It was not a bad book but it did not make me care more about the art of perfume making. The middle part of the book where all the technical terms begin to come up, I started to feel indifferent about it. Maybe one day when I decide to compose a perfume, I would go back to this book but for now, I really don't give a damn. Maybe read this book if you want to know more about what goes into your perfume, for now I would stick to reading the much more interesting and engaging blog posts over Fragrantica.com.