Perfumes of yesterday / by David G. Williams.

Port Washington, N.Y. ; Weymouth : Micelle Press, [2004], ©2004.

viii, 389 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I: Chronicle -- Introduction to the chronicle -- Early times -- Developments of the eighteenth century -- Perfumery in the nineteenth century -- Into the twentieth century -- Postscript to the chronicle--the old-time chemist's shop: a reminiscence -- II: Formularies of perfumes and toilet waters -- Natural and synthetic fragrances: an introduction to the formularies -- Words for describing odours -- Formulary of perfumes -- Further examples of bouquet perfumes -- Formulary of toilet waters -- Perfumes of today and tomorrow -- The way to the future of perfumery?