The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-28
SCENTS NOT A LUXURY ONLY.
They May Affect the Health and Reveal
the Users Character.

the Users CnAF1cteS.
No artifce augments woman's witchery
more than the subtle. faint fragrance which
she contrives to impart to the futtering
folds Of her gowns and belongings.
Another means Of obtaining the same
charm is the perfume bath, whose fra
grant aroma clings to the body for hours
afterward. Not only does the delicate
scent cling, but the perfumed bath gives
to the skin soft, velvet-like appearance.
Such bath is an admirable substitute
for aromatic toilet salves and sweet-scented
soaps
Some women have even tried the plan
OF injecting perfume under the skin with
syringe in order to make an odor OF violets
or roses cling to them. A few drops OF
perfume Is all that is required. From the
moment the skin Is charged with the scent
faint, subtle, Elusive perfume seems to
tried this freak of fashion. This plan.
though, Is not without its suggestion OF
danger.
|. Perfumes are health giving as we'll a.
is not wholly matter OF taste. Nearly ali
perfumes have antiseptic qualities, and are
valuable in keeping away infecfien.
The perfumes which are the most agree.
helpful to the nerves. Ambergris. for in
stance, Is positively offensive to many. yet
it is said to possess wonderful power Of
clearing the brain and driving away the
blues. On the other hand, altar Of roses,
with the suggestion Of glowing suns and
tears.
A faint odor of musk acts as a tonic:
for which the beat antidote Is the odor OF
sandal wood. The fragrance Of citron,
is as soothing to nervous folk as the sound
OF far-off music.
The scent of orange flowers is 80 de-
pressing to the action OF the heart that it
Is not safe for anv one with disease Of that
organ to inhale it for any length of time
Reviving perfumes come from herbaceous
cite, rosemary and lavender. and soothe
the nerves. In the time Of Shakespeare
some flowers were especially dedicated
to middle age Perdita puts lavender in
this list.
The perfume Of lilies. jasmine and
acacia are pleasant and soothing to
healthy sense, though delicate nerves can
not enjoy them even in their garden fresh
ness, Brought closer in clusters of bios
SONS. their odor Is narcotic and depressing;
30 that persons grow faint at the smell
Of thcm, and may be put into heavy sumber
as il drugged by their odor
A vivid perfume is nearly always hracins,
while subtle one il generally enervatins.
A woman should. choose the perfume
she uses as carefully as she selects her
SaTUents s1fne one says tna' ""'''a"
who changes her perfume as she does the
style Of her bonnet is hopeless. On the
contrary, the woman who always exhales
the same delicate fragrance is like the
flower she resembles. Her friends think ~
her and know her as the incarnation Of tn"
violet or the rose with which she IA as.
simulated.
The character Of the woman. or, at least,
it's development, n,oy he told by perfume.
Tell me your perfume says the person
rersed in this lore. "and I'll Tell you what
you are
Violet IL the device Of the cooucttish'
1t is faint, fragrant, Elusive, drawing You
on to seek out its artful patroness. As for
the scent Of orchids, that is for, the grand
chal rose Is the scent Of regrst and Of s"nti-
mentnl memories, and Of the white rose that
OF young love.