Publication Date:February 1986 Availability:Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping:Expedited shipping available Shipping:International shipping available Condition:Will upgrade to expedited mail within US when ordering any 2 items from us. Paperback. . Free giftwrap upon request. Brand new, not a used item.
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Good basic information on potpourriJuly 25, 1999 13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This enigmatic little book is not too bad. Fully one-third of the book is devoted to a list of various plant & their extracts used in perfumery and what they smell like to the author. Some of his spellings for herb names are archaic. The other two-thirds consists of recipes for potpourri of various types, with four pages devoted to incense. All the information is presented in an anecdotal style, and is very general. Strangely, though the author/publisher lives in Glenwood, Illinois, all of the suppliers he lists but one are far away (New York, California, etc.) even though many suppliers exist much closer to his home, in Chicago and the surrounding area. However, there are some useful recipes in the book, and it is as informative as many more expensive books that devote way to much space to color pictures that add nothing to the information and serve only to increase the price of the book. A good book for the price. This would be a good book for a resourceful beginner, particularly one who doesn't want to invest a lot of money in an expensive coffee-table book that doesn't contain any more or better information.
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