Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
SOME SECRETS OF SCENTS.
Mysteries About the Composition oi
Perfumes That Were the Fa-
Voritea of Royalty.

ner predecessors. On ner table u1Shes
that were the favorite ones of kings
and queens long departed are still to be
found, and even the much-li liked per-
fume she uses, Ess Bouquet, possesses
right royal past, says the London
Mail.
The history of a Fashionable scent is
as interesting as a love story and truly
the romance that attaches to her
maiesty's favorite one is thrilling
and tender one. Long years ago, upon
an occasion when King George ". gave
a state ball, he was attracted by the
exquisite aroma of a certain perfume
used by Princess Esterhazy. His
majesty inquired the name of the
scent and was told that it was Ess
Bouquet. Immediately he sent a
large order to the inventor and maker
of the perfume, Mr.. Bayley, far
famed purveyor, who was the maker of
scents and powders for royalty and So
ciety since the days of Queen Anne,
and from that time onward until his
death Ess Bouquet became the mon-
arch's favortc perfume. Still from
their treasure house in St. Martins
Lane the same firm send out The same
scent. 1t has peculiarly delicate and
refined aroma, and for that reason the
queen finds it always acceptable and
pleasant.
Good scents are not cheap luXuries.
but poor ones are very bad invest ments.
There is something exceedingly vulgar
about common perfume. whereas a
dainty aroma gives its owner, if she be
woman,-for men still use very lit
tle-a cachet or smartness which is
undeniable
y perfume that has triumphant
vogue among the Russians in high life
is called Esprit Unis. The czarina her.
self uses Il. and sends to London for il.
The Russians are very good snd lucra-
tive customers to the makers of per-
fumery, for it flows like water as a
spray in their apartments, and in the
little ornamental fountains that deco
rate their drawing rooms and state
apartments. among the utmost luxury
that prevails in rare flowers and
plants. especially in ST. Petersburg dur
ing the long winter season.
The recipe of favorite and popular
scent just as the Ess Bouquet just men,
TONED is as precious as a big fortune
TO It's owner. Only the heads of the
firm know to this day what they knew
in the days of Queen Anne-nameIy,
the precise treatment that is needed TO
compose it-and from generation to
generation the secret has been handed
down. neat little business is done bv
fraudulent persons who profess; to sell
recipes of famous perfumes which,
when carried out, will cost per bottle
about half as much as the ordinary
scent: but those who are foolish
enough to be taken in always find that,
even though the ingredients NAV have
been correctly purloined. the process
of distiilation is incompletely stated
and so the result is not what it ought
to be.
Tons of roses and other deIiciouslv
scented flowers are specially grown
and expressed every year for the per-
fnme market. Chemistry is so won
derfully developed science now that
scents closely initiative of those pro-
produced by coal tar, but old-fa shioned
methods are best. and perfumes ex-
pressed from real flowers cannot be
equaled by "made-up" scents for beau
ty and refinement. Bulgaria is great
country for the distillation of altar of
roses, which is used in so many ways
by perfnmers and soapmakers. It. is
precious product that costs about
five pounds per ounce.
But it is not only from flowers that
scents are obtained. Civet, for exam
pie, comes from the civet cat. and
comes to this country in rhinoceros
horns from Africa; musk from the
musk deer; castor from the beaver.
and ambergris, which fetches G2 los
per ounce, from the sperm whale. One
of the chief uses of these scents. which
in themselves are detestable, is to "fix"
other perfumes-in other words. to
prevent them from losing their power.
Fruit is also scent producer. Try if
there is not the most enchanting
aroma in the skin of a tangerine orange
next time when you eat one, and to
see the oil squeeze the peel against
the flame of candle.
The way in which the true aroma of
perfume can be thoroughly enjoyed
is not by putting some on a handker-
chief and smelling it that way through
cambric but by employing a spray,
which seems to divide the perfume into
its exponent parts. The person who
wishes to enjoy the aroma to the full
should stand some two feet or so from
the operator. Dabbed on the temples,
behind the ears. beneath the nos trils,
and on the wrists scent Is most potent
and refreshing waters like eau de
cologne and lavender can be used in
such a way upon sick people with
very pleasing and vitahSing effect.
Old-fashioned scentx such as the
above, as well as lily of the valley, wall
flower and violet, continue to have a
steady sale. There is a new japanese
odor called Fusyama which is building
up it's claims to fame, while anyone
who pines for the Scotch moors in vain