The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-31
FAD OF INDIVIDUAL SCENTS
WOMEN VINO WANT 70 NAVE
EACH HER OWN PERFT NE.
with % Her Clothing. Her Toilet Aeeesss-
ries and Her Home Are scented-The
Fashion Expensive, but an ingeuious
woman Can Ne Her Own Perfumcr.

! will pay you 81 600 Tor q new and
distinctive scent.- said a customer TO
woman who scents clothing for living,
-and II you will scent my gowns and lace~
with Il III give you $500 more
The perfumer took up the offer. making
the stipulation that she should have siH
months in which To prepare the perfume
Al the end Of that tune she came with
bottle Of the extract and offered 1t Ia her
customer
What kind Of perfume is it'- asked the
customer
L, IL the extract Of blue carnation,
was the reply
Gently the bottle was uncorked and
delcately the customer tested II She
set it down with a satisfied smile
1t - lovely she said
Would YOU like to have IL for your own
/ individual perfume'- asked the parfIme
maker
YES. I would like to have il for my
/ own individual perfume. 10 he reserved
for my own exclusive Use
1t ~ yours replied the perfumer
The lady lifted the bottle again. smiling
IL with closed eyes Then an idea occurred
| 10 her
Suppose. said she that others were
to get the scent of the blue Carnation
The odor in that case would no longer he
mine exclusively How can you safe
guard il against piracy?-
The perfumer smiled
That il my business, madam said
she Though hundreds were to try 20
make the extract Of blue carnation not
one would be able to produce an odor
that would be precisely like this. ! have
taken various sweet smelling substances
and added them 70 the original scent =
III il WE'LL said thu customer Now
tell me II shall be able to get IL in sum
cicnt quantities to scent my whole ward
robe
The perfurner smiled again.
That IL q matter Of dollars and cents
or rather NJ thousands 81 dollars and
much time and search To get the howerr
il difficult enough Then 7 must distil
Thorn Then comea the art NJ combining
them and making the bouquet. and
finally must let the perfumes ripen until
~ for Use
Sven 50. shall 7 have a sufficient
quantity 7 shall r-nu,iirs toilet water
and sarhe' powder a. veil a. the extract.
and before 7 begin I must know that !
can surely get enough tn scent evrything
own In order tn he distinctive ono .
scent must rervade everything
That is my business said the per-
fumer you can rely upon me ~ you
give me money enough I can give you
enough scent for your whole house: and
indeed you must accent your house n well
a. your gowns II you are going 70 make the
odor permanently your own
Tho customer agreed and the perfuner
is now at work trying to corral all the blue
carnations in the world
when asked how she worked this per
fumer. whose fame extends 20 Europe.
replied
IT is EASY enough. hut II requires
experience Newcomers in the business
do no, got on we'll for IN" reason that
,hev eND-Ct tn get results too quickly
Nv first real work was for a princess |
was commissioned 90 get new and eN-
elusive odor for her and ! was informed
that violet came nearest 10 heing her
favorit" scent
There were at that time sone lovely
violet fields in the south Of France. The
flowers were particularly desirable. for
tho reason that they grew near some
rose gardans and tho violets, while deli
cato and elusive. had the curiously pene-
trating odor Of the rose. looked M
these fields and found that by paying
enough could get control Of them.
To make the perfume was the next
thing That succeeded il now matter
OF history My next great piece Of work
was in getting up a new perfume from
American Beauty roses for an American
Duchess II was job. for the perfumes
had been 80 well exhausted that n new
scent seemed impossible; but got one
with tint Of pinks in It
From that time I've been making ex-
elusive perfumes for fashionable women.
They will not accept the regular scents
but demand somethingRew
Il do not want TO he scented like evexv
one else in the world said lady 20 me
reproachfully when | offered her perfume
which though sweet was quite common
I want TO be- distinctive
$50 had to get up pansy perfume.
/ which however was only a third part
pansies. the rest was musk and geranium
~ used to be that a bottle Of perfume
would 20 "a long way. but that time j.
past Many women do not want their
perfumes bottled at all and then the
. trouble begins. because u ia difficult To
handle perfume Wsen II ~ distributed
IN powders, oils soaps and sprays
IL could take "a dozen bottles 81 strong
perfrm" and go through customer
wardrob. with ~. seeming her gowns. her
f,rs her laC"- and her cloaks. my ioh
would lie soon dom" ! could max" them
all smell alike ~ couple of DAYS hut
this way Of seeming - far tuo crude 20 h"
az C"utabl- Today n must h. more
d"lcat.ly done
To scent very smart wardrobe re-
CURES many a pound Il scent rhs
scheme - To Impart the odor - the cloth
ing but to max. the scent 50 delicate
that YOU do not notice u until YOU are
Close 10y This - new and difficult
undertaking The careful woman ~
To- -dav would consider II wret Chedly had
form 10 have much perfiim. her
clothing that you could notice " a. she
entered the room
4 had job tho other day which was
aunt" to my liking II was IN" ~centing
" the -hu..s and hose 81 one - my Gus
TONER'S WAS shown into "A room " here