Evening journal., 1898-12-23
oLD-TlME PERFUMES.
Interesting Directions for Dainty
0dors Taken from a BOOK Pub
Iiahed In 1850.

In a quaint little volume of 1856 are |
10 be found a number of dainty direc- |
tions for the making of perfumes. In
Vulnerable are the ingredients to be
used-quite "all sorts and conditions"
many of which are the flowers of the
botanist. Roses were popular, while
gum Benjamin held prominent place
among these blossoms. An interesting
recipe to perfume water" is copied
from this book:
"Take malmesey OF any kind of sweet
water, then take lavender, spike, sweet
marioram, balme, orange pieles, thyme,
basil, clover, bay leaves, woodbine
flowers, red and white roses, and still
them all together"
Surely this is a remarkable concoc-
ton, and the many sweet-scented flow
CTS could scarcely help but make very
sweet perfume.
Two interesting perfumes come next,
king Edwards perfume" and Queen
Flizabeth's perfume" The former had
markedly different material in his CO.
logne water from that of her majesty.
Among the directions for King Ed
wards were u spoonfuls of light-red
lose water, with many other ingre-
clients, the most important of which
seems to be 1.-The weight of sixpence in
fine powder of sugar" Then, after
''boiling il on hot embers and Goals
softly. and the house will smell as
though it were full of roses, but you
must burn the sweet cypress wood be-
fore, to take away the crosse aire."
Certainly these dainty directions
would not in any way come amiss to-
day. Her majesty had quite a different
course of treatment in her perfume.
Eight spoonfuls of compound water,
the weight of twopence in fine powder
of sugar." and then this mixture, too,
like her royal brother, is to "boyl on hot
embers and Goals softly" After that is
to be added sweet marjoram dried in
the sun, and the weight of twopence
of the powder of Benjamin" The final
word of Elizabeth's recipe is This per-
fune is very sweet and good for the
time"
; Turning a few pages back, one finds
instructions for what would seem a diff
fcut perfume to make, but very sweet
cne to possess. 1t belonged TO nc
crowned head in those centuries long
ago, and no fancy title was accredited
: it-merely it was called; ITO make a
: sweet smell" 1t then goes on TO the
! laborious directions, saying: Take
) the maste Of sweet apple tree, being
( gathered betwixt the two lady dayes.'
D $50 many times in these old perfumes
{ uch is made of the ingredients being
t picked before sunrise, between certain
days, etc.). This then is put into the
inevitable dish of damask rose water
and. dried in a plate in the oven. While
| ! drying, 10 is to be wet two or thre
: times with rose water, and then al
4 ounce of Benjamin and an ounce o
storax of calamintae are to be beatel
10 a powder and added with few ros
leaves.
"Then you may put what sort o
K smell you will bestow, as much civet o
b ambergreese, and heat all together in
y pomander or bracelet"
Another interesting compound !
called: ''To make an excellent perfum
h 10 burn between two rose leaves" tn
n ingredients of which are juniper. ste
4. rax, water of cloves, musk, gum dragon
e which are all to be pounded to past
Ie and rolled into little pieces the size o
ID a pea. These are then to be put be
tween two rose leaves. and drying ther
thus together on dish in the oven tn
sweet smell is said to be most pleasan'
. The following recipe is not unlike th
Y, ~ one just given:
4 "Take quarter of a pound of damas
4 rose buds, cut clean from the whitei
is stamp very small, put to them a goo
spoonful of damask rose water, so i
them stand close stopped all night"
The whole is to be mixed and beate
II. well together and made up into littl
It's cake layers between two rose leave
be and dried between sheets OF pape
There are many more attractive pc
We fumes and conserves told of in tn
ne quaint old book which would scar,
hold the interest of anyone, there bein
nv 4 sameness to them. Only to the bot
y List perhaps, doesthe truelove Of the'
~ queer things come, when he reads II
long list of his flowers that these 2
=, centuries old people used in their well
81 compoundings and perfumes.-N.
Cup