The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-06
The PERFUMES
OF The orient
They Have Come Into Vogue
With Eastern Costumes and
Are Said to Be Good For
Health and Looks.
y LOWER baths are in high es-
TEEN with Partisan elegantes.
They are supposed to improve
fl,o h,aIfh anI l,,Ir- pI.,


supposed to be highly beneficial for the
lukewarm and quantities Of rose leaves
are strewn in the water, and their
petals crushed to extract the juice
Plain roscwatcr really is healing for
the skin. and, no doubt, some of this
poured in the water of the bath would
be quite as enicacious as the rose
leaves. Indeed. rosewater is a favor
tie toilet accessory with many women
who have been noted for the beauty of
their compleXions
There is little doubt that a good per
fume is a wholesome tonic. Sachets
placed in the clothing and scattered
about the room undoubtedly act as dis
infectants. The sachets for wear may
be made of white silk or fine lawn and
lace, trimmed and fastened to the lin
geric.
Old fashioned perfumes are better
than new ones. Some of them have
a distinctly soothing effect on the
nerves. Bay leaves, rosemary, laven
der, rose leaves, myrrh. oIris root. VIC
lets, lemon, mint. are all considered es-
pecially beneficial. Just why perfumes
soothe the nerves it is hard to say.
The danes of long ago used to be
lieve that sage tea was q fine thing for
the complexion. Combined with ordi-
nary tea it was used for making the
hair thicker and gIossier, The scent
of sage was also liked. Those who ate,
smelled and bathed in sage believed
that they were thus prolonging their
lives. Who knows? There may be more
in some of those simple old herb cures
than any of us are aware of.
Most of the perfumes just mention
ed We're used in the drawers or in
chests where clothes We're kept, ana
when the garments were taken out
they had, of course, a delicate odor of
the perfume still clinging to them.
Honeysucllle blossoms, rose gerani
UNI and lily of the valley are delight
full, and their fresh leaves may all be
used like those of the rose in impart
ing fragrance to the bath.
Lavender is said to be a good brain
stimulant and is therefore n better per
fume for the slow and sluggish than
for one of alert mind.
A delightful face wash is made of
tincture of benzoin, water and lit
tie glycerin. And, by the way, ben
zoin is most refreshing put into the
basin in which you wash your face and
hands. 1t turns the water a little
cloudy or milky, and it has pleasant,
pungent odor.
There are times and seasons for
perfumes as I'm everything else Just
at present the fashion leaders approve
of them. Rare old scents that suggest
the orient are favored. Paris sets the
style for us where perfumes are con
cerned. The leaders Of the monde fol
lowing the lead Of the courts Of Eu-
rope Most royal ladies have special
perfumers and guard the secrets of
their preparation as carefully as a
prime minister does the more weighty
affairs of state.
The empress Of Russia is a most ex
travagant user Of perfume. Her sup
plies Of it come from Paris. Her apart
ments in the royal palaces and hel
cabins in the royal yacht are daily
sprayed with essences of lilac, jasmine
jonquil, tuberoSc and white violet The
cases of perfume are sent directly OF
their arrival from France to the impe
rial laboratory for analysis before they
reach the empress.
Formerly Christina, the queen moth
or of Spain, used perfume made from
a flower found in the Philippines, .bu
since Spain lost those islands the queer
has abandoned the use of it and adopt
ed instead eau despagne, manufacture
ed in Madrid.
The royal perfumer becomes poeti,
when he talks of Roumania and tn,
poet queen of that country, GARNER
sylvia.
Her majesty the queen Of Rouma
MIA" he says, lis proud of her whit
hair and her complexion. In spite o
her sixty years not wrinkle is to b.
seen on her forehead, thanks to tn
marvellous water of which she alon
possesses the secret. This water j
distilled from flowers found only in tn
heart Of n distant forest into whic
none but the queens flower gatherer
may penetrate. Around that fores
tuCIe Is Ill 'llI IlIleS Il CoIQon OF Sci
tinels who protect it for the queen"
This seems like one of the fair
tales the queen loves to write for chi
dren, but it may be true, for all is pos
sible in the wild land where that II
mantle woman reigns.
Queen Wilhelmina Of the Netherand
will have nothing to say Of perfume
water for her baths or scented powdC
or soap. a daily bath, taken for SCI
en- minutes, followed by a minute
cold douching, is her rule, but she
not quite hopeless from the perfumer
point of view. for she uses a pint
eau de cologne daily.
The English court is conservative
Queen Alexandra remains faithful
the Ess Bouquet. which has been
use by the royal family Of Englar
since 1922 The recipe for this pc
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