Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-20

plants as il is with seafog. The cool air distils
the perfumes as in vast condenser. and the
quality OF these aromatic dews is hfe-giving
extraordinary. Extract of California violets Il
the name given to a new American perfume,
but If the makers could reproduce the "Breezes
of the Coast Range" as French perfumers send
out the ''Brise des Apes, II would be admired
as the famous 'Peau d Espagne," In DAYS OF
Queen Elizabeth, ard the odor Is something on
the same order.
THE ETIQUETTE OF PERFUMES.
curious French journalist diverted himself
lately by gravely suggesting the propriety OF
scents for certain occasions, in other words, the
etiquette of perfumes For instance, some ex-
tracts should be used for outdoor promensdes,
Others for state occasions, others for the init
macy of the boudoir. The idea is entire ely new
TO perfumers, but the notion might be followed
even farther. On rising, person OF elegant
tastes might dash the water Of the bath with
French cologne, whose rosemary tincture has q
most reviving effect. The ambitious young
woman who is learning society makes herself
attractive, she imagines, by seeming her per-
son with violet water or beliotfope sachets,
Whlcn are a little too expressive OF desire TO
please. The trained belle battles her neck and
face in water, which few drops Of benzoin
tincture makes agreeable, and you approach
her finding delicate sweetness pervading her
presence, and deepening as you take your place
Dy her side, as IL ii were an aroma from her
nesh, like some flowers, whose slight fragrance
Is only discernible by closest sense. Her gar
ments cse perfumed by sachets lying among
their folds in the wardrobe, not worn with
them. which gives them the evanescent
charm of the odor of flowers, (which comes
and goes on the air like the warbling of music"
as Bacon says. For her morning rides in the
park, her habit may be scented more decidedly
with aromatic peau d'Espagne, or some eastern
blending of cedar end sandal, or with the rasp-
mgs OF camphor-wood, which yields an aroma
totally distinct from the gum Some such sug-
gestlon OF scent Is certainly preferable to that
OF the best groomed horse when one must be
on his back. Possibly our French writer would
say IN the forenoon one must see ones lawyer
IN regard to some conveyance. and 1t would
totally detract from the idea of serious bust
ness to go redolent with white lilac or eau
a'dechdL scents of the salon. Only such per-
iume as tearOses hidden in the folds Of the
dress, or drop of sweet-brier on the handker-
cmei may give discreet pleasure by rising over
the smells of dust and chlorine which gather in
ofhces from the accumulation of papers.
PERSONS AND PLACES.
AT dinner, no perfumes worn. Odorous
howers are not allowed to mix with the SAVIOR
OF food, for the smell of baked meats vulgarizes
that of flowers. The tiny facon of smelling
salts or the vinaigTette crusted with rubies and
turquoises may be carried. but never used I'M
less IN case o. falntness. But perfumes should
geranium leaf or IA sprig of lemon verbena or
sveet-brier to leave its scent upon the fingers.
Perfume Il agreeable at theaters indeed thew
seem part of the spirit of the place, and who
does not ind a watt of Nice violet or white
rose from the rich dresses oflovely women, part
Oh lier legitimate socery at such place. For
me eetlng, where one would attracta lover I'M
declared, no perfume can be too delicate, and
white heilotrope or the Verdier rose scent. ex-
qulsite, intangible, are the most defnable odors
allowed An interest, individuality belongs TO
the persons who attach themselves to some fine
old scent, once fashionable but nearly forgot
Ten, ana VINO come to be known by the bouquet
&c caroline OF the honey water which family
perfumes their handkerchiefs and gloves. Snob
iancIes belong to the persons not quite young,
VINO yet never grow old, but are BETRAYAL
OF ardent sensibiities transformed into
tastes and keen remembrsnces. The
dulllng OF time does not take place with such
people-lt only refines them: or the delicate
old perfume may be carried by one of those
Young persons, serious and mature beyond
their years, who are condensed romances One
can tell character, or at least its DEVELOPMENT.
by perfume readily. One thing is curious.
but perfectly natural, that perfumers by trade
never care to use perfumes; they breathe so
mueh OF them. After visiting the laboratories
% TWO or three manufacturers one comes home
with feeling that there is no scent like the
perfume OF clean linen--that indescribable
freshness which Lubin essayed to initiate in
MS forgotten Eau de Mousseline For all that.
perfumes have their uses and value for thew
were esteemed for their medicinal qualities by
the earliest and greatest physicians and the
formulas Tor certain odOrs were written on
marble tablets in the public temples. Nature,
which gives each animal its proper smell inn
proves upon this with man. whom she gives
choice of hundred odors for soothing and
sHhulah'. SHIRLEY DARE.