SELECTED READINGS
The art of perfumery. In Perfumes: art, science and
technology.
Edited by P. M. Muller and D. Lamparsky. p. 3-48.
Koster, Egon Peter. The specific characteristics of the
sense of smell. In Olfaction, taste, and cognition. Edited
by Catherine Rouby and others. p. 27-44.
The olfactory system. In Curtis, Tony, and David G. Williams.
Introduction to perfumery. p. 35-38.
Segal, Nancy L., and Tari D. Topolski. Genetics of olfactory
perception. In Handbook of olfaction and gustation. Edited
by Richard L. Doty. p. 329-344.
What smells? In Glaser, Gabrielle. The nose: a profile
of sex, beauty, and survival. p. 95-126.
Youngentob, S. L. Introduction to the sense of smell:
understanding odours from the study of human and animal behaviour.
In Bell, Graham A., and Annesley J. Watson. Tastes and
aromas: the chemical senses in science and industry. p. 23-37.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Burr, Chandler. The emperor of scent: a story of perfume,
obsession, and the last mystery of the senses. New York,
Random House, c2002. 318 p.
QP458.B83 2002
Curtis, Tony, and David G. Williams. Introduction to perfumery. 2nd ed. Port
Washington, N. Y., Micelle Press, c2001. 778 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
TP983.C98 2001 <SciRR>
Flavour and fragrance chemistry. Edited by Virginia Lanzotti
and Orazio Taglialatela-Scafati. Dordrecht, Boston, Mass.,
Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2000. 256 p. (Proceedings of
the Phytochemical Society of Europe, 46)
Includes bibliographical references.
TP418 .F535 2000 <SciRR>
Gimella, Salvatore Paul. Aroma science. Port Washington,
N. Y., Micelle Press, c2001.
Bibliography: p. 221-224.
TP958.G57 2001 <SciRR>
Glaser, Gabrielle. The nose: a profile of sex, beauty,
and survival. New York, Atria Books, c2002. 262 p.
Bibliography: p. 252-260.
QP458.G536 2002
Handbook of olfaction and gustation. Edited by Richard
L. Doty. 2nd ed., rev. and expanded. New York, Marcel Dekker,
c2003. 1121 p. (Neurological disease and therapy, 32)
Includes bibliographical references.
QP455.H36 2003 <SciRR>
Newman, Cathy. Perfume: the art and science of scent. Washington, National
Geographic Society, c1998. 157 p.
Bibliography: p. 146-147.
TP983 .N45 1998
Olfaction, taste, and cognition. Edited by Catherine Rouby
and others. New York, Cambridge University Press, c2002.
462 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
QP456.O445 2002
Perfumes: art, science and technology. Edited by P. M.
Muller and D. Lamparsky. London, New York, Elsevier Applied
Science, c1991. 658 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
TP983.P365 1991 <SciRR>
Tastes & aromas : the chemical senses in science and
industry. Edited by Graham A. Bell and Annesley J. Watson.
Sydney, Australia, Malden, Mass., UNSW Press/Blackwell Science,
1999. 214 p.
Includes bibliographical references.
QP455 .T385 1999
Watson, Lyall. Jacobson's organ and the remarkable
nature of smell. 1st American ed. New York, W.W. Norton, 2000.
255 p.
Includes bibliographical referencess.
QP458 .W38 2000
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SELECTED JOURNALS
Allured’s Cosmetics and Toiletries: C & T. Wheaton
Ill., Allured Pub. Corp. TP983.A222
http://www.cosmeticsandtoiletries.com/
Chemical Senses. Oxford, New York, IRL Press. QP455.C47
http://chemse.oxfordjournals.org/
The Journal of Essential Oil Research: JEOR. Wheaton, Ill.,
Allured Pub., Corp. TP958.J68
http://www.perfumerflavorist.com/jeor
Perfumer & Flavorist. Wheaton Ill., Allured Pub. Corp.
TP983.A425
http://www.perfumerflavorist.com/
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SELECTED ARTICLES
Amato, Ivan. Save the flowers. Science news, v. 168,
Sept. 24, 2005: 202-204.
http://sciencenews.org/articles/20050924/bob10.asp
Chen, D., and J. Haviland-Jones. Human olfactory communication
of emotion. Perceptual and motor skills, v. 91, Dec. 2000:
771-781.
Distel, H., and R. Hudson. Judgement of odor intensity
is influenced by subjects' knowledge of the odor source.
Chemical senses, v. 26, Apr. 2001: 247-251.
Firestein, S. A Nobel nose: the 2004 Nobel prize in physiology
and medicine. Neuron, v. 3, Feb. 2005: 333-338.
Firestein, S. How the olfactory system makes sense of scents.
Nature, v. 413, Sep. 13, 2001: 211-218.
Haviland-Jones, Jeannette, and others. An environmental
approach to positive emotion: flowers. Evolutionary psychology,
v. 3, Apr. 2005: 104-132
Herz, Rachel. S. Odor-associative learning and emotion:
effects on perception and behavior. Chemical senses,
Supp. 1, Jan. 2005: i250-i251.
Ludvigson, H., and T. Rottman. Effects of ambient odors
of lavender and cloves on cognition, memory, affect and mood.
Chemical senses, v. 14, 1999: 525-536.
McCutcheon, Lynn. What’s that I smell? The claims
of aromatherapy. Skeptical Inquirer. v. 20, May/June 1996:
http://www.csicop.org/si/9605/aroma.html
Moss, Mark, and others. Aromas of rosemary and lavender
essential oils differentially affect cognition and mood in
healthy adults. International Journal of Neuroscience. v.
113, Jan. 2003: 15-38.
Young, J. M. The sense of smell: genomics of vertebrate
odorant receptors. Human molecular genetics. v. 11, May 2002:
1153-1160.
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ORGANIZATIONS
The European Cosmetic Toiletry & Perfumery Association
(COLIPA)
Avenue Herrmann Debroux 15A
B-1160 Auderghem - Brussels
http://www.colipa.com/site/index.cfm?SID=15588
The Fragrance Foundation
145 East 32nd St.
New York, N.Y. 10016-6002
http://www.fragrance.org/ with searchable Fragrance Directory.
International Federation of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists
(IFSCC)
IFSCC Secretariat
G T House
24-26 Rothesay Road Luton
Beds LU1 1QX England
http://80.168.111.36/servlet/IfsccDisplay?purpose=home
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MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES
The ChemoReception Web
http://md1.csa.com/crw/home.html
Covers the sensory and biological aspects of Taste, Smell, Pheromones, Perfumes,
Fragrances, Soaps, Cosmetics, Essential Oils, Foods, Flavorings, Aromas, Spices,
and much more.
Human Pheromones
http://www.cf.ac.uk/biosi/staff/jacob/teaching/sensory/pherom.html
A critical review of the evidence for the existence of human pheromones and
a functional vomeronasal organ (VNO) in humans. c1999 by Tim Jacob
International Perfume Museum
http://www.museesdegrasse.com/MIP/fla_ang/mip_accueil_html.shtml
Its collections trace the history of perfumes, soap, and cosmetics, over 4,000
years.
Monell Chemical Senses Center
http://www.monell.org/
Established in 1968 as the world’s first scientific institute for multidisciplinary
research on taste, smell and chemosensory irritation. Independent nonprofit
basic research center. Search
engine for references is open access.
Now Smell This
http://nowsmellthis.blogharbor.com/
A blog about perfume. Regular topics include fragrance reviews, news, interviews,
perfume shopping tips, and new & upcoming fragrance releases.
Olfaction - A Review
http://www.leffingwell.com/olfaction.htm
John C. Leffingwell, Ph.D., Leffingwell & Associates
Olfaction: A Tutorial on the Sense of Smell
http://www.cf.ac.uk/biosi/staff/jacob/teaching/sensory/olfact1.html
Compiled by Tim Jacob
Olfactory System
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfactory_system
Wikipedia
OsMoz.com
http://www.osmoz.com/index_menu.asp
A Web site for perfume fans. The Encyclo section provides a history of perfumes
from antiquity to the present day and excellent information on the techniques
for producing the raw materials used in perfumery.
Perfume
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfume
Wikipedia
Perfume Notes
http://lucaturin.typepad.com/perfume_notes/
Luca Turin (author of many scientific publications, and subject of Chandler
Burr's The Emperor of Scent) on perfume and other things.
Profumo: The Way of Perfume
http://www.profumo.it/perfume/home_english.htm
For perfume connoisseurs; with an Alphabet
of Scents, article on the biology
of smell, and more.
Sense of Smell Institute
http://www.senseofsmell.org/index.php
A leading global resource relating to the sense of smell and its importance
to human psychology, behavior and quality of life. Resources include Science
of Smell Web Links, and a Virtual
Library that includes scientific articles
(citations and abstracts), and a Glossary
of Olfaction. Publishes the Aromachology
Review.
SenseLab Project
http://senselab.med.yale.edu/senselab/
A long term effort to build integrated, multidisciplinary models of neurons
and neural systems, using the olfactory pathway as a model. Six related databases
support experimental and theoretical research on the membrane properties that
mediate information processing in nerve cells.
The Smell and Taste Center
http://www.med.upenn.edu/stc/
The University of Pennsylvania; includes a list of papers published since 1980,
chapters from Center books, and a bibliography of books published since 1981.
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