The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-25

II has no musk In it,
oh, no, no musk in IL enswers tho sales
on TO sntnrate herself In lilac as long as hel
Its astonishing how much some womer
snend on perfumes, perfumed flannel for fin,
ing .wardrobes md burenu drawers il yeTI
Paris violet flannel sells. for twelve francs 4
yerd ana hellotrope aud other less favored
RRdI S6 nc io gi pIR q vd 1raancf' while here 4 brings g
buys forty. yards OF tho vlolet-scented flannel q
year. IL has an advantage over sachet baRt
on ones clothing. 1t is not at all ior
a woman TO buy fifteen or twenty pounds oil
belongings, and from two to five pounds OF vio-
the greatest strength Is not consil;
course these things come under the head oil
dry perfumes. as do. the, highly scented tablets
iumed medaiiionss which some u Women um9 now
wear suspended about the neck or in the
fashionable in Eiizabeth's time also. and soon
became mediums for the most exquisite de-
vices VIE ord IN Icy IsE ell g e. and 9 were offered as gifts as
these, amulets probably originated with the
East Indians, for the ancient Persiens used so
fond Of burning t ih'%1S' Bran fTSluSS5S SSs c saa b SSsdS
With peripmed soap are also popular for tho
S RSSen' "t the S"f Ser sSS 9Sn nE t lSsy Bran 4 p %s%Ppds sSsS t6
to. soften and whiten tho skin.
"A great many, wealthy women carry out
what tho trade calls the one-perfume scheme
for violet. she uses violet bran bag. a Violet
she has, her, wardrobes. and bureau. drawers
lined With violet;scented and colored flannel
M her rsot 4 yI6id + laid SmI Si%ay Sb In violet Ssr S nsnE y,o sh9
extract scents her handkerchief, and her hair
dressing is strong with the odor II she smokes
allowing . violet breath tablet to dissolve in
her mouth her face powder and tooth, pow;
violets. with a scentthat canGot be detected from
f Smpn 1e9dli IL aT g pefta her 91 S%S ,w Smd ytlSS e at 9di Is
violet p~qstilles to purify 1t. All this costs her
hundreds Of dollars. but money is no object to
ness, When such women give. entertainments
they like to impart to the different rooms in
of what the rooms represent. For example.
they burn ,sandalwood IN a Persian room. get
ting thInHGy t n1s|%t r the bG real s Persian ia hath a@t,m r%Sn sns. 50
say. afterward that it was the atmosphere Of
well the hottest place on record.
The majority OF people can AFFORD to use
only wet perfumes. with perhaps a little sachet
powder. In these the greatest sales probably
d doesn ~ s speak well SRiI'0fE or the @h Pabli 10 m sense %,R ~
smell; or course 1t Is an undisputed point that
the French excel in the, art Of perfumery., l
has been coming here for years for a certain
French extract. He always says the same
thing when we hand him the bottle to examine.
''Ah, this is the scent which one would give
e S5S met Is good or s u IS tRs c6loE 9f C sG @Sn would ySpf
use himself. And the German colognel By
heaven. that's the cologne one would buy to
That's a very good, distinction, I think.
though some German colognes are fine. Doyou
continued. This bottle holds four ounces
and the other day a woman game in here and
said 81 fse t6d t3 Rsy tH sSe s Sssad after having them
charged. how much IS that bottleY
When told that It was 81 2 bottle she
bottle that a friend gave me into my bath
"A woman ma conspicuous Un socially. who writes 8
bottle of eau de Chypre. This perfume is said
by some &c. be so named after. the island Of
Cyprus. which was the resort of the fashiona;
am inclined to believe this. because it was at
Chypre was introduced into Europe. Well.
this woman askedto be allowed to examine q
bottle Of it, knew her very vel; and | said:
You are the last woman in the world that
why 2 She asked. I rather like it.
novels in which she said that women who used
this Perfnms were snhoot nice od IKE SsI forgotten eti9S Q ten the
taining extract Of musk and ambergris also;
,o Only Only. Yesterday ester. y, q C Toman e GTPs In IA and wb asked ksa
waiting on her looked confused for a second.
but recovered himself quickly. saving:
Of sheep, but we have extract OF mutton and
beet. both. and I can recommend either,
THE woman showed her social training by
keeping.a perfectly straight face.
",old-fashioned folks are fond OF Lavender.
t faste dc for nat iSve gsS it W t9G bPrfGSa ag asaui wiih fr ths
our grandmothers. they seem also to have
inherited their idea that to perfume ones self
too highly is vulgar. There is almost no waste
in making perfumes. Toilet waters. shaving
creams, dentifrices, and many OF the dry per-
refuse, The business OF putting up. perfumes,
wet and dry. has become a wonderful art. and
accounts largely for the constantly increasing
demand for such things. 1t used to
be sufficient for n perfume to please
the sense of smell: now it does not find ready
sale unless it also pleases the sense OF sight.
The bottles and their labels in which wet per-
fumes are sold and the boxes which contain
soap and powders are n study in themselves.
TO go back finally to the present fashion in
perfumes I should say that more women use
perfumes to-day, and stronger ones, than
ever before In the history Of our country GER
tainly. but the truly refined know how to use
them with an art that Is alluring and beguiling
In the extreme 10 mnn'a senses.N