The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-20
increase this proportion beyond the danger

increase this proportion beyond the danger
The chemically made essences are much
stronger than the natural ones, and per-
tuners of the old school complain that the
noble sense of smell has been hopelessly
corrupted until people can no longer APP
p~reciate the delicate and subtle odors Of a
former day.
perfume as you did a few years ago. said
one Of them. do you know why this is?
You amt notice it-your nostrils are
spoiled, just as your palate would be If you
always ate Tabasco sauce with your bread
and butter. The perfumes that were popu-
lar a few years ago you wouldn't notice
now. Before long they will have to make
pennyroyal before you can smell them"
Making due allowance for the hyperboie
Of an older generation. tMre may be some
Violet is by all odds the most popular
perfume of this year. Glover according
TO some. would stand second. Rose. OF
course, is perennially popular. Glover"
by the way, is not made from clover bios
SONS at all. The ordinary white and red
clover has very little Odor, and what ii has
would not be particularly agreeable if de-
tached from a landscape and a waving
held. So the perfumer makes a comblna-
tion OF essences resembling remotely the
scent OF the tall sweet clover and calls it
clover"
The orange gives four different perfumes,
obtained from different parts of the flower
snd plant; Each of the four has been imi-
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all. The odOrs of lilac and the carnation
nave also been produced with some success
by chemical means Ten years ago the idea
OF initiating the strange and penetrating
odor Of musk was laughed at. yet now the
merce.
Sachet powders are again waning in pop
ularity. After their extraordinary vogue
about fifteen years ago they were almost
forgotten, and a second revival in the de-
mand for them three years ago has now
passed. A novelty from Paris this year
Is intended 10 take the place of the old
sachet bag. 1t goes by the name of ANU
let" and consists OF a little fliCree box
of metal containing a compressed scented
tablet. These are made in a variety of
floral doors, and can be dangled from a
watch chain or chatelaine, carried i'm the
pocket or laid I'm a closet or bureau drawer.
Scented soaps are also out of favor for
the time being. The clean. OdOrless soaps,
especially if they are credited with medici-
nal or antiseptic properties, are sold by
druggists in large quantities. Til per-
tuning of soaps. by the way. is almost a
science in itself. Mix any ordinary per-
fume with soap and the oils and alkalis
kill certain parts Of the scent. so that the
mixture may have a smell altogether differ
ent from that of the soap and that of the
original perfume. TIL ingredients added TO
the soap 10 give it a pleasant odor must be
! clean. therefore. especially with a view to
the effect the soap may have upon
them.
One department in which the American
perfumers are now trying to rival those of
Paris is in the harmonious combination OF
odors. To the trained nOstril, so the owners
of the trained nostril declare. odors can be
put together in discords or in perfect
chords Just as are musical notes.
The refinement 10 which this principle
has been carried recalls the Partisan who
built an organ that emitted a breath Of per-
fume for each key pressed.