The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-20

tlced In It's sale than IN that OF any
other extract. The Turks aud Jews Of
Smyrna and Constantinople are adopts
in initiating the real material and
many traveller, returning with what
he fondly believed to be the true altar
OF roses, finds himself the possessor of
quantity of common OIL impregnated
with few drops of the genuine sub
stance. 1t may almost be stated as
fact that over one.haf of the altar sold
in the bazars of the above mentioned
cities is made in this way; and so
close is its resemblance to The real ar.
ticle, both in color aud smell, that only
an expert can detect the difference by
inspection Time, of course, proves
the fraud, as handkerchief perfumed
with the genuine material will retain
the odor after several washings, while
if the spurious substance be used, it
rarely survives one visit to the laundry.
Roses are cultivated in England for
the purpose of making rose water. In
June and July, they are gathered in
sacks and sent to London, where they
are picked or rubbed in with salt,
which absorbs the water and reduces
the whole to pasty mass, which is then
slowed away, and will keep for any
length Of time.
MUSK.
Musk, strong odor procured from
the musk deer, is very largely used in
the manufacture of boquets. 1t is one
of the most powerful perfumes known,
and articles on which it is used retain
their odor for years. One of the most
striking examples of this is illustrated
in the Mosque of st. Sophia, in Con-
stantinople, the mortar used in this
building was impregnated with this
substance and although centuries
have elapsed since the building was
erected, the scent of the musk is yet
plainly discernible.
The best musk comes from Tonquin
and Thibet, but the deer is found
throughout the whole length of the
llimalayan chain. The scent is found
beneath the skin, and near the navel of
the animal, which is not bigger than a
greyhound, aud is often caught in
snares, though it is generally hunted
as we do hares.
COMBINING SCENTS.
The art of the perfumer is shown in
delcately combining different scents.
Wien We walk in garden, the deli
ious odors that greet us are by no
means the emanations of one flower.
All the blooms of the garden, more or
less, add to the general harmony that
strikes so gratefully upon the olfactory
nerves; they reach us in such infinitely
small particles that no one scent over.
powers the other. When art attempts
to initiate the diluting effect of the
breeze, she has to be more circumspect.
C.nly odors Of similar octave, as re-
cent writer has pointed out, will agree
with each other. Another authority,
indeed has elaborated this idea, and
has composed perfect gamut Of odors,
beginning with civet, verbena, ard cit
ronella in the treble clef, and ending
with wall-hower, vanilla, and patchouly
in the bass clef
Dealers, on the strength of the olfac.
tory nerves, often make purchase
amounting to thousands. The tea mers
chant, the tobacco dealer, or the hop
merchant takes one sniff at the com
modify in which he deals, and makes
his purchase without fault. An expe-
perfumer will have two hundred
odors in his laboratory, and can distin-
guish every one by name. Could a
with an instrument of two
hundred notes, distinguish and name
every note struck without his seeing
the instrument? Every person, from
his own experience, can testify to an.
other quality which scent in common
with sound possesses; we allude to the
power it h of recalling to the minds
eye the scenes Of long past years. The
mere breath of perfume will often call
up picture of an event with all its
minutin, which had long lain dormant
in our memory.-Eagtish Paper.