- A Guide to Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
- A history of the use of incense in divine worship by Edward Godfrey Cuthbert Frederic Atchley
- A Small Guide to Nature's Fragrances
- Capacity and Volume Conversion Tables
- Centre for International Ethnomedicinal Education
- Chirality and Odor Perception
- Citrus Oils
- Culpeper's British Herbal
- Database of Herbal Information
- Essential Oil World Map
- Flavors and Fragrances of Plant Origin
- Flowers of India
- Forest & Agro-Forest Trees
- Gernot Katzer’s Spice Pages
- Gums, resins and latexes of plant origin
- Herbal Database
- History of Japanese Incense
- Human Flower Project
- Internet Sacred Text Archive
- Journey to Forever Online Library
- Legend and Lore of Trees
- Littleflower's Medicine of North American Plants
- Native American Ethnobotany
- Native American Wisdom
- Natural Remedies of Arabia
- Non-Wood Forest Products from Temperate Broad-Leaved Trees
- Plant Cultures: Exploring Plants and People
- Plants of South Africa
- Raw Materials in Perfumery
- Sacred Plants of India
- Shakespere Flora
- Silvics(Forests) of North America
- Spice Field Reports
- Spice Links Page
- Spice Maps of India
- Spices: Exotic Flavors and Medicines
- The Beautiful Trees
- The Modern Herbal by Maud Grieve
- The Perfumers Apprentice
- The Volatile Oils/Vol 1.
- The Volatile Oils/Vol 2.
- Traditional Chinese & Western Herbal Medicine in Humans & Animals
- Tree Spirits
- Tropical Plant Database
- World Agroforestry Centre
This blog is for those interested in understanding aromatherapy, essential oils, natural remedies, and healthy living tips.
Monday, October 29, 2012
awesome links for natural perfumery
If you love making natural perfumes, or are just interested in the essential oils, flowers, resins and plants involved in the process, you may find these links (from WhiteLotus aromatics) worth a gander:
Friday, April 20, 2012
Links and Helpful List of Books for Natural Perfumery
I' m a part of a yahoo group called Natural Perfumery and saw this post today for a newbie and thought this would really be beneficial for those who are interested in the wonders of natural botanicals and creating scent blends with them...
Books
The Scent Trail by Celia Lyttelton
Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin- Arctander ( This book is wicked pricey)
The Art of Perfumery by Septimus Piesse
The Rogue Perfumer by Dr. Bobbie Kelley ( This is a book by the perfumer of Paragon Perfumes, not entirely natural)
The Secret of Scent (science and history of smell) by Luca Turin
375 Essential Oils and Hydrosols by Jeanne Rose
Links/Info sites
http://bojensen. net/ one of my fav sites, it goes into the chemical makeup of different botanical ingredients

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=VJuR9dmRH5Y Boris the Perfumer ( Wonderful late perfumer Alec Lawless)
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=KwVcFczU6i4
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=BUj6jpnXh3I& feature=relmfu Alec Lawless on the Adulteration of essential oils, this is a 3 part interview
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=jbRFmIx3Vpo& feature=channel& list=UL This a BBC documentary on perfume, I think its in about10 parts,very interesting.