Book Reviews


This miscellany represents some impressions and facts about books of direct or peripheral interest to the world of aromatic plants and the uses, industries, professions, cults, religions, and folk-lore which surround them. This is a list which is consecutively added to, so come back and visit from time to time…..
 

Book 1 A History of Herbal Plants By Richard Le Strange


Book 2  Against Nature By J. K. Huysmans


Book 3  Potpourris and Other Fragrant Delights By Jacqueline Heriteau


Book 4  Scent (The Mysterious and Essential Powers of Smell) By Annick Le Guerer


Book 5  A Druids Herbal (for the Sacred Earth year) By Ellen Evert Hopman


Book 6  Flowering Plants – Magic in Bloom Encyclopaedia of Psychoactive Drugs By P. Mick Richardson


Book 7  An Ancient Egyptian Herbal By Lise Manniche


Book 8  History of Perfume By Frances Kennett


Book 9  Trees for Flower and Fragrance By Stirling Macoboy


Book 10  The scent of Orchids: Olfactory and Chemical Investigations By Roman Kaiser


Book 11  Plant Myths and Traditions in India By Shakti M. Gupta


Book 12  Indian Essential Oils By S.S. Deshpande


Book 13  Ocean of Sound (Aether Talk, Ambient and Imaginary Worlds) By David Toop


Book 14  Essence of Beauty – a History of Perfume & Cosmetics By Aytour Ellis


Book 15  Perfumery With Herbs By Ivan Day


Book 16  The Antiques of Perfume By Leslie G. Matthews


Book 17  A Dictionary of Plant Lore By Roy Vickery


Book 18  The Story of Lavender By Sally Festing

 

Book 19  Herbal Indian Perfumes and Cosmetics By Vaidya Asha Ram


Book 20  Sacred Luxuries: Fragrance, Aromatherapy & Cosmetics in Ancient Egypt By Lisa Manniche with photographs by Werner Forman


Book 21  The Book of Incense – Enjoying the Traditional Art of Japanese Scents By Kiyoko Morita


Book 22  The Emporer of Scent – A story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses By Chandler Burr


Book 23  Backhousia citriodora F. Muell Lemon Scented Myrtle - Biology, Cultivation & Exploitation By Dennis Archer pub.


Book 24  Herbal Antibiotics – Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-Resistant Bacteria By Stephen Harold Buhner (1999)


Book 25  The Healing Trail: Essential Oils of Madagascar By Georges M. Halpern & Peter Weverka


Book 26  Medicinal Flowers – Medicinal Flowers of India and Adjacent Regions By Pandey G.


Book 27  L’Ylang ylang: Un Parfum Subtil By Christian Brulé & William Pécout


Book 28  Essential Chemistry for Safe Aromatherapy By Sue Clarke


Book 29  The Science and Art of Perfumery By Edward Sagarin


Book 30  Odour Preferences By R.W. Moncrieff


Book 31  Essential Oils in Colour – Caddy Classic Profiles By Rosemary Caddy


Book 32  Tree Medicine By Peter Conway

 

Book 33  Analysis of Essential Oils by Gas Chromatography & Mass Spectrometry By Yoshiro Masada (1976)

 

Book 34  La Livre du Parfumeur (Illustrations by Henry de Renaucourt). By Félix Cola (1931)

 

Book 35  Lavender: the Grower’s Guide. Garden Art Press. By Virginia McNaughton (2000)