River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-04
ABOUT SWEET DOORS.
They Are of Three Kinds, and Have A
ways Been Loved by Man.

they Are of Three Kinds, and Have Al
ways Been Loved by 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 tuDlus, 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 odOrs
were drawn from natural gums, such as
camphor, myrrh and cinnamon.
Sweet doors are of three kinds-the
floral, the aromal and the balsamic.
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-distilliation,
maceration and encourage.
In distillation, the odorous principle
is purified and separated from the
gro sor parts by evaporation and subse-
quent condensation. An essential oil,
or otto, thus procured from orange flow
ers bears in commerce to this day the
name of Neroll, named after and dat
ing from time of the Emperor Nero.
In maceratiOn, the primary substance
is softened by pounding, and then dis
solved by sleeping in liquid, usually al
coholic.
In enflourage, the odors are extracted
by immersing the flowers or plants in
grease. The fat absorbs the odors, and
to remove it 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 a good chemist Such
odors as Jockey Club, West End, Mile
fieur and 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 dash of verbena,
the perfume of the delicate and fieeting
sweet brier' is obtained.
OF the animal substances, ambergris,
the secretion of the spermaceta whale,
gives mellowness and permanency to
mixtures. Civet secretion of the Afri-
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 1t is so powerful,
aromatic and persistent, that one part
of musk will scent more than 5000
parts of inodorous powder.
The delicate heliotrope, for instance,
is scarce and Improbable to the per-
fumer. He detects in it's odor, however,
the aroma of vanilla combined with the
sharper scent Of bitter almonds.
Therefore, he adds to a tincture of
vanilla a small quantity of the otto 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 to perfection
without using the flower at all, because
it is too large to macerate with success.
So the magnolia perfume is furnished
by a mixture of orange flower, rose,
tuberose and violet essences, which
makes fine extract of magnolia"
OF the spice series, caraway and nut
meg are largely used, and cloves enter
into many perfumes with high-sound-
ing names Cinnamon or cassia is
largely used. Cinnamon or cassia is
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 complete.
Golden Days