The Art of Perfumery - And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
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Extract fleur d'orange, 1 pint.
" vanilla, 1/2 " Esprit de rose, 1 " Extract of orris, 1/2 " " cassie, 1/2 " Essential oil of almonds, 5 drops. Allow this mixture to be made up for two or three weeks prior to putting it up for sale. WINTER GREEN (_Trientalis Europoea_).--A perfuming otto can be procured by distilling the leaves of this plant: it is principally consumed in the perfuming of soaps. Upon the strength of the name of this odorous plant a very nice handkerchief perfume is made. ICELAND WINTER GREEN. Esprit de rose, 1 pint. Essence of lavender, 1/4 " Extract of neroli, 1/2 " " vanilla, 1/4 " " vitivert, 1/4 " " cassie, 1/2 " " ambergris, 1/4 " We have now described all the important odoriferous bodies which are used by the manufacturing perfumer, as derived from the botanic kingdom; it may be understood that where an odoriferous material is unnoticed, it has no qualities peculiar enough to be remarked on, and that the methods adopted for preparing its essence, extract, water, or oil, are |
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