Interior view of the Soap Perfume Base Department at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of production compounding of perfume bases at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of a chemist compounding a base from abyssinian civet, otto of rose from Bulgaria, and absolutes floral oil from Italy, France, and Palestine at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of production compounding of perfume bases at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of chemists checking the odor values of the fractions of the distilled oil before bulking at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of production compounding at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of the fractionation of an essential oil for the production of a terpeneless product in the laboratory at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of an aromatic research chemist filtering charge into a distillation apparatus at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of a chemist checking temperature changes on a micro-still in the laboratory at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of an aromatic research chemist at work checking fractional distillation of an oil sample at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of the perfume research team at work in the laboratory at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of perfumers at work preparing and compounding test samples at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of a master perfumer checking test samples of perfume compounds at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of a master perfumer pouring a sample of essential oil at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of a chemist preparing regents for analytical testing of oil samples at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of a chemist checking the refractive index of an oil sample in a refractometer at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of a chemist checking the specific gravity of a sample of essential oil at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of a chemist checking the optical rotation of an oil sample on a polariscope at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

Interior view of the analytical laboratory at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey, showing various glassware and apparatuses used in the manufacture of perfumes and essential oils.

View of a stainless steel reactor at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

Overhead view of the cetyl alcohol plant at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of an extraction unit at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of hydroxy equipment at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of a centrifuge at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.

View of a column and stills at the Norda Company plant in Boonton, New Jersey.