The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-01-04
SOME SECRETS OF SCENTS.
Mysteries About the Composition of
Perfumes That Were the Fn-
vOrites of Royalty.

Her majesty the queen is very fond
Of loyalty keeping up the old custom Of
her predecessors. On her table dishes
that were the favorite ones of kings
and queens long departed are still to be
found, and even the much liked per-
fume she uses, Ess Bouquet, possesses
right royal past, says the London
Mail.
The history of fashionable scent is
as interesting as love story, and truly
the romance that attaches to her
majesty's favorite one is a thrilling
and tender one. Long years ago, upon
an occasion when King George ~. gave
state ball, he was attracted by the
exquisite aroma of certain perfume
used by Princess Esterhazy. His
maicsty 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.. Baylcy. far
fam d urveyor, who was the maker of
scent ana powders for royalty and So
eiety since the days OF Queen Anne,
and from that time onward until his
death Ess Bouquet became the mon
arch's favorite 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 1t always acceptable and
pleasant.
Good scents are not cheap Injuries,
but poor ones are very bad invest mends
There is something exceedingly vulgar
about common perfume. whereas n
dainty aroma gives its owner, if she be
a womanr-for men still use very lit
tle--a cachet or smartness which is
undeniable.
a perfume that has triumphant
vogue among the Russians in high life
is called Esprit Unis. The czarina her
self uses 1t, and sends to London for it.
The Russians are very good and 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 big fortune
to its owner. Only the heads of the
firm know to this day what they knew
in the days of Queen Anne-namely,
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 by
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 may have
been correctly purloned, the process
OF distillation is incompletely stated,
and so the result is not what IL ought
to be.
Tons OF roses and other deliciously
scented flowers are specially grown
and expressed every year for the per.
fume market. Chemistry is so won.
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