The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-12-10

~ matter Oh ENpeTihent-hoN perfumes
are Gathered-,Ianner of Making Some
of the Popular Brands-Combining
Original Odors.
"You haven't cultivated nose" said
manufacturer of perfumes in large store
down town TO a customer, who admitted that
he could not remember that his nose had ever
been subjected TO any particularly iuvigorat-
ing process, but he asserted that he had per-
feet confidence i'll his ability to pick out just
what he wanted.
That is the trouble with almost every oner
continued the dealer, "who attempts to select
n perfume when not used TO il. That man
who has just left here Will not he satisfied
with his purchase the next time he takes
smell of it because he will not find it 10 be
what he expected. After nose that has not
been raised IN the business smells four or five
samples of cologne, the flavor of each will
hnger In the noStrils and then an inferior
and poorer odor, if introduced TO these linger-
ing scents, in almost every case viii form
pleasing combination that is thought to be
satisfactory. For the time being it will be,
but afterward the compoundcr of coloCnes
will he called n fraud. The sense of smell is
widely different in individuals, and the i'm.
agination helps along wonderfully.
WHAT ACUTE NOSES CAN DO.
the same kind of cologne in twelve bottles
labeled differently, and have had people take
smell of all the bottles and detect the re-
scmblance of each one TO the flower men,
toned on the label. Again have seen noses
so acute that they would put out from a COM
bination of odOrs each ingredient and rarely
would any he missed. This is a wonderful
thing, but the nose can be trained To do it,
and the cologne maker must have the faculty
order tn
a given sample. This explains the method 10y
which the famous coloSnes are initiated and
dealer can hardly start a new brand on the
market before every one III the business is
making the same thing
The best perfumes are made from flowers
The effort that is being made to extract per
fumes from petroleum and other things
will prove abortive, rs they can never
equal the delicacy of the odor Of n
genuine flower The amount of cologne
made IN America Is enormous, but 1t does
not approach the quantity manufactured
III Europe, where its use Is we'll nigh uni
verSal In this country perfumes are made
from the original flowers only on n small
scale, and even then it is too expensive 10 go
into general competition on such n basis. The
odors are nearly all imported in the shapes Of
oils and essences, and from these rs base the
cologneS are made. In many foreign coun-
cultivating and gathering flowers The cut
flowers are usually placed in large watts
upon which n pr0portonate amount of
water i poured. After it has stood for
certain time the process of evaporation is
FASTENED 10y heat, and the oil in the flowers
passes into vapor. This Is then condensed,
and the oil i found floating on the water
The oil seems to contain the aromatic princi-
pie of plants. To make essences from the oil
II is usually mixed with alcohol. Some of the
oils are 50 volatile that they cannot I've gath
cred i'll this manner. They will fly off in the
process Of diStillation with water, and the
delicate suggestions of sweetness are lost. To
obviatc this heavy or fixed oil is employed.
1t is usually the finest grade Of beef suet. This
by heat is converted into liquid state and
the flowers are put into it. The odor of the
plant will pass into the fixed oil and he held
prisoner Some alcohol is also used in this
method, and il is in the shape of beef suet
paste laden with the fragrance of many beau
tiful flowers that much of our perfume is inn
Woman and Her