The sun., 1910-08-14
PERFI HIS FROW THE tRDEN.
The Ise Of FIo~ ers to Make Ind,, idusI
scents

Fram no i1rd.r Fr'n',g >'1rdr.d
sent masking r"pre-"nt-a fANorit" gari-i
hornv oi the moment F.w perfume
noRada'S are mad. OF -ingle hoWpr
There NAV D." q predomina'ing smell ~
Nrrbsua 81 ct carnations b4I probably
tour ur 10 different blossoms have gone .,
max. up 'h~ r"-ul' ami th" interest ~
making tn- extract ~ home lies IN ailyin'
On" ." ann, h-T. EXPERIMENTING With new
combinations and arUmAs much as a 'h"l
toys With herbs aud e~~enr~- IN the oTigina
'IOn of new sauce
To- make the essential oils which ar. 'H.
Nomination nf al - the first matter un',
a row of bright golden green and color
l.-- OILS has been secured the woTk becou-'
a f~att~r for leisure. ior eNpeTim~niafIuI
and original irials Ih-f- are -~'rra
methods 81 sNira,tIng the essential ~
from th. -oN-T~ Drc Oi the -mpI--'
.-uf maAtnK plants - that of u series
~ shallow 'rav- such a. amateur photos
rauhsr- ~" 20 toning and hNing negatives
Th.-.. should ~. Of ~" sane -ly- ~ mat
th-g NAV ~ On" INTO the other sheets oi
cotton uuul must he ,ui the exact -,ye ~
he frl,- one tor each lhs-~ are -aiu.
fii.i with pure olive ou
Ih" uuWrr-. ,icI-d "n , ne. dl, ait.r
rl" "rfIv morning dew hs- dtr.-i. rru~' u.'
d"uud.,i of al but The sweet smelling portion
Thus entails cutting away not unl, l"a -
AMI stalls pii Wu,h "i ~" pIstil AMI 'ii,,
eNsr, fhng "a li,I b"Iug r"mo, -d VIrrt
-harI, par "f SCISSORS vIih Ih- exception
oI 'hr petals pad ui vOoi .- 'hrn lad
af the hOifouu - one ut N" drsu"- aud he
u.'aI-sre arranged on the top with = thin
la,"r of cotton " oo' Nnnih~r iray On the
ton = nllrd N the same manner. ~" ~au"
h"tnr repeated unttl q pyramid Of hal' q
dozen ur NOR" has b..n b.fil' up
Inc, ar" hen lrf' until N" n"N' 10 20
.'fEss N . large boN square hi-"uiF'lh
au-Nrftng he purpose sy""ll~nily u the ld
- 'Ight nftBg Tn. n~N' dav the flower,
~. r.nfIy rrmo' rd and fresh set subsr
.tgf.d -. same VARIETY ~ blossoms h"ing
, ho-.u ~ zach Ca-s a. he OILS ~ this stage
-huuId NOT l-e ~ iNsd
Ih'- prp"~s- i repeated ~N~Tv dav Tor
va"i % lfitla fresh oil heing -pT,nklsd over
~" Nnul ii the V"Hl her - vhrm and h r"ud-
tnHfy vr Nt th. end ~ that time tho most
tur"r"sr INK part 81 The proceeding heRin-
The saturated 'uti oul sheets have nov
b.,n'n" uupr-guatad Wfh 'h" perfume
~ ih,r rs'nalus - b" done j. 10 collect
Zach precious drop. squeezing the sheets
~ turn un'd m" essential OIL uns all been
,ull', ted
- ~ ru iose ~ lit'le - possible the host
method at obtaining the oil j. 10 squeeze
DO over he mouth Of rltsT straight into the
noiil.. each of which should hs put away
FOR the liquid to settle and must not be
touched Tor som" littl- I'm. The Iduid
- = lii'la muddy NJ hrst and should clrAr
u self slowly when Transparent u can be
last ~ all de- ani"d into 'l~an hot'les and l.
ready f"r mixing and combining
\ much aus krr way hut by no means 80
ibur0uEh - that uf crushing the flower
heads in = mortar. adding blanched and
chopped almonds - the pelals Va the pro.
port on of half tie amount uf almonds rs
weight ~ m" petals The OIL after y dav or
two viii o"ze nui from m" paste. which must
u" sJus"Z"d IN nn~ piece ~ muslin. the
drops being collected IN a bottle
In addition 10 the flower essential oils
ihere nre several stock perfumes which
although they may b- made a. home To
Rrra' extent. are far more easily obtained
from a chemist This will save n good deal
at trouble such ess~noe- A. musk amber.
Rr,-. oil of cloves and other foundai ion
aroina- being troublesoms to make and
Offering no advantages over the profes-
sIonRlly sNtra"t~d scent few drops of
the." ~" often used - make the perfume
permanent although To- add too much - a
great mistake and pr"d'' - common and
ON"rpowrring srent