Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-04
her presence by such odors as musk or

patchouly.
 The perfume of the violet ie so delicate that have known women who used it in some form at every step of the toilet-bath, eosmet- ics. sachets-all redolent of the lovely blue flower, and yet were never oyerpoW- efingyl fragrant, which is really to be, in my opinion, most offensiYely vulgar. should always select violet or the most delicate heliotrope for personal per fume. II is in far better taste for wo- man to use but one odor at time-that is to say, to use violet. if that be her ehoice-for her handkerchief extract. toi let water sachets, etc, and not to mix this perfume with Peau q EspaSne or white rose.
 Speaking of Peau dEspagne reminds me of the vogue accorded leather odors few years since, l remember one woman who had Russia leather sewed in the crown of her bonnets and an inner sole made of the precious stuff for her dAne- ing shoes.
 Peau q Espagne is much more agreed ble and enduring than simple Russian leather. It is made of the S. me pelt, but is cured in sugar and musk. The real Peau d'Espa gne is to be procured only from one firm in Europe, and is very ex pcnsive-one dozen little squares costing $10. It has the advantage of retaining it's delicious fragrance for a long. long time. Sachet powders for pertaining SdcUelS are TtduUy I1due at npilt'. tlt most fastidius women frequently confne themselves to the perfumes from dry powders of this nature, and consider liquid extract too pronounced and conse- quently vulgar.
 Use of Sachets.
 The sachets now made are of all s'zes and suitable for every article of dress as well as for closets, wardrobes and bureau drawers. A closet sachet is re- ally an entire lining for the closet of wadded silk, into which quantity of the sweet-scented powder has been intro- duced. A corset sachet is the other eX- treme in size and is but a. tiny scran of silk and cotton wool. fragrant with VtD- let or heliotrope and measuring but an inch in width, and perhaps 2 in length; it is sewed inside the corseti Sachets Tor dress skirts and bodices are made of proper length and form for the garment they are to impregnate with perfume As soon as the skirt and bodice or the fashionable woman have been brushed and repaired after wearing the sachets are fastened inside and left to perform their fragrant mission until my lady elects to wear them again.
 Many women are quite expert in max ing sachet powders from the flowers; oth- CTS fail disastrously. and succeed only m obtaining a haf-decayed odor, which IS far from agreeable. The secret IS Tn tne combination and in using binder which develops and holds the flower odors in a bouquet.
 Vol, cannot fail to make a delicious sachet powder if you take little pains and carefully follow the directions nere given. It is as well, unless you are very skllful woman, not to try experi- ments.
 Rose leaves and petals of other flowers should be thoroughly dried for sachet Dowfers--take care not to let them gather mould in the process.
 You will require basis for your saonel powder I prefer Orris myself, put .the Reindeer moss carefully picked over dried and pulverized, is favorite with many. To make delicious rose sachet powder. take powdered F1orentine Orris, eight ounces; rose leaves (air dried), ten ounces: musk in powder, twenty grains lavender flowers, two ounces; civit, ten grains Mix well and keep closely corken until you wish to use for the sachets
 Violet Sachet Powder.
 Powdered orris, or reindeer moss, pound; powdered bergamot peel 4 ounce powdered acacia, A ounce; musk, 20 grains.
 Orris alone is much used as a sachet powder-it is always far better to add little musk to it, as the musk holds the perfume.
 The odor from the orris root Is greatly affected by many fastidious French wo- men, and it is quite common practice to throw an orris root necklace into the final water used in washing the linen or Parisienne elegantee.
 It is said that one French woman upon being reproached by her confessor for her extravaganza in this direction, re- piled that if she were going to perdition she intended to go smelling of Orrls, and she said she thought even his satanic majesty would find it pleasanter than sulphur.
 Heliotrope sachet powder is delicate and lasting. I really feel bound to say here that there is no sachet powder and no perfume once placed in contact with the air which can. as many women insist various powders and odors do, Hast for ever" Just as soon as, to use a vulgar ism, we can 'eat and keep our pudding we shall be able to set free delicious odor and at the same time hold it cap tive Heat expands the odor and 1t passes away, dying in dlicious fragrance. Logi- calIy, you can no more keep the perfume than you can both keep a chocolate drop and eat it too. Lock them both In a box and you are their master. You would never think of railing against the choc- colate drop that disappears when eaten, l but who has not heard the complaint against the perfumes that. we're per fectly delicious, you know, but did not last.'
 Heliotrope Sachet Powder.
 Orris powder, two pounds; powdered rose leaves, one pound; Tonka beans Gin powder) six ounces; vanilla husks, three ounces; musk, in grains, two drachn1s; essence of almonds, five drops. Mix it and pass through large sieve.
 Many women enjoy the perfume of int cense. or sweet-scehted pastilles. The incense of the church is composed as fol- folws:
 Incense.
 Olibanum (true), seven ounces; gum benzoin, two ounces; mix and add cas-