Read up on the methods of extracting perfumes from flowers in any
encyclopedia or in Duncan's "Chemistry of Commerce" or Tilden's
"Chemical Discovery in the Twentieth Century" or Rogers' "Industrial
Chemistry."
The pamphlet containing a synopsis of the lectures by the late Alois von
Isakovics on "Synthetic Perfumes and Flavors," published by the Synfleur
Scientific Laboratories, Monticello, New York, is immensely interesting.
Van Dyk & Co., New York, issue a pamphlet on the composition of oil of
rose. Gildemeister's "The Volatile Oils" is excellent on the history of
the subject. Walter's "Manual for the Essence Industry" (Wiley) gives
methods and recipes. Parry's "Chemistry of Essential Oils and Artificial
Perfumes," 1918 edition. "Chemistry and Odoriferous Bodies Since 1914"
by G. Satie in _Chemie et Industrie_, vol. II, p. 271, 393. "Odor and
Chemical Constitution," _Chemical Abstracts_, 1917, p. 3171 and _Journal
of Society for Chemical Industry_, v. 36, p. 942.