Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-03

How Flower Perfumes Are Transfers.
From the Garden.

HOW Flower Perfumes Are Transferred
From the Garden.
Despite all preaching and exhortation against
1t. the use OF perfumery holds its ground.
Some philosopher has observed that the use OF
perfumes is 9 sign Of barbarism. and the use Of
soap sign OF civilization Hew, then, about
per1umed soaps9 And most soaps nowadays
are perfumed, says the New York Tribune
moreover. why are the other senses 10
De pleased with sweet sounds. and beauti.
ful colors, and well-favored dishes. and
the nose denied the qualification of delicious
odorsp 30 argues the lover Of perfumery. and
fashion seldom says him nay
Most OF our perfumes come from flower, or
are MADE In imitation Of the scents of fowers-
ers. 90 altar Of roses, by common comes,
ranks at the head Of the list OF nerfumes
other preparations from roses too hold a hieh
place, and have long been much esteemea
hose water Is historic When salsdin entered
Jerusalem, In the twelfth century, he had the
walls OF the Mosque Of Omar washed with n
But altar, or oil, Of roses IL by Ear the moss
precious and most priced Of all An eastern
prince will present TO an honored cruest rieh
Jewels, rubies and diamonds. and then ada. A.
the rsrest OF all, crystal bottle filed with this
priceless essence.
the manufacture Of perfume has been an i'm
portant industry In many places
IN tne south OF France and in Algeria rose
culture Is conducted upon . large scale. shiraz
IN Persia, and Ghszipur, in India, have long
oeen important center Of the industry. and 20
noted OF all, yielding the largest quantity and
tne nnest quality, is Kezanlik, in eastern Ru-
melia-the valley Of roses.
Inns lovely valley lies on the southern s,ops
Oh the Balkans, sheltered BY their towering
siues rom the cold north winds, and 10 the
center OF district which yields on an average
nearly 1000 pounds avoirdupois Of altar of
elso, 900. '~'us W
THE PROCESS OF pIsrrILArrox.
For the purpose Of distillation. a copper v..-
sci containing about forty okes. or fourt..n
gallons, OF water is used, and into this .om.
fifteen or twenty pounds Of freshly gathered
roses are thrown The water IL then allowed 10
Don Tor IN hour and quarter or an hour and
2 nsif over an open fire, the vapor produced
being carried, by means Of q pipe, 10 . re-
iHgerator The product Of this first distillat ton
Is then placed In a copper, where IL CONDENSED
the essential OIL separating itself from ~.
Satef ana naturally floating the top. THIS
essential oil. or altar, when this separation 4.
nnaily complete, Is removed from the surface
OF me water with . kind Of spoon, terminating
an. lunhei an operation requiring the greatest
dencacy and manipulative skill In order IA
produce a single pound Of the precious ,iI
about 500 pounds Of flowers have TO be used.
Formerly the quantity was even greater ana In
france double the quantity is sometimes en-
ployed to produce altar Of the finest quality.
VI the innumersble variety Of roses known to
ootanists the two which experience has proved
to be most suited to the extraction of the altar
OF commerce are the damask (Rosa damsscsna)
and the musk (Ross moschata.)