The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-11-28
The Art and Industry Of Scent Max
ing is rs Old as History
Itself.
Tradition States That the Hebrews
Imp rted knowledge Of the
Art to the Egyptians.
The Fine Primary Od0rs Combined
with Each other Form In
Vulnerable Narie ties.

history itself. Before painting, music or
architecture had crystaiized into art, per-
fnmc and the method of making it had |
taken n strong hold on all peoples
sacrifice in perfume in the form OF in.
cense was a necessary part OF many ancient
religions. Incense was used by the He
prews, later by the Druids of England, and
now i in ali Roman Catholic churches.
The Greeks and their imitators, the
Romans, all had their favorite scents, and
lrving's Life of Mohamet tells how pas
sionately the prophet was devoted to the
delicate oriental perfumes.
The voIuntaries of old wished to be lux
urlous, 5u' il has been left for the modern
Gaul of 1891 TO produce perfumes, scents
and odOrs, beside which those of the an
clients would seem fat and crude.
The early days of the empire witnessed
| the beginning of the present immense IN
dusfry of perfume making.
| What the French knew about perfume
| making j. not mt all the result Of their own
experience. The trnd!tionary history OF
the art is that the Hebrews impaired the
little they knew to their captors, the
| Egy ptidns, who in turn gave their tormu-
as 10 the Greeks and Romans.
The Moors then took hand at improv
ING these crude efforts. and wnen they
invaded Europe left their art i'll Spain,
whence il soon reached France. There il
found its home and resting place, and to
day no nation can compete with France In
he science and art of perfume making.
The names Of the French per!nmts are
known in every civilized place. China,
Australia, South Africa ami Norway are
not so far from Paris that French perfumes
cannot reach them.
New York, however, is not Tar behind
Paris. While al the raw material comes
from France, the refining and combining
Of nearly all the perfumes Intended for
the American market is done here. About
| 900 persons are engaged IN the industry
in this city.
Th, crude stuff comes in 'he shape Of
grease extract or pomade and Is melted
down here with alcohol, which is OF
American production.
The lard comes from hogs which dre fed
| in ffe acorn groves Of Italy. The produc
If the syvilI aud grain red western hogs OF
The United States world be too gross. Ine
pomade is made by process called en-
Gaurave. which originated IN the lItt
century.
This process refers to the requirement
If the hGeting Odors % flowers whle fresh
The flowers are raised mostly III Franc"
] rhough quantities OF roses come tron
| Bulgaria. They are cultivated III large
= farms composing EuIdr,d, q acres.
When the blooming season begus tht
blossoms are gathered ny women and chil
| dren and placed in wooden frames WIT
glass bottoms, which are covered witl
, finely clarified grcns".
The odor given out - the lowers
fa,en up the grease, which Is melted ah'
r,n iuf5 lin vessel. for export. This 4
: the form in which il reaches New lcrA
, and here the perfume making proreI
7 begins.
The Eve principal scents, which, amos
CORE pond 20 the three primary coiors II
painting and the cighr notes IN music, a't
violet, rose, tube.rose Jasmine 'Aa Orange
- Hover.
Besides flowers, several other article
are called into use by the pcrfumer. Musl
j. the most in portrait. II comes out o
The musk deer of the mountains OF india
China and Tnibet. 1t is extremely dlttl
,ult 10 Obtain unaduiteratad. and when
obtained in that condition costs twice ii
weight IN gold.
So gre II Il the tcnuity OF The odor. tina
in an area of i've feet a grain gives on
81, $3.50 606 particles without undergone
an appreciable diminntlon # weight.
Ambergris comes from the spormRcet
whpie, and Is generally found hpatlng J
; the waters where these levlathans d!Spor
:. themselves. An ounce ot this pr2cion
prod4et cost S25. considerably more tia
4 the anne weight IN SILVER,
!, Nernll ls an essential oll derived ir1r
4 after orange blossoms. Tue vanilla he1
NJ q tnF a.