Lillie, The British perfumer

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Doing research on the perfumery during the Georgian court era, I came to learn

about the existence of a British perfumer who wrote an interesting introduction

to perfumery, pre-Piesse Septimus book. Although the perfumer died in 1746, the

book was later published in 1822.

You can download it from Google books

http://tinyurl.com/yhknp8b

From the information I have, it seems that his account was far from perfect but

it does however give a good overview of the ingredients that were used from

'nosegay' gardens in this rather difficult and dark time for perfumery in

England.

Enjoy it!

Isabelle