New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-20
VHIuS or THE PhRFUMERY TRADE.

"For the majority of these there is very lit
demand said leading dealer Iii perfunery yesler
day. pointing shelves where were arranged bottles OF
nearly a hundred different floral extracts; "but we
have to sep them all satisfy our customers who now
and then call for an uncommon perfume TO supply the
general demand dozen kinds would be suncenL Anu
that dozen wouldn't comprise several doors that III
warrant you think are quite popular. Now 'heie
orange You think 1t is largely used WELL II
isn't There is very little call for it indeed About once
amonth young man will sneak in with a cat-caughtat-
thu cream-pal look his face, and ask for half PINT
of III glass bottle and be so Mustered that he Will
20 away without his change. We can tell easily enough
what ails him. And about often young lady comes
IN with air OF Spartan resolution and gets hHl Al
ounce OF 1t in plain bottle; and then we know that
next Sunday evening when Charles Augustus calls she
Will put some Of the perfume her handkerchief and
then let 1t drop on the floor and he Will pick MP ana
smell orange blossoms; and II that doesn't Orng MN 10
tine nothing ever wL But apart from snch lie" case"
there 10 really little demaud for the odor. Heres
another forget ne-nOt. that we don't sell dozen DOT
Ties OF In And there are other extracts OF favor
tie flowers that seldom TAKEN from our shrIVos
Every loves honey and sweet peas ana sweet
brIar rose, for eX nipple Yet Is Is 80 oog ago mat
have really forgotten when We last sOiu
bottle OF OF them. Parma vl0lets IL another very
Uncommon odor perhaps however, because 1t 10
commnnIy expensive And there little call for the
novel combinations that nave been brought ont once
or twice year girl in a fiat straw hat and flannel suit
viii want some Yacht clnb bouquet or young man
IN corduroy knickerbOckers Will want some bcycer
me an ounce Of baby mine bouquet But they are
happily very few. .,,
. rhc popularity of flower is no indiea
ton that its extract is also popular No
rose is better liked than the JacquemnOt But
we seldom sell any OF the extract OF II. The
Marechal Mel IS STILL ami the Bon 5iene hardly
has place the market On the other hand. the rather
common place aud unfashiOndble white rose leads al
other exracis IN public We sell dom times
as much Of of all other roses put together he
venerable Jockey Club stands next to It. t Is surprs
ing how tina. perfume keeps It's hold upon the popular
nose Twice much OF IL has been sOih III the past
twenty years other odor IN the market Ihere
are several other popular bouquet Mixtures but as
rule they not much liked. Nang.Nlang is laNOrte
perfume but you seldom bear two persons pronounce
the name the way. Among the dozen leading od0rs
al 70 are violet. white lilac. heOrope AMI ilyof The
valley. The last named are profanity nearer the
OF the natural wers than any other extracts III
the market. New hay Is used good deal, out us
odor isn't natural enough To make horse hungry.
SephanOis and patchOuiy are standard perfumes when
have large SALE and the same may be said
own Really good musk Ia rather more expensive than
most Others but 1t has large SALE principally
among ladies' who longer young.
What Is tine tendency OF the perfume trade Drcl-
eddy upward. The of perfuiDery Is growing rapidly
every year. Once had 10 import all our doors NOW
the best the world are made here. But you needn't
mOralize it, 1t has been said you know, that the
use soap indicates high civ zatlon and the use OF
perfumes eieminacy and degeneration. Well our soap
makers keeping up neck and-neck with the PEI
tuners don't think these bottles are symptom OF
national decay. Cove pink Half ounce Yes, sir !;
and its first of that we've sold for months"