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  cheaply 
  than 
  genuine 
  musk 
  and 
  which 
  have, 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  extent, 
  

   replaced 
  it 
  save 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  costly 
  perfumes. 
  These 
  artificial 
  musks 
  

   consist 
  of 
  nitro-aromatic 
  compounds 
  and 
  bear 
  no 
  chemical 
  relation- 
  

   ship 
  to 
  natural 
  musk 
  whatever. 
  The 
  best 
  is 
  probably 
  that 
  known 
  

   as 
  "Musk 
  Ambrette," 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  nitrated 
  butyl-meta-cresol-methyl- 
  

   ether. 
  Other 
  imitation 
  musks 
  are 
  provided 
  by 
  "Musk 
  Ketone" 
  

   (di-nitro-butyl-meta-xylyl-methyl-ketone) 
  and 
  "Musk 
  Xylene" 
  (tri- 
  

   nitro-butyl-meta-xylene). 
  The 
  first 
  artificial 
  musk 
  of 
  commercial 
  

   importance, 
  it 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note, 
  was 
  discovered 
  accidentally 
  

   by 
  Baur 
  so 
  far 
  back 
  as 
  1888. 
  

  

  Moreover, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  producing 
  imitations 
  of 
  some 
  natural 
  

   perfume 
  materials 
  and 
  chemically 
  exact 
  replicas 
  of 
  others, 
  chemistry 
  

   has 
  enriched 
  the 
  art 
  of 
  perfumery, 
  with 
  a 
  whole 
  multitude 
  of 
  odorous 
  

   substances 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  which 
  not 
  only 
  can 
  the 
  odor 
  of 
  flowers 
  be 
  

   imitated 
  whose 
  natural 
  ottos 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  found 
  practicable 
  to 
  

   extract, 
  but 
  innumerable 
  new 
  nuances 
  of 
  fragrance 
  can 
  be 
  produced. 
  

   It 
  would 
  be 
  easy 
  to 
  fill 
  pages 
  with 
  a 
  bare 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  chemical 
  

   products 
  whose 
  odors 
  render 
  them 
  of 
  value 
  in 
  the 
  making 
  of 
  scent. 
  

   Many 
  of 
  ;hese 
  are 
  very 
  complex 
  bodies, 
  difficult 
  to 
  prepare 
  and 
  

   consequenly 
  of 
  a 
  costly 
  nature, 
  which 
  are 
  only 
  employed 
  in 
  minute 
  

   quantities 
  for 
  producing 
  certain 
  particular 
  bouquets 
  and 
  "parfums 
  

   de 
  fantake." 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  more 
  interesting 
  to 
  restrict 
  our 
  attention 
  

   to 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  commoner 
  synthetic 
  products 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  everyday 
  

   use 
  in 
  tie 
  confection 
  of 
  perfumes. 
  

  

  One 
  (f 
  the 
  first 
  synthetic 
  products 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  perfumery 
  was 
  

   nitro-beazene, 
  or 
  "oil 
  of 
  mirbane." 
  In 
  the 
  chapter 
  devoted 
  to 
  

   "Mateials 
  used 
  in 
  Perfumery," 
  in 
  his 
  The 
  Book 
  of 
  Perfumes, 
  pub- 
  

   lished 
  h 
  1867, 
  Rimmel 
  wrote: 
  "The 
  artificial 
  series 
  comprises 
  all 
  the 
  

   various 
  flavors 
  produced 
  by 
  chemical 
  combinations. 
  Of 
  these 
  the 
  

   most 
  extensively 
  used 
  in 
  perfumery 
  is 
  the 
  nitro-benzene, 
  usually 
  

   called 
  aiirbane, 
  or 
  artificial 
  essence 
  of 
  almonds. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  Artificial 
  

   essence 
  of 
  lemon 
  and 
  cinnamon 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  produced, 
  but 
  have 
  not 
  

   been 
  bought 
  to 
  sufficient 
  perfection 
  to 
  be 
  available 
  for 
  practical 
  use." 
  

   It 
  vas 
  not 
  a 
  very 
  auspicious 
  beginning; 
  for, 
  not 
  only 
  is 
  the 
  odor 
  

   of 
  licro-benzene 
  very 
  crude, 
  but 
  the 
  substance 
  is 
  poisonous, 
  and 
  

   doe 
  not 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  essential 
  oil 
  of 
  bitter 
  almonds. 
  However, 
  it 
  

   wa;not 
  long 
  before 
  real 
  synthetic 
  oil 
  of 
  bitter 
  almonds, 
  benzaldehyde, 
  

   male 
  its 
  appearance, 
  and 
  nowadays 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  this 
  substance, 
  which 
  

   is 
  xtensively 
  synthesized 
  from 
  toluene, 
  either 
  by 
  direct 
  oxidation 
  

   oDy 
  chlorination 
  followed 
  by 
  treatment 
  with 
  caustic 
  soda, 
  has 
  very 
  

   lately 
  replaced 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  natural 
  oil 
  both 
  for 
  perfumery 
  purposes 
  

   aii 
  for 
  flavoring 
  confectionery, 
  etc., 
  nitro-benzene 
  being 
  only 
  em- 
  

   piyed 
  to-day 
  for 
  scenting 
  the 
  cheapest 
  and 
  most 
  inferior 
  brands 
  of 
  

   sap. 
  

  

  