The Washington herald., 1922-04-06
oLFACToRY HARMoNIEs
OF PERFUMES.

oLFAcToRY HARMoNIEs
OF PERFUMEs.
Perfumed preludes and scented
symphonies composed from a seal.
OF delightful odors we-e suggested
by Dr. Marston T. Bogert. professor
Of organic chemistry at Columbia
University. in q pus'ic address al.
Birmingham. Ala, before the Amer
lean Chemical Society.
Instead Of music from the organ.
piano. o. violin, DR.. Bogert would
draw from tiny walls in the labors-
tory the perfumes which would
blend into an olfactory harmony.
II Symphonies of light recently
made their appearance in New
York. DIR. Bogerts suggestion
looks forward TO renditions which
fall upon the nose instead Of the
ears and eyes. DIR. Bogert said
that DR.. septimus Piesse. a French
chemist. maintained that every
perfume produces its own peculiar
effect on the olfactory cells just as
every nusical note has its charac-
teristic effect upon the ear, and
that therefore odors can be ar
ranged corresponding to the musi
cal scale.
DIR. Piesse composed a scale %
odors corresponding TO the musical
scale. The heavy odors are as
signed to the low notes ana the
sharp. pungent odors TO the high
notes.
Starting with the bass cle,. ,hr..
octaves below middle e. the musical
notes and the odors assigned 10
them by Or. Piesse are: Do. pat-
chouli: Re. vanilla: Mi. Glove bark.
Fa- benzoin; Sol. frangipane: La
storaN; ST. Glove; Do. sandalwood |,
Re. clemstis; MI, rattan: Fa, cssy
toreum: Sol. pergulaire: la. balsan
Of Pere: 81. carnations and pink; So.
geranium; Re. heliotrope: MI. irl.:
Fa. musk: Sol. pois de sonteur: La,
oalsam of tolu; 81. cinnamon: DO.
rose.
The perfume OF rose on this seal.
corresponds 20 middle c, and from il
the treble clef continues with Re-
violet: Nj. cassia: Fa. tuberose: Sol.
orange flowers; La. newmown hay:
81. aurone; Do. camphor: Re. al
mond; Nj. Portugal; Fs, jonquil: Sol
syringa: La. tonka bean; 81. mint
Do. jassa mine: Re. bergamot: Mi
c!tron: Fs- ambergris: Sol. mag
nolis: La. lavender; 81. peppermint:
Do. pineapple; Re. citronel: Mi. YER
vain; Fa.. civet.
DIR. Piesse also pointed out that
! when the perfumer wishes to COM
bine the simple doors he must use
those that combine into a harmoni-
Gus mixture. His scale Of odors
tells which perfumes will hsrmonize
and which will discord. As a paint
er blends colors. in the same way
perfumer should blend tho
aromas. when a bouquet OF sew
eral perfumes is made IL is neces-
sary to mix them so as TO intro
ducc a slight contrast.
. DIR. Piesse gives the following
| examples of perfume bouquets: -
;. These perfumes harmonic init
bouquet based on 'Sol:" Sol.
pergulsire; Sol. pois de senour:
Re. violet: Fs. tuberpse: Sol.
; orange flowers; ST. surone.
. The following is a "Do" bouquet:
DO, ssndlewood; Do. geranium:
Mi. csssis; Sol orange flowers. Do.
camphor.
The total effect Of these odors
is "Fs:" Pa. musk: Do, rose: Ia.
tuberose: La, tonka bean: DO,
csmphor: Fa. jonQuil.
That odors play the same part in
the world of the ant that light
does in the human world was sug-
Gested by DIR. Bogen
III we imagine ourselves either
blind or in total darkness" he
said. but possessed Of exceedingly
delicate olfactory organs in our
finger tips, We can get an idea
OF the sensations an ant eNper-
fences as he moves about. As We
moved about. touching various Oh
jects. our environment would ap-
pear to be made up OF spherical
perfumes and oblong stinks."