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

• Essays
• 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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