Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1860-03-12
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Pcrfnnary. says an exchange, seems
at first sight q very nnfnportant ar
ticle. skhen regarded in i commercial
sor statistical light, 1t Isl Sd utterly i
,lax,uy, SO rompleteIYiwhat practical
people would chll useless, that few Of
our fair readers, ever absolutely real
.ize the immense consumption of the
article, OF the number Of persons an.
nuailS employed in the production Of
these delicious little essences which
We sprinkle npon opr i,andkerchiefs,
Or which imbne our pomatnnl pots
and tooth powders. = Il is almost in,
credible that Italy, Turkey, Thibet,
Tonquin, the West Indies, and more
particularly France, occupy vast
5trasts of land Ias flower farms, for
the express purpose Of converting tie
mIlltitudinonssb ossoms into q myriad
of peifumess that in the south Of
France. so, Ql people are annually
employed intlfe1cnltivatien and prepa-
ration of flowers !; that one large
perfnner Of (1fasse and Paris EN-
ploys, annually SO, 900 lbs. Of orange
flowers, $50, OOpabs. Of cassia flowers,
81, 600 lbs. efrose leayes;~32 900 lbs.
of jasmin blossoms, $4,000 lbs. Of vic
lets, 10000 lbs. Of. tttrberose, 9and
10000 lbs, oflilac, 70 Say ndthifg OF
perfect wilderness of lemon, mint,
}citron, thyme, rosemary, and other
odoriferous plants III proportion
Yet it IS a fact nevertheless, and the
universal foudhess for. sweet scents
corroborates the statement.
Bean Brulinnel, the most perfect
exquisite, perhaps, who ever lived,
asserted that ane man Of fashion
should liseaperfhmes, But should send
IBIS linen to be washed and dried on
Hampstead Health twas certainly
an original idsa. in that day, more
particularly bat though neither then
nor now accepssd as a universal rule,
the remark may be- considered as the
very poetry lof purity and cieaAli-
mess. There is no perfume so sweet
as that impaired by the fresh green
grass, sparkling spring water and
brilliant noon day sun ]; no odor So
nearly fragrant as that which is bor-
rowed from the bleaching ground.
EFT Toinake Use Of the fair and Heet
ing blossomstto retain by art long af-
ter winter would else inevitably have
robbed Us of the pleasure, the sweet.
mess of rose and violet, Of magniion-
cite aud 4tuberose, seems poeticaI
enough. There is so intimate a con-
nection IN our minds between beauty
and blossoms, that a fair girl who
carries with her the delicious aroma
of any Of the gardenftreasures seems
only to hayesappr opriated that Which
rlghtfAly' belonged to her. To be.
conscious Of Nthe presence Of rose
when Adelaide approaches, to inhale
the odor off Che mignionette, when
beautiful Garibella, the little@darling,
is close at Inland, is only natural.
But all perfumes are not taken froaag
flowers, alas.
Musk, that delight Of some and
terror Of others, is procured from the
male mask deer, who dwell id India,
in Siberia, ID Thibet, AVID China
The substance is remarkable in Snel
respect: 1T has been kept III draw
ers for more than a century, constant
" throwing forth. its odor, without
losing any appreciable2 portion of its
weight. Mask III bad enough 5bnt
eiYft,l dear girls have You ever
Thought Of il fA Gyit is the produc-
tons of the civit cat. What the !
power Of the perfume must be, orig
inalfy. ! cannot, imagine, for ST re,
quires to be diluted with athousand
time its yolama Of spirits, It is not
romantic to smell like a musk dear.odrr
a eivit cat but ehaJatu a soa qostt. 2
Ambergfis, that perfume so often
alluded TO ii the Arabian Nights, a
is also of animal origin. The hltes-
fines Of a spermacetif whale, the stom1z5l
achslof various other soraciiols fish,
yield q considerable quantity; but it
is also found floating upon the water,
or lying upon the coast of Ceroman.3
del and other localities. People are
at liberty 10 form what sentimental
theories they choose upon the subject,
and connect it forever in their minds
with the Thousand and one tales.
The origiitef tie use Of perfumes
m the east is bf the most remote an !
tlqnity5; and still the Oriental sprin- |
kles the departing guest with rosewa,]
ter il, token Of friendship. In Ara
bias when perfumes were much IS |
teened, they were originally kept in.
shell, an at } later date ilf pear-shaped.I
boxes composed of Alabaster. Att
the present day, a well arranged toll
cite table some Of the prettiest sights
IN the woad. The tiny crystalbottle,
tile Tempting china jars, the dainty
boxes, withItheiEr painted flowers and |
gilded letters, would tempt anyone
70 become q consumer Of perfumery,
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