally today.

  4. Chypre - Wikipedia

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    Chypre by Coty, advertisement in French Vogue, 1937 Chypre is French for Cyprus.. The term chypre is French for the island of Cyprus.Its connection to perfumery originated with the first composition to feature the bergamot-labdanum-oakmoss accord, François Coty's perfume Chypre from 1917 (now preserved at the Osmothèque), whose name was inspired by the fact that its raw materials came ...

  5. Plant nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Plant nutrition is a difficult subject to understand completely, partially because of the variation between different plants and even between different species or individuals of a given clone. Elements present at low levels may cause deficiency symptoms, and toxicity is possible at levels that are too high.

  6. More than a scent: Cyprus promoting its perfume past - AOL

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    KORAKOU, Cyprus (AP) — Before Cyprus gained fame as the mythical birthplace of the goddess of love Aphrodite nearly three millennia ago, Cyprus was known around the Mediterranean for its ...

  7. File:The Story of Perfumery and the CPC.pdf - Wikipedia

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    Short title: islandora-2225650_OBJ.jpg: Conversion program: GPL Ghostscript 9.10: Encrypted: no: Page size: 1267 x 1887 pts; 1267 x 1893 pts; 1267 x 1906 pts; 1267 x 1894 pts

  8. List of horticulture and gardening books and publications

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    Gardening books encompass a variety of subjects from garden design, vegetable gardens, perennial gardens, to shade gardens. Every plant genus or category of plants may also be covered including roses, clematis, bulbs, hellebores, and hydrangeas. The Internet has expanded and enhanced the availability of gardening resources.

  9. Osmothèque - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Founded in 1990 by Jean Kerléo and other senior perfumers including Jean-Claude Ellena and Guy Robert, the Osmothèque is internationally responsible for the authentication, registration, preservation, documentation and reproduction of thousands of perfumes gathered from the past two millennia, archived at the Osmothèque repository ...