The art of perfumery : and the methods of obtaining odours of plants. With instructions for the manufacture of perfumes ... to which is added an appendix on preparing artificial fruit-essences, etc / [George William Septimus Piesse].

  • Piesse, G. W. Septimus (George William Septimus), 1820-1882.
Date:
1862
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Credit: The art of perfumery : and the methods of obtaining odours of plants. With instructions for the manufacture of perfumes ... to which is added an appendix on preparing artificial fruit-essences, etc / [George William Septimus Piesse]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A good Imitation Essence of Violets is best prepared thus—- Spirituous extract of cassie pomade Esprit de rose, from pomade . Tincture of orris Spirituous extract of tuberose pomade Otto of almonds After filtration it is fit for bottling, it is the extract of cassie which has the leading smell, but modified by the rose and tuberose, it becomes very much like the violet. Moreover, it has a green colour, like the extract of violet; and as the eye influences the judgment by the sense of taste, so it does with the sense of smell. Extract of violet enters largely into the com- position of several of the most popular bouquets, such as extract of spring flowers and many others. Violet flowers are worth about 4/. 50c. the kilo, or 2s. per pound, and it requires 4 kilos of flowers to enflower one kilo of fat to make the violet pomade. Vitiyert Vitiyert, or Kus-Ivus, is the rhizome of an Indian grass. In the neighbourhood of Calcutta, and in that city, this material has an extensive use by being manu- factured into awnings, blinds, and sunshades, called Tatty. During the hot seasons an attendant sprinkles water over them; this operation cools the apartment by the evaporation of the water, and, at the same time, per- fumes the atmosphere, in a very agreeable manner, with the odoriferous principle of the vitivert. It has a smell . 1 pint . i pint . £ pint . £ pint . 3 drops In this mixture,