The Washington weekly post., 1899-05-23
Extracting the Perfume.

| in the South of France for the extraction
| of their perfume, and sooner or later this
| industry is likely to be initiated in the
United States.
Extracting the Perfume.
"There is no reason to doubt that the
| tuberose could be grown successfully and
| on large scale as a perfumery plant In
Florida, and some of the other Southern
States. In the South of France it is cul-
tiyated on an immense scale, its perfume
| being extracted Dy the so-called 'enhower-
| ing process. This process consists In
| placing the blossoms in contact with thin
| layers or grease spread on panes OF glass
| in frames, the flowers being renewed from
day to day. Fats of all sorts have spe-
cial affinity for perfumes absorbing them
readily, and thus the grease, which Is
refined lard, fakes up the OdOr from the
blossoms, becoming at length saturated
with it. Then the lard is stepped in al
cohol, which has a still more pronounced
affinity for perfumes, and 1t withdraWs the
odoriferous essential oil from the grease.
| Thus eau de cologne is made.
The perfume of jasmine Is said 20 be
almost the only one that cannot b. lmi-
| tated by combination OF other doors; Il IS
highly priced in the market and brings a
good price. Sometimes more than l.JOO
pounds of the essential oil OF this Kind or
| flower is imported into the United States
| in year. and the price or 1t has ranged
as high as Sii per pound Experts are oi
| the opinion that Jasmine might be pro-
duced for perfume in this country, warm
| regions being selected for the purpose,
! though the cultivation OF the plants and
| the gathering of the flowers would pe tx
pcnsiVe Quite otherwise, IN point OF cost.
| is il with the orange, which, while al
ready yielding large profit 10 cultiyators
| in this country, might be made 10 produce
such additional money through the PEI
| fumes which are extracted from us bios-
ffe5 md ha ri lT
| In fact, IL may b said that no tree IS so
| profitable TO the fiOWeT-farmer as the or
ange. Orange flowers In extreme South
| ern Louisiana possess stronger 4dOr and
proDortiOnately more oil than those Of
| any other country. PROBABLY you are
aware that the oil Of nerOll, distilled tro
! orange flowers, is as valuable as altar OF
| roses by the ounce.
Lavender aud Rosemary.
an California conditions seem TO be Ia
vorabIe for the production of lavender.
which is a plant Of the mint family, fur
nishing an essential oil that Is imported
! into this country in large quantities. The
plant is a native Of the Mediterranean
region, but. transplanted 20 England, has
| been so far improved there as 20 yield
better quality Of oil than is obtalaabie
| anywhere else. During the last five years
the United States has imported nearly
q, 90 pounds Of oil OF thyme per aLnum.
the bulk Of which comes from Southern
France, but IL Is believed that California
might Just as well furnish all that is re-
QuiTed OF the article. The same may be
said or rosemary, the altar Or which Is
extensively used In perfumery, ana espe-
CiaIly for seeming soap. Eau de cologne
cannot De made without II. and u rs
stimulating effect II due the refreshing
quality CT perfumes containing H. The
importatiOn Of orris root amounts 10
a F1r r.4undz ffv TEfz q
standard article. affOrding a perfume re-
sembling that Of the violet. The part u
the plant utilized IS the thick, kaOtty
rootstock. which, when taken ~ and
This. being extracted by distination, fur
nisnes what Is called 'OrTis butter.
Native Perfume Oils.
"a few American plants already Yield
perfume oils on their native GROUND, and
many others ought % receive attention
from this point 0f vieW. OILS .. sasza-
fras and wintergreen are distilled In cD1-
siderable Quantities. and are employed
Tor scentlng and fzyOflng. oddly enough.
the oil Of wiBtersreen "a nov produced
almost exclusively from he sweet birch
being chemically identical with that of
true WinteTgreen. and more cH@agig OBJ
tanned The wood Or the rel " pencil
cedar yields flnsr pSrGumeTy OI than
Inc FrL&E Di A-rDaE1As anu p now as
-iIied IN rhls country a. @ell - N Ger
many. The r0OtstOck - the Mid ginger.
known 81 trade a. Canada sI4 kerOJrT
furnishes an aromatic OIL Whicn has a
place In price lists and the swamp laurel
exhales a powerful aromatic fragrance
that might well Dc aFaisaDl5 fGr SOAPS
ana perhaps iOr finer purpose.
The chemists are beginning % learn
h0w 10 reproduce the more valuable pei
fumes In The laboratory, and 81 nls way
they have succeeded n evolving from
coai Tar the true scents Ol neU-m0wa hay
and carnations Il may De that eEeltual-
/ ~ these artificial smells viii take the
place OF those now derived b. dsssi!lati0n
and otherwise from fSseIs AMI G'pgT
parts Of the plants"