A practical treatise on the manufacture of perfumery

The volatile oils, as previously mentioned, may be divided into three groups, viz: the pure hydrocarbons, oxygenated oils, and sulphuretted oils. Chemically, this division is, h...

To properly preserve the hair it requires to be occasionally oiled, and the scalp to be frequently cleansed. Pomades and oils serve for the former purpose, and hair tonics for t...

The fabrication of cosmetics is an important branch of perfumery. The materials used for the purpose should be selected and of good quality even for cheap articles, which are, o...

The term _resins_ is applied to certain organic substances which are very closely related to volatile oils, in so far as many of them are formed from the latter by oxidation. As...

The alcoholic perfumes, also called "_Extraits d'Odeurs_," are divided into flower-odors, "_Extraits aux fleurs_," and into compound odors, "_Bouquets_." The extracts of French...

In speaking of the volatile oils used in perfumery, two artificial perfume-materials, artificial oils of bitter almonds and wintergreen have already been mentioned. There can be...

Of animal substances only four are used, namely: _musk_, _castor_ or _castoreum_, _civet_, and _ambergris_; the separation of their characteristic odoriferous substances has, ho...

Volatile oils are much adulterated, the adulterations consisting chiefly in mixing an expensive oil with a cheaper one and with alcohol; more rarely with chloroform and fat oils...

Nature has implanted in man the instinct of finding the odor accompanying decay and putrefaction insufferable, of fleeing from it, and of going in quest of fragrant odors. Hence...

Great care is required in compounding dentifrices and mouth-waters, and special attention must be paid to the correct selection of the material. The substances used must be chem...

Fumigating agents are divided into liquid and dry, the first being alcoholic solutions, and perhaps most popular. They consist of extractions from resins, balsams, leaves, flowe...

In ancient times dry perfumes were almost exclusively used, but, independent of fumigating agents, which will be considered later on, the consumption of dry or solid perfumes is...

Pimento oil or oil of allspice; Rose oil or attar of roses; Principal localities of its production; Schimmel & Co.'s, of Leipzic, Germany, experiment to obtain oil from indigeno...

Cassia-oil tincture; Cedar-oil tincture; Cinnamon-oil tincture; Citronella-oil tincture; Clove-oil tincture; Eucalyptus-oil tincture; Geranium-oil tincture; Lavender-oil tinctur...

Luxurious use of ointments in Athens, and the special ointments used for each part of the body; Introduction of ointments in Rome, and edict prohibiting the sale of foreign oint...