Perfumes and their Preparation: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Perfumes and their Preparation, credited to George William Askinson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Perfumes and their Preparation by George William Askinson. Read in English by Larry Wilson; Michele Fry; elham; Mayah; DrPGould; April Walters; aniroo; Brandon Weston; Lynne T; Robert Ray; Kathleen Moore Most of us take for granted the sense of smell. It gives pleasure, warning, anticipation and a sense of nostalgia. People have used perfumes since the days of Ancient Persia and Egypt in order to improve their personal smell. In this work, Askinson traces the history of perfumery and gives us an overview of the sources of perfumes and how they are manipulated to enhance our lives. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Perfumes and their Preparation
• Author credits: George William Askinson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 34
• Listed recording duration: 10:05:28

Catalogue topics

• perfume
• odor
• smell
• aroma
• hygiene
• cosmetics

Opening tracks: first 24 of 34

1. 00 - Preface — 6:17
2. 01 - The History of Perfumery — 10:33
3. 02 - About Aromatic Substances in General — 16:02
4. 03 - Odors from the Vegetable Kingdom — 15:55
5. 04 - The Aromatic Vegetable Substances Employed in Perfumery Part 1 — 42:06
6. 05 - The Aromatic Vegetable Substances Employed in Perfumery Part 2 — 46:45
7. 06 - The Animal Substances Used in Perfumery — 11:51
8. 07 - The Chemical Products Used in Perfumery — 45:25
9. 08 - The Extraction of Odors — 44:41
10. 09 - The Extraction of Odors Part 2 — 19:20
11. 10 - The Special Characteristics of Aromatic Substances — 42:58
12. 11 - The Adulteration of Essential Oils and their Recognition — 20:02
13. 12 - The Essences or Extracts Employed in Perfumery — 9:06
14. 13 - Directions for Making the Most Important Essences and Extracts — 29:13
15. 14 - The Division of Perfumery — 1:42
16. 15 - The Manufacture of Handkerchief Perfumes, Bouquets, or Aromatic Waters — 4:44
17. 16 - Formulas for Handkerchief Perfumes — 52:56
18. 17 - Ammoniacal and Acid Perfumes — 13:40
19. 18 - Dry Perfumes — 3:29
20. 19 - Formulas for Dry Perfumes (Sachets) — 8:54
21. 20 - The Perfumes Used for Fumigation — 17:37
22. 21 - Hygienic and Cosmetic Perfumery — 4:01
23. 22 - Preparations for the Care of the Skin — 6:59
24. 23 - Formulas for the Preparation of Emulsions, Meals, Pastes, Vegetable Milk, and Cold-Creams — 26:35

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