TY - BOOK ID - 149880303 TI - Elixir : A Parisian Perfume House and the Quest for the Secret of Life. PY - 2023 SN - 067429307X 0674293088 PB - Bielefeld : Harvard University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Laugier, Edouard. KW - Laurent, Auguste, KW - almonds. KW - antoine francois fourcroy. KW - artificial scent. KW - august hofmann. KW - biot. KW - chaptal. KW - chirality. KW - cologne. KW - crystal. KW - distillation. KW - fermentation. KW - fragrance. KW - health. KW - jean baptiste dumas. KW - justus liebig. KW - lavoisier. KW - medicine. KW - odor. KW - organic. KW - pasteur. KW - wine. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:149880303 AB - Drawing on alchemical theory, Édouard Laugier and Auguste Laurent set out to find the vital essence of life through the craft of perfumes. While drawing the ire of enlightened Bohemian Paris, they discovered fundamental differences in the structures of naturally occurring and synthetic molecules, inaugurating a persistent scientific mystery. ER -