Perfumes and their preparation : $b Containing complete directions for making handkerchief perfumes, smelling-salts, sachets, fumigating pastils; preparations for the care of the skin, the mouth, the hair; cosmetics, hair dyes, and other toilet articlesAskinson, George William
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Perfumes and their preparation : $b Containing complete directions for making handkerchief perfumes, smelling-salts, sachets, fumigating pastils; preparations for the care of the skin, the mouth, the hair; cosmetics, hair dyes, and other toilet articles
Askinson, George William
Cosmetics; Perfumes
Expressed oil of almond 7 oz.
Purified tallow 2 lb.
Wax 7 oz.
Spermaceti 7 oz.
Camphor 7 oz.
Oil of lavender ¾ oz.
Oil of rosemary ¾ oz.
Oil of cinnamon 75 grains.
Savonette is generally understood to mean a soap cast in spherical
moulds; this preparation is, as a rule, likewise sold in this form.
DIVINE POMADE A.
Expressed oil of almond 3 lb.
Spermaceti 1 lb.
Lard 2 lb.
Benzoin 1 lb.
Vanilla 7 oz.
Civet ¾ oz.
The aromatic substances, having been comminuted, are thoroughly
triturated with the other ingredients, and the mass is kept for
twenty-four hours at a temperature of 50 to 60° C. (112-140° F.), when
it is carefully decanted from the sediment, which is treated again with
another mass of the same substances for thirty-six to forty-eight hours.
DIVINE POMADE B.
Beef marrow 2 lb.
Benzoin 1½ oz.
Nutmegs 1 oz.
Cloves 1 oz.
Storax 1½ oz.
Orris root 1½ oz.
Civet 75 grains.
Cinnamon 1 oz.
Orange-flower water 2 lb.
The solid substances are macerated for forty-eight hours with the warm
marrow, the liquid perfumed marrow is then strained off and mixed with
the orange-flower water.
COLOGNE COLD-CREAM (CRÊME DE COLOGNE).
Expressed oil of almond 2 lb.
Wax 2½ oz.
Spermaceti 2½ oz.
Mecca balsam 7 oz.
Tolu balsam 3½ oz.
Rose water 14 oz.
Mecca balsam has been a rare article in commerce for many years.
That which is usually sold as such is more or less adulterated or an
imitation. The genuine was derived from Balsamodendron Opobalsamum
Kunth.
CUCUMBER COLD-CREAM A.
Expressed oil of almond 2 lb.
Wax 2¼ oz.
Spermaceti 2¼ oz.
Extract of cucumber 5½ oz.
Cucumber juice, fresh 2 lb.
The cucumber juice is carefully heated to 60 or 65° C. (140-149°F.),
rapidly filtered from the curds, and at once added to the rest of the
mass.
CUCUMBER COLD-CREAM B.
Lard 6 lb.
Spermaceti 2 lb.
Benzoin 7 oz.
Extract of cucumber 2 lb.
The benzoin is first macerated with the warmed fat for twenty-four
hours, and this aromatic fat is treated in the usual manner.
LIP SALVE A (POMADE BLANCHE POUR LES LÈVRES).
Expressed oil of almond 2 lb.
Wax 4½ oz.
Spermaceti 4½ oz.
Oil of bitter almond ½ oz.
Oil of lemon grass 75 grains.
Oil of rose 75 grains.
RED LIP SALVE B (POMADE À LA ROSE POUR LES LÈVRES).
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