Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19
PERFUMES ANDSACHETS
ORIENTAL ESSENCES IN PRETTY
BAGS.
Numerous and Novel Ways of Using
Delicately Scented
Creations,

Ihis Is a season of perfumes. There are
as many sweet scents clinging to the gar
ments of fashionable women as were ever
breathed by the disconsolate Perl at the
gate of Paradise. These do not all cling at
one time. but perfumes delicately suited to
different occasions are worn by the up-to-
date woman who does not select from
among the reigning favorites an especial
one for the sea son. Hence 1t is once more
considered quite the thing to make holiday
gifts Of perfumery.
There are at least half dozen nerfrnes
80 fashionable that it would be hard to tell
which Is most popular. These resolve them
selves Into two classes-one breathing the
doors OF various sweet violets, the other
representing perfumes whose distinguishing
fragrance no one can-tell. but which sug-
gest sandalwood and other spicy wood
doors OF the orient. mingled with the per-
fumes of many flowers. In them the orien-
tai fragrance alone Is distinctive and no
one can tell exactly what that u.s.
1t Is the fad Of the day to have sachets
correspond to perfumes. Almost every
fashionable extract has its corresponding
sachet powder of nearly. If not quite, the
same ador. and the society woman has her
glass tubes of tablets, made of a concen,ra-
ton of the perfume which she affects. to be
dissolved in her bath.
Besides the reigning favorites prenara-
tons of clover are in vogue and a delicate
aroma of old Spanish leather, as well as an
extract of the perfume of orchids.
The up-te-date woman has a limitIess
number of sachets. These are made in
many styles and serve many purposes In
this season of perfumed luxury, and the
devotee of perfumery can we'll understand
how one woman earns livelihood by max
ing little sachets like small sticks of red
and white peppermint candy. AS almost
every woman is now enamored of the dell
cate scents. Christmas gifts of sacbet re
entirely appropriate.
Every fad has its representative in some
sachet. The ping-pong enthusiast has
sachet bags gathered around the invisible
neck of a ping-pong ball. which is given a
lines of ink and q bit of black courtplaster
on top of the head
About Dolls Head.
Women who love oriental fashions bava
their sachet bags made of bright figured
Chinese silk. with pretty little Japanese
dolls heads peeping above the gathering
string. They patronize richly decorated ar
beaded Japanese bags, with pointed ends
and drawing cord ribbon and also
strings of highly perfumed beads made
from the seed of sandalwood
She Likes Hearts.
With all her fads and fancies and their
accompanying sachet forms, the COLLAGE
girl is almost sure to toss out a lot OF mar
fumed hearts, decorated with flowers ar
silken fruit and punches of ribbon. wba,
she goes in search of her lace trimmed and
ribbon-garnished underwear
The society girl who has left her COLLAGE
days behind her, deftly fastens a mfr hsII
or perfumed sachet powder in the centar of
a rose-coiored Japanese silk handkerchief
einprolaered around the edges in MANY
Lli isal mowers A ribbon is tied around the
middle and the ends of the handlsarohine
ran loose. While the handkerchief r,,aIl -
either lace bordered or of silk it, - NC
is the same-to be worn tucked in tbe
''ee'e' accoroihg 10 the latest Paris mode.
Too Dainty to Use.
Ihere Is no limit to the elaboratenass
and beauty of the handkerchief s.ohat,,
which can be made as holiday gifts ~
friends who are half afraid To Yso ~
fragile things for fear of spelling then, ;.
popular handkerchief case is made 90 =
square ., piece OF silk-covered wadding filled
with scented powder. Over this js fS,daa
lace-bordered or SUPERINTENDENT handLa, q
chlei' with the corners meeting in the con
Ter, where three of them are fastened ~
se.ner win RIBBON bows. and the fourth
arranged SO as to be turned back when
handkerchfefs are inserted or taken o,,t
NOT only are sachets Of waddine. prettiIv
covered. stretched from one end of q
NNos"ce SA"oVs ~ etiiotnct, out DAINTY lfttla
sachets are often fastened in the garments
themselves. For this purpose are sold III.
tie metal-bound charms and hearts with
pins attached to them, which some Deonla
fancy are to be worn as ornaments.
A favortte sachet among Frenchwomen
Is yettvert, a delightful oriental nIant
which grows In many American gardens
The roots may be bought anywhere and
put up in punches. but those who are for
tunate enough to possess plants Of their
own wash and dry the fbrous roots and
sprinkle them in their linen shelves. be-
sides lining sachet cases with them. No
fragrance is more delicate or lasting. and
now that oriental odors are mingled with
up-to-date perfumes. the simple yet deli
cfOuS yetiyert is more than IA oh ianahIe