The ultimate fragrance reference book, universally regarded as the fragrance ‘bible’. This bilingual English and French guide remains perfumery’s most comprehensive and accurate classification reference. Dubbed the ‘perfume experts’ expert’, Edwards is the industry’s only impartial and independent authority. He makes no charge for listing or classifying new fragrances. He declines both advertising and sponsorship.
Reference Book 33rd Edition
Michael Edwards’ reference book provides the most comprehensive guide to fragrances and their classifications. More than 12,000 fragrances feature in the 33rd edition, launched in 2019 or before, indexed by name, house, gender and fragrance family.
A great perfume is a work of art. It can LIFT OUR DAYS,
HAUNT OUR NIGHTS and CREATE THE MILESTONES
OF OUR MEMORIES. Perfume is liquid emotions.
– Michael Edwards, Author of Perfume Legends
History
His annual reference, Fragrances of the World® , started in 1983 as a
simple
guide for retailers,
listing just 323 fragrances. Today, it has become the industry’s most
comprehensive
classification
of fragrances, universally regarded as the fragrance ‘bible’. It makes
finding a new fragrance
an
exciting journey rather than a difficult chore.
Edwards’ Fragrance Wheel, the nose ‘map’ he developed to explain the
relationship between the 14
different fragrance families, has become a universal icon of perfume
classification: Google
‘fragrance+wheel’ to check how many millions of links result.
2020 & 2021
This first edition in a new series lists almost 5000 new fragrances for 2020 and 2021.
The 33rd edition
The definitive reference to luxury (Hermès), prestige (Paco Rabanne), niche (Byredo) and celebrity (Britney Spears) fragrances.
2016
This edition classified 8,200 fragrances with a separate index for 1,500 discontinued fragrances.
2015
Independent, impartial and invaluable.
2014
Fragrances of the World® celebrated its 30th anniversary.
2013
This guide book was dedicated to the memory of Guy Robert, renown perfumer, Michael’s mentor, close friend and our technical consultant.
2012
For the first time, more than 1,000 new fragrances were added to the annual edition.
2011
The 27th edition added more than 850 new fragrances, putting 8,200 fragrances at users’ fingertips.
2010
By now, Fragrances of the World had become the key perfume reference, an accurate, impartial and useful tool.
2009
More than 800 new fragrances were included in more than 6,500 fragrances listed.
2008
The 24th edition featured 5,700+ fragrances and included 815 new launches.
2007
The 23rd edition featured, for the first time, more than 5,000 fragrances. It included 581 new fragrances.
2006
The 22nd annual edition listed 4,500 fragrances, including 499 new fragrances.
2005
The 21st anniversary edition featured more than 4,000 fragrances. It listed 697 fragrances launched during 2003 and 2004.
2004
3,642 fragrances were listed in the 20th anniversary edition that included more than 600 new fragrances launched during 2002 and 2003.
2003
This edition listed 3,240 fragrances, of which more than 500 new fragrances launched during 2001 and 2002. No hard cover edition was printed in 2002.
2001
395 new fragrances were added to the 2,695 fragrances listed.
2000
The 17th annual edition was produced in a hard cover to accommodate the 2,370 fragrances listed.
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