Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-21
ABOUT SWEET DOORS.
They Are of Three Kinds, and Have AL
ways Been Loved bv Man.

They Are of Three Kinds. and Have AL
ways Been Loved oy Man.
From the very earliest ages man has
loved sweet odors. IN the Bible We
read Of the burning OF incense on the
affairs, and the very word perfumery
(under which head we may include all
delicate fumes or smells) comes from
the Latin JI"7us, smoke or vapor.
The early Egyptians knew the use Of
the still, and adopted it TO the separa-
ton of the odorous principle from fra
grant plants, but the most ancient doors
were drawn from natural gums, such as
camphor. myrrh and cinnamon.
Sweet doors are Of three kinds-the
floral. the aromal and the balsanic-
The first group includes all those de-
rived from sweet-smelling flowers and
plants: the second, those derived from
musks and resins; the third, those de-
rived from leaves and gums. The OTTO.
or essential oil of perfumes, is obtained
in three several ways-distilliatio ton,
maceration and enfiou-age.
In distillation. the odo-ous principle
is purified and separated from the
grosser parts by evaporation and SUISSE
quent condensation An essential oil,
or otto. thus procured from orange flow
ers bears in commerce 10 this day the
name of Neroll, named after and dat
ing from time of the En- peror Nero.
In maceration, the primary substance
is softened by pounding. and then dis
solved By sleeping IN liquid, usually al
coholic-
In encourage, the odors are extracted
by immersing the flowers or plants n
grease. The lat absorbs the odors. and
TO remove il the fat Is placed in alcohol;
the odor then leaves the fat and enters
into the spirit, which thus becomes
scented
In the manufacture of perfumes art
has improved on nature, and the per-
fumer must be good chemist Such
doors as Jockey Club, West End, Mile
fieur and a host of others have no
counterpart IN garden or grove
Indian lemon grass likewise gives
extract of verbena-" With the rose as
a foundation. and 4 dash of verbena,
the perfume Of the delicate and fleeing
''sweet-brier" is obtained.
OF the animal substances, ambergris,
the secretion of the spermaceta whale,
gives mellowness and permanency %
can and Indian cat, has an odor harm
onizing with floral compounds
Musk is found in the small pocket or
pouch OF the musk deer OF China. Ton
quin and Thibet- L IS so powerful,
aromatic and persistent that one part
of musk will scent more than 5000
parts Of inolorous powder.
The delicate heliot-ope, for instance,
is scarce and improbable to the per-
fuuer. He detects in It's odor. however.
the aroma of vanilla combined with the
sharper scent Of bitter almonds
Therefore. he adds 10 a tinc;u-e OF
vanilla = small quantity OF the ot:o OF
bitter almonds and rose and orange
flower essence. and thus easily makes
extract OF heliotrope.
The magnolia has pleasant perfume,
but the odor Is initiated 70 perfection
without using the flower a. al, becasse
IL Is too large 10 macerate with success.
So the magnolia perfume : furnished
by mixture OF orange flower, rose,
tubezOse and violet essences. which
makes fine extract OF magnolia"
Of the spice SERIES ca-away and nut
meg are largely used. and cloves enter
into many perfumes with high-soun3-
ing names Cinnamon or cassia IS
largely used Cinnamon or cassia 5
the bark of tree. Cassia comes from
China, the true cinnamon from Ceylon.
and the two odorous grasses are natives
OF India; one is known as the lemon
grass. from which all our extract of
verbena" and ''verbena water" are
made. little addition of lemon essence
making the counterfeit completa.-
Golden Days