# The Library of Historic Texts, Radler Parfums (https://www.radlerparfums.com/library/texts), 169 works, generated from the records; notes are not included.

Anonymous; tr. and ed. Wilfred H. Schoff. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean. New York: Longmans, Green, 1912 (Cornell University Library copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cu31924030139236 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1st century AD.

Herodotus; tr. G. C. Macaulay. The History of Herodotus, vol. 1. Macaulay translation (London: Macmillan, 1890), Project Gutenberg transcription. Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2707 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written c. 430 BC.

Theophrastus; tr. Arthur Hort. Enquiry into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs, vol. II. Loeb Classical Library, London: Heinemann; New York: Putnam, 1916. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/enquiryintoplant02theouoft (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written c. 300 BC.

Pierre Belon. Les observations de plusieurs singularitez et choses mémorables trouvées en Grèce, Asie, Judée, Égypte, Arabie et autres pays estranges. Paris: Gilles Corrozet, 1553. Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1511373w (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. Relation d’un voyage du Levant, fait par ordre du Roy, vol. I. Lyon: Anisson et Posuel, 1717 (Missouri Botanical Garden copy, via the Biodiversity Heritage Library). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003772511 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Garcia da Orta; tr. Sir Clements Markham. Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India. London: Henry Sotheran, 1913, from the Conde de Ficalho edition. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/colloquiesonsimp00orta (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1563.

Georg Eberhard Rumpf (Rumphius); ed. Johannes Burman. Herbarium Amboinense, vol. II. Amsterdam: Changuion, Catuffe & Uytwerf, 1741 (Missouri Botanical Garden copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mobot31753000819422 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written c. 1690.

S. J. Galbraith. Vanilla Culture as Practiced in the Seychelles Islands. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Botany, Bulletin 21, Washington, 1898. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/vanillacultureas21galb (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

W. Lauder Lindsay. A Popular History of British Lichens. London: Lovell Reeve, 1856. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/popularhistoryof00lind (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Charles Morren. On the Production of Vanilla in Europe. Annals of Natural History vol. 3, 1839 (BioStor article). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/biostor-94169 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Victor Loret. La flore pharaonique d’après les documents hiéroglyphiques et les spécimens découverts dans les tombes. 2nd edition, Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1892. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/florepharaonique00lore (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Charles Chalot, with U. Bernard. Culture et préparation de la vanille. Paris: Émile Larose, 1920. Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1100145b (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Berthold Laufer. Sino-Iranica: Chinese Contributions to the History of Civilization in Ancient Iran. Field Museum of Natural History, Anthropological Series vol. 15 no. 3, Chicago, 1919. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/sinoiranicachine153lauf (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Frank E. Conter. Vanilla Cultivation in Hawaii. Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, Press Bulletin 6, 1903. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/vanillacultivati06cont (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Frank Rabak. Wild Volatile-Oil Plants and Their Economic Importance. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Bulletin 235, Washington, 1912. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/wildvolatileoilp235raba (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Sir George Watt. The Commercial Products of India. London: John Murray, 1908 (University of Toronto copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/commercialproduc00wattuoft (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Nigel Groom. Frankincense and Myrrh: A Study of the Arabian Incense Trade. London: Longman; Beirut: Librairie du Liban, 1981. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/frankincensemyrr0000groo (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

National Research Council. Vetiver Grass: A Thin Green Line Against Erosion. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1993. National Academies Press: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2077/vetiver-grass-a-thin-green-line-against-erosion (free to read; checked 2026-10-08).

Norman F. Childers, Héctor R. Cibes and Ernesto Hernández-Medina. Vanilla Culture in Puerto Rico. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Federal Experiment Station in Puerto Rico, Circular 28, 1948. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/CAT31289489 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Alemayehu Negussie and colleagues. Continuous resin tapping for frankincense harvest increases susceptibility of Boswellia papyrifera (Del.) Hochst trees to insect attack. Heliyon 7 (2021) e06250. PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7907213/ (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Abdul Latif Khan and colleagues. Genome structure and evolutionary history of frankincense producing Boswellia sacra. iScience 25 (2022) 104574. PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9249616/ (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Chen-Chen Fu and colleagues. Deciphering the roles of bacterial and fungal communities in the formation and quality of agarwood. Stress Biology 4 (2024) 40. PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11415328/ (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Quentin Piet and colleagues. A chromosome-level, haplotype-phased Vanilla planifolia genome highlights the challenge of partial endoreplication for accurate whole-genome assembly. Plant Communications 3 (2022) 100330. PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9482989/ (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Akram Sadat Mostafavi and colleagues. Genetic diversity analysis in a mini core collection of Damask rose (Rosa damascena Mill.) germplasm from Iran using URP and SCoT markers. Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 19 (2021) 144. PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8484433/ (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Angela Barden, Noorainie Awang Anak, Teresa Mulliken and Michael Song. Heart of the Matter: Agarwood Use and Trade and CITES Implementation for Aquilaria malaccensis. Cambridge: TRAFFIC International, 2000. TRAFFIC: https://www.traffic.org/site/assets/files/9731/agarwood-use-and-trade-and-cites-implementation.pdf (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Friedrich A. Flückiger and Daniel Hanbury. Pharmacographia: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin Met with in Great Britain and British India. 2nd edition, London: Macmillan, 1879 (University of Toronto copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/pharmacographiah00fluoft (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1874.

J. Ch. Sawer. Odorographia: A Natural History of Raw Materials and Drugs Used in the Perfume Industry, vol. I. London: Gurney & Jackson, 1892 (New York Botanical Garden copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/odorographianatu01sawe (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

J. Ch. Sawer. Odorographia: A Natural History of Raw Materials and Drugs Used in the Perfume Industry, second series. London: Gurney & Jackson, 1894 (New York Botanical Garden copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/odorographianatu02sawe (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

E. Gildemeister and Fr. Hoffmann; tr. Edward Kremers. The Volatile Oils. Milwaukee: Pharmaceutical Review Publishing Co., 1900 (authorised English translation). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/volatileoils00kremgoog (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1899.

Schimmel & Co.. Semi-Annual Report of Schimmel & Co. (Fritzsche Brothers), 1910–1911. Miltitz near Leipzig and New York: Schimmel & Co., 1910–1911 (bound reports). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/semiannualrep19101911schi (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1910.

United States Congress. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act of June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040). United States Statutes at Large vol. 52, p. 1040 (scan served by GovInfo). GovInfo (U.S. Government Publishing Office): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-52/pdf/STATUTE-52-Pg1040.pdf (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Council of the European Communities. Council Directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products. Official Journal L 262, 27.9.1976 (text as served by the Publications Office of the EU). Publications Office of the European Union: https://publications.europa.eu/resource/celex/31976L0768 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Ernest Guenther. The Essential Oils (one volume of the six). New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1948–1952 in six volumes; the volume lent here is dated 1949. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/essentialoils0000erne (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1948.

Steffen Arctander. Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin. Elizabeth, NJ: published by the author, 1960. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/perfumeflavormat0000stef (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

Jennifer Potter. The Rose: A True History. London: Atlantic Books, 2010. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/rosetruehistory0000pott (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

European Parliament and Council. Directive 2003/15/EC amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products. Official Journal L 66, 11.3.2003 (text as served by the Publications Office of the EU). Publications Office of the European Union: https://publications.europa.eu/resource/celex/32003L0015 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

International Fragrance Association (IFRA). IFRA Code of Practice. web page and downloadable text, as published by IFRA. IFRA: https://ifrafragrance.org/about-ifra/ifra-code-of-practice (free to read; checked 2026-10-08).

Custódia Gago and colleagues. Cistus ladanifer L.: Essential Oils, Volatiles, By-Products, and Their Biological Properties. Molecules 30 (2025) 4425. PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12655565/ (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Patricia Rain. Vanilla. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2004. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/vanillaculturalh00rain (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

United States Congress. Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Public Law 117-328, Division FF, Title III, Subtitle E). Public Law 117-328, 136 Stat. 4459 (PDF served by GovInfo). GovInfo (U.S. Government Publishing Office): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-117publ328/pdf/PLAW-117publ328.pdf (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

John French. The Art of Distillation. 4th edition, London: E. Cotes for T. Williams, 1667 (Wellcome Library copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b3033648x (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1651.

Hieronymus Brunschwig. Liber de arte distillandi de compositis (Das Buch der waren Kunst zu distillieren die Composita und Simplicia). Strasbourg: Johann Grüninger, 1512 (U.S. National Library of Medicine copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/2225013R.nlm.nih.gov (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Giambattista della Porta. De distillatione libri IX. Rome: Camera Apostolica, 1608 (Countway Library of Medicine copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/iobapportaeneopo00port (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Arthur Delteil. La vanille, sa culture et sa préparation. 5th edition, Paris: Augustin Challamel, 1902. Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k11001601 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1874.

Heinrich Hirzel. Die Toiletten-Chemie. 3rd edition, Leipzig: J. J. Weber, 1874 (University of Toronto copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/toilettenchemie00hirzuoft (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1857.

René-Maurice Gattefossé. Distillation des plantes aromatiques et des parfums. Paris: Librairie centrale des sciences, Desforges, Girardot et Cie, 1926. Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t57509373 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Paul Jeancard. Les parfums: chimie et industrie. Paris, 1927 (the record names no publisher). Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1179012b (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

E. Gildemeister and Fr. Hoffmann; tr. Edward Kremers. The Volatile Oils, vol. I. 2nd edition, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1913 (University of Toronto copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/volatileoils01gilduoft (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Robert Kennedy Duncan. The Chemistry of Commerce: A Simple Interpretation of Some New Chemistry in Its Relation to Modern Industry. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907 (University of Toronto copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/chemistryofcomme00duncuoft (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Margaret Tucker. Floral Perfumes. Torreya 10 (1910), via JSTOR Early Journal Content. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/jstor-40595095 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Y. R. Naves and G. Mazuyer; tr. Edward Sagarin. Natural Perfume Materials: A Study of Concretes, Resinoids, Floral Oils and Pomades. New York: Reinhold, 1947. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/naturalperfumema00nave (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

G. André de Réparaz. Lavande et lavandin: leur culture et leur économie en France. Gap: Éditions Ophrys, 1965 (Mémoires et documents, no. 46). Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3379626b (in copyright; checked 2026-10-08).

Iván J. Pérez-Viveros and colleagues. Influence of Traditional Vanilla Curing on Its Physicochemical Properties and Aromatic Profile. Foods 14 (2025) 1652. PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12071888/ (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

W. H. Perkin. On the artificial production of coumarin and formation of its homologues. Journal of the Chemical Society 21 (1868) 53–63 (the volume as scanned for the Internet Archive’s periodicals collection). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-the-chemical-society-1862_1868_21 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Ernest J. Parry. The Chemistry of Essential Oils and Artificial Perfumes. London: Scott, Greenwood & Co., 1899 (Wellcome Library copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b28059979 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Eugène Charabot, J. Dupont and L. Pillet. Les huiles essentielles et leurs principaux constituants. Paris: Ch. Béranger, 1899. Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t53749777 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Ferd. Tiemann and Wilh. Haarmann. Ueber das Coniferin und seine Umwandlung in das aromatische Princip der Vanille. Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 7 (1874), January–June volume (Harvard copy, digitised by Google). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/berichtederdeut03gesegoog (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Eugène Charabot. Les parfums artificiels. Paris: J.-B. Baillière et fils, 1900 (Wellcome Library copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b28106775 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

H. von Soden and W. Rojahn. Ueber das Vorkommen des Phenyläthylalkohols in Rosenölen. Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 33 (1900), part 3 (University of Illinois copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/berichtederdeuts3331deut (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Georg Cohn. Die Riechstoffe. Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1904. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/dieriechstoffe00cohngoog (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

F. W. Semmler. Die ätherischen Öle nach ihren chemischen Bestandteilen, vol. 1. Leipzig: Veit & Comp., 1906 (Wellcome Library copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b28089595_0001 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Otto Wallach. Terpene und Campher. Leipzig: Veit & Comp., 1909. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/terpeneundcamphe00wallrich (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Otto Wallach. Alicyclic compounds (Nobel Lecture). Nobel Lecture, 12 December 1910, as published by the Nobel Foundation. NobelPrize.org (Nobel Prize Outreach): https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/wallach-lecture.pdf (free to read; checked 2026-10-08).

Leopold Ružička. Multimembered rings, higher terpene compounds and male sex hormones (Nobel Lecture). Nobel Lecture, 12 December 1945 (for the 1939 prize), as published by the Nobel Foundation. NobelPrize.org (Nobel Prize Outreach): https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/ruzicka-lecture.pdf (free to read; checked 2026-10-08).

E. Demole, E. Lederer and D. Mercier. Isolement et détermination de la structure du jasmonate de méthyle, constituant odorant caractéristique de l’essence de jasmin. Helvetica Chimica Acta 45 (1962). the publisher (Wiley): https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19620450233 (in copyright; checked 2026-10-08).

E. Demole, E. Lederer and D. Mercier. Synthèse du dihydrojasmonate de méthyle (pentyl-2-oxo-3-cyclopentylacétate de méthyle). Helvetica Chimica Acta 45 (1962). the publisher (Wiley): https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19620450234 (in copyright; checked 2026-10-08).

Edouard Demole and Edgar Lederer (Firmenich). US Patent 3,158,644: Alicyclic ketoesters and process for their manufacture. United States patent, granted 1964. Google Patents: https://patents.google.com/patent/US3158644A/en (free to read; checked 2026-10-08).

E. Demole, P. Enggist, U. Säuberli, M. Stoll and E. sz. Kováts. Structure et synthèse de la damascénone, constituant odorant de l’essence de rose bulgare. Helvetica Chimica Acta 53 (1970). the publisher (Wiley): https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19700530310 (in copyright; checked 2026-10-08).

S. Corsano and R. Nicoletti. The structure of incensole. Tetrahedron 23 (1967). the publisher (Elsevier BV): https://doi.org/10.1016/s0040-4020(01)83380-9 (in copyright; checked 2026-10-08).

Marion S. Carpenter and William M. Easter Jr. (Givaudan Corporation). US Patent 2,875,131: 4-tert.-butyl alpha-methyl hydrocinnamic aldehyde. United States patent, filed 1956, granted 1959. Google Patents: https://patents.google.com/patent/US2875131A/en (free to read; checked 2026-10-08).

John B. Hall and James M. Sanders (International Flavors & Fragrances). US Patent 3,911,018: Novel process and products produced by said process. United States patent, filed 1974, granted 1975. Google Patents: https://patents.google.com/patent/US3911018A/en (free to read; checked 2026-10-08).

James M. Sanders, William L. Schreiber and John B. Hall (International Flavors & Fragrances). US Patent 4,007,137: Process for producing mixture containing 4-(4-methyl-4-hydroxyamyl)Δ3-cyclohexenecarboxaldehyde, product produced and its perfumery uses. United States patent, filed 1975, granted 1977. Google Patents: https://patents.google.com/patent/US4007137A/en (free to read; checked 2026-10-08).

K. R. Varma, M. L. Maheshwari and S. C. Bhattacharyya. Terpenoids—LXII (the constitution of agarospirol). Tetrahedron 21 (1965). the publisher (Elsevier BV): https://doi.org/10.1016/s0040-4020(01)82208-0 (in copyright; checked 2026-10-08).

Lixia Sheng and colleagues. Cloning and Functional Verification of Genes Related to 2-Phenylethanol Biosynthesis in Rosa rugosa. Genes 9 (2018) 576. PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6316838/ (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Shao-Yang Wei and colleagues. Sesquiterpenoids and 2-(2-Phenylethyl)chromone Derivatives from the Resinous Heartwood of Aquilaria sinensis. Natural Products and Bioprospecting 11 (2021). PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8390629/ (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Gang Chen and colleagues. The Jasmine (Jasminum sambac) Genome Provides Insight into the Biosynthesis of Flower Fragrances and Jasmonates. Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics 21 (2023). PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10372924/ (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Luca Turin. The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell. New York: Ecco, 2006. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/secretofscentadv00turi (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

Maria L. Diaz-Chavez and colleagues. Biosynthesis of Sandalwood Oil: Santalum album CYP76F cytochromes P450 produce santalols and bergamotol. PLoS ONE 8 (2013) e75053. PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3854609/ (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Xixian Chen and colleagues. Total enzymatic synthesis of cis-α-irone from a simple carbon source. Nature Communications 13 (2022) 7421. PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9715568/ (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Hippolyte Cloquet. Osphrésiologie, ou Traité des odeurs, du sens et des organes de l’olfaction. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis, 1821. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/osphrsiologieout00cloq (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Hendrik Zwaardemaker. Die Physiologie des Geruchs. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1895 (Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/diephysiologiede00zwaa (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

W. S. Franklin. On the Classification of the Sensations of Smell. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science 12 (1889), via JSTOR Early Journal Content. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/jstor-3623732 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Eleanor Acheson McCulloch Gamble. The Applicability of Weber’s Law to Smell. The American Journal of Psychology 10 (1898), via JSTOR Early Journal Content. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/jstor-1412679 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

R. W. Moncrieff. The Chemical Senses. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1946 (second edition; first published 1944). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/bwb_KS-072-942 (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1944.

Hans Henning. Der Geruch. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1916. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/HansHenning1916 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

R. H. Wright. The Science of Smell. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1964. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/scienceofsmell0000wrig (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

John E. Amoore. Molecular Basis of Odor. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1970. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/molecularbasisof0000amoo (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

Andrew Dravnieks. Atlas of Odor Character Profiles (ASTM DS61). Philadelphia: ASTM, 1985 (publisher’s catalogue page). ASTM International: https://store.astm.org/ds61-eb.html (in copyright; checked 2026-10-08).

Linda Buck and Richard Axel. A novel multigene family may encode odorant receptors: a molecular basis for odor recognition. Cell 65 (1991) 175–187. the publisher (Elsevier BV): https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-8674(91)90418-X (in copyright; checked 2026-10-08).

Chandler Burr. The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses. New York: Random House, 2002. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/emperorofscentst00burr (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

Richard Axel. Scents and sensibility: a molecular logic of olfactory perception (Nobel Lecture). Nobel Lecture, 8 December 2004, as published by the Nobel Foundation. NobelPrize.org (Nobel Prize Outreach): https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2004/axel/lecture/ (free to read; checked 2026-10-08).

Linda B. Buck. Unraveling the sense of smell (Nobel Lecture). Nobel Lecture, 8 December 2004, as published by the Nobel Foundation. NobelPrize.org (Nobel Prize Outreach): https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2004/buck/lecture/ (free to read; checked 2026-10-08).

Avery Gilbert. What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life. New York: Crown, 2008. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/whatnoseknowssci0000gilb (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

C. Bushdid, M. O. Magnasco, L. B. Vosshall and A. Keller. Humans can discriminate more than 1 trillion olfactory stimuli. Science 343 (2014) 1370–1372 (author manuscript in PubMed Central). PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4483192/ (free to read; checked 2026-10-08).

Richard C. Gerkin and Jason B. Castro. The number of olfactory stimuli that humans can discriminate is still unknown. eLife 4 (2015) e08127. PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4491703/ (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Andreas Keller and Leslie B. Vosshall. Olfactory perception of chemically diverse molecules. BMC Neuroscience 17 (2016) 55. PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4977894/ (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Brian K. Lee and colleagues. A principal odor map unifies diverse tasks in olfactory perception. Science 381 (2023) 999–1006 (author manuscript in PubMed Central). PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11898014/ (free to read; checked 2026-10-08).

Arnold J. Cooley. The Toilet and Cosmetic Arts in Ancient and Modern Times. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1866 (Wellcome Library copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b24863725 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Auguste Debay. Nouveau manuel du parfumeur-chimiste: les parfums de la toilette et les cosmétiques. Paris: E. Dentu, 1856. Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k96222071 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS). Opinion on fragrance allergens in cosmetic products (SCCS/1459/11). European Commission, adopted 26–27 June 2012. European Commission: https://health.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2016-11/sccs_o_102_0.pdf (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS). Opinion on the safety of Butylphenyl methylpropional (p-BMHCA) in cosmetic products, Submission II (SCCS/1591/17). European Commission, final version adopted 10 May 2019. European Commission: https://health.ec.europa.eu/document/download/99878812-571e-4625-a4dd-8ec984ee5c28_en (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Emmanouil Hadjiefstathiou and colleagues. Exploring the impact of fragrance molecular and skin properties on the evaporation profile of fragrances. International Journal of Cosmetic Science (2025). PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12666731/ (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1891 (book edition; University of California copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/pictureofdoriang00wildrich (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Charles Baudelaire. Les Fleurs du mal. Paris: Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1857. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/lesfleursdum00baud (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

J.-K. Huysmans. À rebours. Paris: G. Charpentier, 1884. Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1045576p (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Francis A. Wood. The Semasiology of Words for ‘Smell’ and ‘See’. PMLA 14 (1899), via JSTOR Early Journal Content. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/jstor-456640 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Marcel Proust; tr. C. K. Scott Moncrieff. Swann’s Way. Scott Moncrieff translation (1922), Project Gutenberg transcription. Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7178 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1913.

Helen Keller. The World I Live In. New York: The Century Co., 1908 (Library of Congress copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/worldilivei00kell (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Annick Le Guérer; tr. Richard Miller. Scent: The Mysterious and Essential Powers of Smell. New York: Kodansha International, 1994 (translation of Les pouvoirs de l’odeur, 1988). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/scentmysteriousa00legu (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1988.

Hans J. Rindisbacher. The Smell of Books: A Cultural-Historical Study of Olfactory Perception in Literature. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1992. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/smellofbookscult0000rind (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

Diane Ackerman. A Natural History of the Senses. New York: Random House, 1990. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof00acke (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

Trygg Engen. Odor Sensation and Memory. New York: Praeger, 1991. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/odorsensationmem0000unse (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

Maria Larsson, Johan Willander, Kristina Karlsson and Artin Arshamian. Olfactory LOVER: behavioral and neural correlates of autobiographical odor memory. Frontiers in Psychology 5 (2014) 312. PubMed Central: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3990043/ (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Rachel Herz. The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell. New York: HarperCollins, 2009 (first published 2007). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/scentofdesiredis0000herz (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08). Written 2007.

Sir Hugh Plat. Delightes for Ladies, to Adorne Their Persons, Tables, Closets, and Distillatories. London: H. Lownes, 1611 (Wellcome Library copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b3033875x (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1602.

Anonymous. Le Parfumeur royal, ou Traité des parfums, des plus beaux secrets qui entrent dans leur composition. Paris: Saugrain l’aîné, 1761. Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k932486c (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

G. W. Septimus Piesse. The Art of Perfumery, and the Methods of Obtaining the Odours of Plants. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1857 (Boston Public Library copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/artofperfumeryme00pies (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1855.

George William Askinson; tr. Isidor Furst. Perfumes and Their Preparation. New York: Norman W. Henley, 1892 (Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b21960136 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1890.

Campbell Morfit (after Elisabeth Celnart). Perfumery: Its Manufacture and Use. Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1853. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/perfumeryitsman00morfgoog (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1847.

Robert R. Calkin and J. Stephan Jellinek. Perfumery: Practice and Principles. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1994. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/perfumerypractic0000calk (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

Mandy Aftel. Essence and Alchemy: A Book of Perfume. New York: North Point Press, 2001. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/essencealchemybo0000afte (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

Simon Barbe. Le parfumeur françois, qui enseigne toutes les manières de tirer les odeurs des fleurs. Amsterdam: P. Marret, 1693. Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5812605z (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Dejean (Antoine Hornot). Traité des odeurs, suite du Traité de la distillation. Paris: Nyon, Guillyn, Saugrain, 1764 (BIU Santé copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/BIUSante_pharma_res014587 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Charles Lillie; ed. Colin Mackenzie. The British Perfumer, Snuff-Manufacturer, and Colourman’s Guide. London: J. Souter, 1822 (Wellcome Library copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b22026290 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Eugene Rimmel. The Book of Perfumes. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865 (Cornell University Library copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cu31924055004281 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

C.-F. Bertrand. Le Parfumeur impérial, ou l’Art de préparer les odeurs, essences, parfums. Paris: Brunot-Labbe, 1809. Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1045560t (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Jeanne Gacon-Dufour. Manuel du parfumeur. Paris, 1825 (the record names no publisher). Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k445242w (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

P. Pradal. Nouveau manuel complet du parfumeur, ou Traité pratique et simplifié de la parfumerie. Paris: Roret (Manuels Roret), 1873. Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5816852j (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Edmond Roudnitska. Le parfum (Que sais-je?). 3rd edition, Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1990 (BnF catalogue record; first edition 1980). the BnF catalogue (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35345562j (in copyright; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1980.

Edmond Roudnitska. Une vie au service du parfum. Paris: Thérèse Vian, 1991 (BnF catalogue record). the BnF catalogue (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35462350v (in copyright; checked 2026-10-08).

Tilar J. Mazzeo. The Secret of Chanel No. 5. New York: Harper, 2010. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/secretofchanelno0000mazz (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

Apsley Pellatt. Curiosities of Glass Making. London: David Bogue, 1849 (Getty Research Institute copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008683704 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Wilhelm Froehner. La verrerie antique: description de la collection Charvet. Le Pecq: J. Charvet, 1879 (Getty Research Institute copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008526366 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Edward Dillon. Glass. London: Methuen; New York: Putnam, 1907 (The Connoisseur’s Library; Smithsonian Libraries copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/glass00dill (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Anonymous (for the 1925 Paris exhibition). La parfumerie française et l’art dans la présentation. Paris: La Revue des marques de la parfumerie et de la savonnerie, 1925. Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9782021h (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Anton Kisa. Das Glas im Altertume, vol. 1. Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1908 (University of Toronto copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/dasglasimaltertu01kisauoft (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Carla Bordignon. Perfume Bottles (Profumi mignon). San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1995. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/perfumebottlespr0000bord (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

Judith Miller. Perfume Bottles. London and New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2006 (Miller’s Collector’s Guides). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/perfumebottles0000mill (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

Hannah Woolley. The Queen-like Closet, or Rich Cabinet. Project Gutenberg transcription of the 1672 edition. Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14377 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Attributed to Pierre-Joseph Buc’hoz. The Toilet of Flora. London: J. Murray and W. Nicoll, 1779 (New York Botanical Garden copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/toiletoffloraorc00buch (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1772.

Donald McDonald. Sweet-Scented Flowers and Fragrant Leaves: Interesting Associations Gathered from Many Sources, with Notes on Their History and Utility. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1895 (Library of Congress copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/sweetscentedflow00mcdo (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Maria Theresa Earle (Mrs C. W. Earle). Pot-pourri from a Surrey Garden. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1898 (Library of Congress copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/potpourrifromsur00earl (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1897.

E. G. Cuthbert F. Atchley. A History of the Use of Incense in Divine Worship. London: Longmans, Green, 1909 (Alcuin Club Collections XIII; PIMS Library, Toronto copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/historyofuseofin00atch (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Eleanour Sinclair Rohde. The Scented Garden. Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1936. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/scentedgarden0000elea (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1931.

Louise Beebe Wilder. The Fragrant Path: A Book about Sweet Scented Flowers and Leaves. Point Roberts, WA, and Vancouver: Hartley & Marks, 1996 reprint (first published by Macmillan, 1932). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/fragrantpath00loui (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1932.

Silvio A. Bedini. The Trail of Time: Time Measurement with Incense in East Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/trailoftimeshihc0000bedi (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

Pliny the Elder; tr. John Bostock and H. T. Riley. The Natural History of Pliny, vol. III. London: Henry G. Bohn (Bohn’s Classical Library), 1855 (Marine Biological Laboratory copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof03plin (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written AD 77.

Athenaeus of Naucratis; tr. C. D. Yonge. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned, vol. III. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854 (University of Toronto copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/deipnosophistsor03atheuoft (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written c. AD 200.

Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak; tr. H. Blochmann. The Ain i Akbari, vol. I. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal (Bibliotheca Indica), 1873. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/ainiakbarivolum00mubgoog (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written c. 1595.

Anonymous (presented on behalf of the Rev. H. Westall). The Case for Incense, Submitted to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. London: Longmans, Green, 1899 (Trinity College, Toronto copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/thecaseforincens00unknuoft (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Charles Joret. La rose dans l’antiquité et au moyen âge: histoire, légendes et symbolisme. Paris: Émile Bouillon, 1892 (New York Botanical Garden copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/larosedanslantiq00jore (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

W. W. Everts. The Place of Incense in the Mosaic Ritual. The Old Testament Student 4 (1884), via JSTOR Early Journal Content. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/jstor-3156302 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Louis Langlès. Recherches sur la découverte de l’essence de rose. Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1804 (BnF catalogue record). the BnF catalogue (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb30735332v (not digitised; checked 2026-10-08).

C. J. S. Thompson. The Mystery and Lure of Perfume. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1927 (Wellcome Library copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b30320100 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Septimus Piesse. Histoire des parfums et hygiène de la toilette. Paris: J.-B. Baillière et fils, 1905. Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k215509z (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

A. Lucas. Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries. Second edition, revised, London: Edward Arnold, 1934 (first published as Ancient Egyptian Materials, 1926; the item record gives 1926). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/bwb_KT-283-705 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1926.

Richard Le Gallienne; drawings by George Barbier. The Romance of Perfume. New York and Paris: Richard Hudnut, 1928 (State Library of Pennsylvania copy). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/romanceofperfume00lega (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

A. Hyatt Verrill. Perfumes and Spices, Including an Account of Soaps and Cosmetics. Boston: L. C. Page, 1940. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/perfumesspicesin00verr (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

Walter Eugene Clark. The Sandalwood and Peacocks of Ophir. American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 36 (1920), via JSTOR Early Journal Content. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/jstor-528230 (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Edward H. Schafer. The Golden Peaches of Samarkand: A Study of T’ang Exotics. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1963. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/goldenpeachesofs0000scha (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

Alain Corbin. The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Social Imagination. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1986 (translation of Le miasme et la jonquille, 1982). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/bwb_T2-EQL-613 (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1982.

Edwin T. Morris. Fragrance: The Story of Perfume from Cleopatra to Chanel. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1984. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/fragrancestoryof0000morr (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

Richard Stamelman. Perfume: Joy, Obsession, Scandal, Sin. A Cultural History of Fragrance from 1750 to the Present. New York: Rizzoli, 2006. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/perfumejoyobsess0000stam (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08).

Carl Deite; ed. William T. Brannt. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Perfumery. Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1892. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/practicaltreatis00deitrich (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

R. S. Cristiani. Perfumery and Kindred Arts: A Comprehensive Treatise on Perfumery. Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1877. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/perfumerykindred00crisrich (free full text; checked 2026-10-08).

Edward Sagarin. The Science and Art of Perfumery. New York: Greenberg, 1955 (revised edition; first published 1945). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/scienceartofperf0000edwa (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1945.

Marcel Billot and F. V. Wells. Perfumery Technology: Art, Science, Industry. Longman Higher Education, 1981 printing (first published by Ellis Horwood, 1975). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/perfumerytechnol0000fvwe (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1975.

Paul Jellinek; tr. A. J. Krajkeman. The Practice of Modern Perfumery. London: Leonard Hill; New York: Interscience, 1954 (translation of Die Praxis des modernen Parfümeurs). Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/practiceofmodern0000paul (borrow only; checked 2026-10-08). Written 1951.

Jean-Claude Ellena. Le parfum (Que sais-je?). Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 2007 (BnF catalogue record). the BnF catalogue (Bibliothèque nationale de France): https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41103887m (in copyright; checked 2026-10-08).