The release of the last, fifth edition coincided with the turmoil of wartime and could only be carried out with great difficulty. These unfortunate circumstances made it impossible to develop the book as intended in terms of compiler technology, so that it would meet the broadest requirements and also serve as a reference work for the most important publications in the specialized literature, particularly in the field of pure perfumery technology. In the present sixth edition, I was finally able to make up for this by expanding the horizons of the creative perfumer through the inclusion of a rich formulary of carefully selected perfume compositions from the literature, as it provides an overview of the numerous variations of the fundamental themes of composition techniques and will offer extremely valuable inspiration. It was designed as.