The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-05-06
The Trade In Perfume.

The trade liz perfumes in this country
has grown from small beginnings to i'm
mense proportions. The favorite per
fume, taking all the world into the calcu-
lation, is the altar of rose. tits produced
in moderate quantities in Persia. The
name comes, we believe, from there.
Turkey, however, now sends abroad far
larger quantities than Persia itself. The
distillation and m anufacture of altar of
rose is large and important branch of
industry of Adrianople. In the northern
parts of the country the produce of 1873
exceeded by 30 per cent. that of the pre-
yious year, the quantity distilled being
some 12f ,S75 ounces, valued at about
S400, 900. 1t is chiefly exported from
PhilipOpoli to England, France, Germany
ard Austria; and recently merchants in
the United States and Germany have
opened correspondence with firms in
Adrianople, with the view of establish
ing agencies TO further extend this
branch of commerce. They now import it
direct from the producing districts of
Roumania. Great care is necessary in
the culture of the roses for distil-
lation, and the prevailing tempera-
ture affects the crop seriously. At
tar Is largely adullerated before it
reaches the consumer. 1t sells in New
York at about seven dollars an ounce
The hIghestpriced perfume is the oil of
ylang ylang, signifying the flower of
flowers. The price paid is 1918 in gold
per pound. The flowers only grow in
the Philippine Islands. The yield does
not exceed a couple of hundred pounds a
year. France, however, is the most ex-
tensiyely engaged in the production of
general perfumery of any country in the
world. The south OF France and Pied
mont, mainly Montpelier, Grassse,
Nismes, Cannes and Nice, figure largely.
The two last named are the most ex-
tensively engaged in the violet culture,
and alone furnish an annual growth of
about 1900 pounds of violets 4
harvest of 100000 pounds of orange
blossoms is produced in Nice, and Cannes
is accredited with 100000 pounds. 1t
takes 800 pounds of orange blossoms to
produce about two pounds of the
essence, which is termed neroli oil. This
oil sells in New York at wholesale at
$50 per pound. Cannes also produces
about 5000 pounds acacia blossoms The
magnitude of the perfumery industry in
France is such that from there half of
..Ie world is supplied. One distillery in
Cannes annually uses 100000 pounds of
| orange blossoms, 10000 pounds of rose
leaves, $4,000 pounds of jasmine bios
SONS, 10000 pounds of violets and 5000
pounds of tuberoses, as well as vast
quantity Of sweet herbs. This, without
| taking account of the operations of the
| hundreds of other distilleries. The Law
ender flower grows in the south of
France and is also distilled. The Orient
still holds a place in the perfumery
world. The oil of the patchouly flower,
which grows in East India, sells here at
| s45 per pound for the finest, while the
poorest costs $50. The oils distilled
from spices, such as cassia, form ingredi-
ents in numerous perfumes Numerous
oils distilled in various parts of the
world are in use as ingredients, among
which are bergamot, lemon, melissa,
| angelica and large number of others.
| Not little of East India gum myrrh
and olibanum is used in preparing in
cense for churches.-Baltim0re Gazette.