Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-03
MILADY's PERFUMES.
Novel Way of ImpnrtinR n Delicate
IIIusIve scent,

Novel Way of ImpnrtIng n Delicate
IIIusIve scent,
Perfumes are extravagantly fashionable
once more. Not only do women distribute
sachets through the contents Of their ward
robes, moisten their handkerchiefs with es-
sences and sleep on delicately odorous pill
lows, but the tinted rice powders sold at
toilet counters are all impregnated with a
charming perfume that transmits to the skin
a fragrance rare as that OF June roses.
According to the new and fashionable
ethics OF the toilet the lady OF quality who
feels a true artistic interest in scents alb
jures all save perhaps the Russian violet and
gives a great deal OF scientific attention to
what she calls her private mixture. This is
any concentrated essence she prefers, modi-
fed with some precious oil extracted from
a spice or bean, and the whole diluted with
alcohol or fixed with the strong and sure
ess- bouquet All the compounding is done
in the privacy OF her own room and not
even her maid servant is trusted with the
names or the proportions OF the extracts
used in the mixture
Usually, however, purest alcohol or No.
6 cologne is employed as foundation, and
to this the majority OF fashionable lovers
OF sweet savors add little chypre that is
usurping rapidly the popularity OF violet per-
fumes; another exceedingly mod'sh comblna-
tion Is wild cherry with helotrope. modified
to the nest elusive delicacy with alcohol,
and where 81 or IS are used to be paid
cheerfully for a couple of thmblesful of the
"Archduchess Olga" and queen OF violets,"
those two most costly extracts sent from
Paris, the big prices are now spent on
a London novelty called sweet mace and
for a Japanese oil of wistaria.
When a dainty debutante has compounded
a toilet liquid to suit her fastidious little
nose she follows up the achievement by
finding name for her special bouquet and
"angels BREATH" moonlight reverie,"
Madame Butterfly and Morning Mist
are a few OF the titles OF these mysterious
mixtures Very, very little perfume Is
used any longer on hair, for every essence
contains certain per cent Of alcohol that
IL applied with any regularity, will whiten
the youngest locks, so there has been found
a very ready sale for the small scented pill
lows that French women use at night 9Id
when mapping, in order to convey fresh
'odor to the hair without doing the locks
any injury. The pillows are fiat thin, satin
covered sachets, encased in fine white linen
slips and meant for use upon the big down.
stuffed bed pillow.
The most delicate distinctions must be
made In the choice of a hair pillow. A
blonde beauty should use only a "sachet
de Jeunnese." while for brunettes there is
the "sachet de vaubepne;" the latter is
fragrant with whtethorne blossom, and in
fact the pillows are filled with flower petals
go artfully cured that their original odor
Is retained.
From Paris, besides the sachets, have
recently come the tinted scented powders
that are designed exclusively for the per-
fuming OF clothes When a maid servant
now lays out her mistress costume she
fills the pouch of little suede and silver
bellows with a rose pink, lilac, sky blue, or
cream white powder and holding up the
bodice, stays, skirt, gloves and wrap in
turn, blows into them an almost impercep-
tible cloud Of the powder. A more delicate
and yet to the senses more effective method
OF sweetening garments 1t would be hard
to imagine for the powder clings where
liquids would evaporate, and yet SO few
and fine are the grains that maintain their |
hold on the Innings of the wearing apparel
that no heavy vulgar bouquet is the result.