Opening the text

The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants: With Instructions for the Manufacture of Perfumes for the Handkerchief, Scented Powders, Odorous Vinegars, Dentifrices, Pomatums, Cosmetics, Perfumed Soap, Etc., to which is Added an Appendix on Preparing Artificial Fruit-Essences, Etc.Piesse, G. W. Septimus (George William Septimus)

History

The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants: With Instructions for the Manufacture of Perfumes for the Handkerchief, Scented Powders, Odorous Vinegars, Dentifrices, Pomatums, Cosmetics, Perfumed Soap, Etc., to which is Added an Appendix on Preparing Artificial Fruit-Essences, Etc.

Name: The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants: With Instructions for the Manufacture of Perfumes for the Handkerchief, Scented Powders, Odorous Vinegars, Dentifrices, Pomatums, Cosmetics, Perfumed Soap, Etc., to which is Added an Appendix on Preparing Artificial Fruit-Essences, Etc.
Author: Piesse, G. W. Septimus (George William Septimus)

Piesse, G. W. Septimus (George William Septimus)

Cosmetics; Perfumes

The French and English perfumers concoct a great variety of these
substances, which being put into silk bags, or ornamental envelopes,
find a ready sale, being both good to smell and economical as a means of
imparting an agreeable odor to linen and clothes as they lie in drawers.
The following formula shows their composition. Every material is either
to be ground in a mill, or powdered in a mortar, and afterwards sifted.

SACHET AU CYPRE.

Ground rose-wood,                           1 lb.
  "      cedar-wood,                        1 lb.
  "      santal-wood,                       1 lb.
Otto of rhodium, or otto of rose,      3 drachms.

Mix and sift; it is then fit for sale.

SACHET A LA FRANGIPANNE.

Orris-root powder,                     3 lbs.
Vitivert powder,                      1/4 lb.
Santal-wood powder,                   1/4 lb.
Otto of neroli,     }
 "      rose,       } of each,      1 drachm.
 "      santal,     }
Musk-pods, ground,                      1 oz.

The name of this sachet has been handed down to us as being derived from
a Roman of the noble family of Frangipani. Mutio Frangipani was an
alchemist, evidently of some repute, as we have another article called
rosolis, or ros-solis, _sun-dew_, an aromatic spirituous liquor, used as
a stomachic, of which he is said to be the inventor, composed of wine,
in which is steeped coriander, fennel, anise, and musk.

HELIOTROPE SACHET.

Powdered orris,                    2 lbs.
Rose leaves, ground,                1 lb.
Tonquin beans, ground,            1/2 lb.
Vanilla beans,                    1/4 lb.
Grain musk,                       1/4 oz.
Otto of almonds,                 5 drops.

Well mixed by sifting in a coarse sieve, it is fit for sale.

It is one of the best sachets made, and is so perfectly _au naturel_ in
its odor to the flower from which it derives its name, that no person
unacquainted with its composition would, for an instant, believe it to
be any other than the "real thing."

LAVENDER SACHET.

Lavender flowers, ground,           1 lb.
Gum benzoin, in powder,           1/4 lb.
Otto of lavender,                 1/4 oz.


SACHET A LA MARECHALE.

Powder of santal-wood,            1/2 lb.
   "      orris-root,             1/2 lb.
Rose-leaves, ground,              1/4 lb.
Cloves, ground,                   1/4 lb.
Cassia-bark,                      1/4 lb.
Grain musk,                   1/2 drachm.

SACHET A LA MOUSSELAINE.

Vitivert, in powder,                        1 lb.
Santal-wood, }
Orris,       } each,                      1/2 lb.
Black-currant leaves (_casse_),           1/2 lb.
Benzoin, in powder,                       1/4 lb.
Otto of thyme,                           5 drops.
 "      roses,                        1/2 drachm.

MILLEFLEUR SACHET.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.