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.G. W. Septimus Piesse
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.
G. W. Septimus Piesse
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Book language: English
230 pages
A practical Victorian manual on perfumery, first published in 1857. G. W. Septimus Piesse explains how plant odors are obtained and how perfumes, scented powders, odorous vinegars, dentifrices, pomatums, cosmetics, and perfumed soap are made, with an appendix on artificial fruit essences and flower colors. It offers a window into nineteenth-century craft and chemistry.
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The Art OF PERFUMERY, AND METHOD OF OBTAINING THE ODORS OF PLANTS. DRYING HOUSE FOR HERBS. DRYING HOUSE FOR HERBS. From the rafters of the roof of the Drying House are suspended in bunches all the herbs that the grower cultivates. To accelerate the desiccation of rose leaves and other petals, the Drying House is fitted up with large cupboards, which are slightly warmed with a convolving flue, heated from a fire below. The flower buds are placed upon trays made of canvas stretched upon a frame rack, being not less than twelve feet long by four feet wide. When charged they are placed on shelves in the warm cupboards till dry. THE ART OF PERFUMERY, AND METHOD OF OBTAINING THE ODORS OF PLANTS,
WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PERFUMES FOR THE HANDKERCHIEF, SCENTED POWDERS, ODOROUS VINEGARS, DENTIFRICES, POMATUMS, COSMETIQUES, PERFUMED SOAP, ETC. WITH AN APPENDIX ON THE COLORS OF FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL FRUIT ESSENCES, ETC. ETC. BY G.W. SEPTIMUS PIESSE, AUTHOR OF THE "ODORS OF FLOWERS," ETC. ETC. PHILADELPHIA: LINDSAY AND BLAKISTON. 1857. PRINTED BY C. SHERMAN & SON, 19 St. James Street. Preface. By universal consent, the physical faculties of man have been divided into five senses,—seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, and smelling. It is of matter pertaining to the faculty of Smelling that this book mainly treats. Of the five senses, that of smelling is the least valued, and, as a consequence, is the least tutored; but we must not conclude from this, our own act, that it is of insignificant importance to our welfare and happiness. By neglecting to tutor the olfactory nerve, we are constantly led to breathe impure air, and thus poison the body by neglecting the warning given at the gate of the
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