The Florence tribune., 1898-07-23
: MILLION FOR PERFUME
Annual Outlay of New York for
 Fine Odors.
The Principal Consumers Are Wcz- en-Divers Ways In Which the Sweet Scents. Are
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One million dollars is spent in New York every year for perfumei Ofcourse it's lot of money to flutter away from lace mouchoirs up into thc smoke-laden atmosphere of this big city, and thus perish untimely It's q good many round. hard pieces of silver to breathe from my lady's charming pfc'taee as. shs fits past Che mniable ear5at.as Of the cigar slands in her walks through the fashionable streets Nevertheless, those hard dollars are cheeriully taken out Of dainty purses and straightway converted into something that-p ffl-- is gone. Quite little fortune. isn't #, to put into something whose tangible form is nil-a thing you cannot even see? But it is invested gladly, and no one murmurs or repines overit.
 New York never could do anything by halves, and So this practical city goes proudly on it's way, snifIing up it's respectable nose that annual million, never guessing the amount, the vast sum, that is titiIiating it's olfactory nerve and then floating of into cireum- ambient space where perfumers cease to manufacture and the consumer is at rest. -sss-.ss.s'-s .sts-.sssss...;-s 1-ss--
 Who does all this buying? Who is it rushes forth and "blows" million dol lars on air? Of eoarse, thc women. Oh, of course! But the men, too, if you must know one of their weaknesses. Though, in justice be it said. they gen. orally buy it for the Christmas girl and send it up to her house i'll forms that would wheedle miser out of coin.
 Undoubtedly women put into circula- tion this reckless million, but two thirds of it only is her direct responsi- bility. The other third may be divided equally between the unhappy men and their annual holiday predicament- what to buy for presents. In order rot to strain the mind too. far, the perfume bottle, with it's load of ephemeral sweets, has rushed 10 the front. So it is small wonder that the million is dropped.
 The poor little odorladen flowers from which all this perfumery is made run somewhere mp into the billion bil- lions, and no record is kept of their poor little lives. For the beautiful things are raised, cGEled and marketed fnte odors as elusive as fame, without a thought for their pathetic sacrifices Like the drops of water and grains oi sand they go to the making of vast vats of fashionable brands of perfume, and l their history is lost in the evolution. The bath is responsible for great deal of the liquid luxury, for into that delightful part of the daily toilet goes many quart of the finest and most subtle odors known to the art. In fact so large has become the demand foI these particular forms of perfume that the material is put up for sale in four quart bottles in some eases.
 The handkerchief is kept supplied by more costly perfumes, of course, but nc more perfect in make up. Their hoxes down lined and satin covered, are more fair to look upon. but no extra clain | can be made in their behalf for intrinsic charm. In some cases the handkerchief are not supplied from liquid perfume in bottles, but the powdered sachet il used to scent the bureau drawer nigh. and day.
 Silken pads filled with the odor de sired are sometimes sewed into part. and opera gowns, in the interlining, t. forever form part of the dainty pres ence of the owner.
 From foreign and domestic fabric comes this delightful commodity, an' American dealers are beginning to rival if not outrun, their foreign competitor in the line. The duties on foreign i'm ports make the incoming supply no only more expensive, but the hom products are constantly gaining in ez quisitiveness and makeup.
 Musk forms the basis Of many of th stronger and cheaper perfumes, and
 is the part that outlives the. finer an purer qualities of the combination Long after the clover scent or the ii scents have gone, the course animal ia