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Richard Warren, perfumer, at the Golden-Fleece, in Mary-le Bon Street, Golden Square, and at his other shops, no. 41, opposite Wood Street, Cheapside, London; fronting the New Assembly Rooms, in Bath, and at Tunbridge-Wells: begs leave to inform the nobility and gentry ... that he hath compleated his vegetable system of perfumery, from roots, woods, barks, leaves, and flowers, without musk, civet, or any of those fetid drugs, ...
Warren, Richard, perfumer.Date: 1777]- Digital Images
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Citrus bergamia (Bergamot orange)
Rowan McOnegal- Books
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A practical treatise on the manufacture of perfumery : 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 / by Dr. C. Deite, assisted by L. Borchert, F. Eichbaum, E. Kugler, H. Toeffner, and other experts. From the German by William T. Brannt.
Deite, C. (Carl), 1838-1921.Date: 1892- Digital Images
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Dianthus caryophyllus L. Caryophyllaceae Carnation, clove-gilliflowers - Mediterranean Culpeper (1650) writes that ‘Clove-gilliflowers, resist the pestilence, strengthen the heart, liver and stomach, and provokes lust.’ They smell strongly of cloves, and an oil made from the petals is used in perfumery, soaps etc. The petals are sometimes used as a garnish for salads. In herbal medicine they are used to make a tonic. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Books
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The house-keepers' guide and Indian doctor : containing the very best directions for making all kinds of ice creams, preserves, jellies, perfumery, and essences, fancy and plain soaps, and an excellent system on the treatment of the hair : the best method of cleaning brass, marble, mahogany furniture, cutlery, carpets, &c. &c. : also, a complete system of genuine Indian doctoring, to which is added directions for letter writing under various circumstances : the book closes with the celebrated chemical washing recipe.
Date: 1855- Books
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The new London family cook ; or, Town and country housekeeper's guide ... With the respective branches of pastry and confectionary, the art of potting, pickling, preserving, &c., cookery for the sick, and for the poor; directions for carving ... Also a collection of valuable family recipes in dyeing, perfumery, &c. An an appendix, containing general directions for servants relative to the cleaning of household furniture, floor-cloths, stoves, marble chimney-pieces, &c. forming in the whole a most complete family instructor / by Duncan Macdonald; and assistants.
MacDonald, Duncan, active 1800.Date: [1812]- Books
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The art of perfumery and the methods of obtaining the odours of plants : the growth and general flower farm system of raising fragrant herbs with instructions for the manufacture of perfumes for the handkerchief, scented powders, odorous vinegars and salts, snuff, dentifrices, cosmetics, perfumed soap, etc. :to which is added an appendix on preparing artificial fruit-essences, etc / by G.W. Septimus Piesse.
Piesse, G. W. Septimus (George William Septimus), 1820-1882.Date: 1891- Books
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The art of cookery, made plain and easy; which far exceeds any thing of the kind yet published... To which are added, one hundred and fifty new and useful receipts. And also fifty receipts for different articles of perfumery. With a copious index. A New ed. With all the modern improvements: and also the order of a bill of fare for each month, in the manner dishes are to be placed upon table, in the present taste. By a lady [Mrs. H. Glasse] / [Hannah Glasse].
Glasse, Hannah, 1708-1770.Date: 1788- Digital Images
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Lippia citriodora (Lemon verbena)
Rowan McOnegal- Digital Images
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Ocimum basilicum (Basil) (Variety "Crispum")
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Calendula officinalis (Marigold)
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Foeniculum vulgare (Fennel)
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Calendula officinalis (Marigold)
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Calendula officinalis (Marigold), flower harvesting
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Calendula officinalis (Marigold)
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Levisticum officinale or Ligusticum sp (Lovage)
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Carum carvi (Caraway)
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Lavandula augustifolia (Lavender)
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Laurus nobilis (Bay laurel)
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Citrus Limon (Lemon)
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Tanacetum Parthenium (Feverfew)
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Tanacetum parthenium (Feverfew)
Kathryn Ball- Digital Images
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Iris versicolor (Purple flag)
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Melissa officinalis (Lemon balm)
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