The mystery and lure of perfume / by C.J.S. Thompson, with twenty-six illustrations.

  • Charles Thompson
Date:
[1927]
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Credit: The mystery and lure of perfume / by C.J.S. Thompson, with twenty-six illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    still-room—Queen Elizabeth’s still-room—Rabbard’s letter to the Queen—How he extolled his “ Waters of odors most sweete”—“A perfume for Queen Elizabeth” . pp. 109-113 CHAPTER XII PERFUMES OF THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES Dry perfumes — Damask-water — Lavender-water — “ Swete Powder for Bagges ”•—“ A Violette powder used by King Henry of France ”—“ Chipre ”—Perfumes for Queen Isabella of Spain—Powder of Red Chypre—Recipe book of the Duchess of Braganza and the Duchess of Parma—“ Damaske perfume ” of Master Alexis—“ A perfume for the chamber ”—“ A verie good perfume for gloves”—To perfume garments, sheets, and all other things belonging to a Prince ”—“ A verie good per¬ fume against the Plague”—To make a perfume necklace—“A sweet-scented bath for a lady” . . . . pp. 114-122 CHAPTER XIII PERFUMES OF SHAKESPEARE^S TIME Allusions to perfumes in Shakespeare’s plays—His favourite flowers, the rose, lily, and violet—“ Casting bottles ”—Sweet rushes in church—The smoke of juniper—Perfume bellows— Shadwell’s description of a travelling perfumer—“ The odour of sanctity”.pp. 123-132 CHAPTER XIV FUMIGATION BY AROMATIC SUBSTANCES AND THE HYGIENIC VALUE OF THEIR ODOURS Antiquity of fumigation—Belief in the virtues of strong odours—Fumigation against the plague—Pitch and faggots burnt in the streets—Fumigations during the Great Plague of London How the Deanery of St. Paul’s was fumed— “Angier’s Fume “ Atkinson’s Fume’’—Tobacco as a dis¬ infectant—“ An excellent odour against the Plague ”— Aromatics to prevent infection—Flowers in the sick-room—A
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