A practical treatise on the manufacture of perfumery : $b comprising directions for making all kinds of perfumes, sachet powders, fumigating materials, dentrifices, cosmetics, etc., etc., with a full account of the volatile oils, balsams, resins, and other natural and artificial perfume-substances, including the manufacture of fruit ethers, and tests of their purityDeite, C. (Carl)
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A practical treatise on the manufacture of perfumery : $b comprising directions for making all kinds of perfumes, sachet powders, fumigating materials, dentrifices, cosmetics, etc., etc., with a full account of the volatile oils, balsams, resins, and other natural and artificial perfume-substances, including the manufacture of fruit ethers, and tests of their purity
Deite, C. (Carl)
Cosmetics; Perfumes; Perfumes industry
Eucalyptol (C_{24}H_{20}O_{2}) is limpid, colorless, turns the plane
of polarization, has a specific gravity of 0.905, and boils at 347° F.
Its vapor mixed with air has an agreeable, refreshing taste, and its
dilute solutions remind one of roses. Eucalyptene (C_{24}H_{18}) has a
specific gravity of 0.836, and boils at 329° F.
_Fennel oil_ (_oleum fœniculi_) is derived by distillation from the
fruits of _Fœniculum vulgare, Gaertner_. Large quantities of it are
produced in Saxony, and also in Galicea. It is quite colorless,
limpid, of specific gravity 0.940 to 0.970 and, with a full content of
stearoptene, possesses a nauseous sweet taste and odor. It contains
60 to 70 per cent. of anethol and congeals at from 41° to 50° F. to a
crystalline mass. The leaves of the plant also contain a volatile oil,
which is, however, less valued than the seed-oil.
Good fennel oil should dissolve clear in 1 to 2 parts of 90 per cent.
alcohol. Direct adulterations of this oil do not occur, but the
stearoptene is frequently withdrawn by fractional distillation whereby
the oil loses much in value. Such oil freed from stearoptene does not
congeal, has a more bitter than sweet taste and does not dissolve in
the above-mentioned proportion in alcohol.
In perfumery fennel oil is but little used; sometimes in connection
with other volatile oils for perfuming soaps.
_Geranium oil_, _palmarosa oil_, _Turkish geranium oil_ is obtained
from _Andropogon Pachnodes_. It is yellowish, limpid, of specific
gravity 0.890 at 59° F., possesses a very agreeable rose-like odor
resembling that of geranium oils from _Pelargonium radula, Aiton_, and
for this reason is generally designated as Turkish geranium oil. The
odor of the oil is improved by shaking it with water containing lemon
juice, any content of copper being thereby removed. The washed oil is
then brought into shallow dishes and exposed for two or three weeks to
the sun, whereby its odor becomes still more like that of rose oil.
The oil thus prepared is much used for adulterating rose oil. Turkish
geranium oil is also much used for the adulteration of genuine geranium
oil and is itself adulterated with oil of turpentine. It is extensively
employed in perfumery, especially for perfuming hair oils and pomades,
and in conjunction with geranium oils for rose soap.
_East Indian geranium oil_ is obtained, chiefly in the Presidency of
Bombay, from _Andropogon Schoenantus, L._ It is greenish-yellow to
yellow-brown, has a specific gravity of 0.906 at 59° F., and consists
mainly of geraniol (C_{10}H_{18}O). Its odor is rose-like, though
modified by a lemon-like odor. It is principally used for perfuming
cheaper articles.
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