Evolutionary psychology and perfume design

Applied Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Roberts, S Craig ^a   Havlicek, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Body odour; Cosmetics; Fragrance industry; Olfaction; Olfactory perception; Perfumery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921259247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199586073.003.0020     Document Type: Chapter

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