The first fragrance for perfume house Aftelier was Alchemy - a solid perfume that explored a number of simultaneous facets: The notion of alchemy as a chemical-poetic process, a name-sake to her widely-successful book Essence and Alchemy (from 2001,) and a study of the floral side of amber and all the complexity within it. In her book, Mandy sought to explain perfume from many sides (historical...