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cloves, acacia-buds, &c, allowing them to remain together for 24 to 48 hours, then 

 sifting away the powder from the spent flowers. 



2. By the addition of certain ottos, such as rose, lavender, &c., first rubbing a 

 small portion of starch or talc in a mortar with the otto, then mixing this strongly- 

 scented portion with the remainder, by sifting the whole well together in a trough. 



In this wAy is prepared 



Rose-Scented Toilet-Powder. 



Wheat-starch . . . . .14 Ibs. 



Rose-pink .1 ounce. 



Otto of rose i 



The rose-pink and the otto of rose are rubbed well -with about 8 ounces of starch, 

 and finally sifted with the remainder as above described. 



3. By reducing some fragrant substance, such as cinnamon, nutmeg, or orris-root, 

 to a fine powder, and mixing them with a given proportion of the inodorous starch. 

 The violet-powder of commerce is a good example : 



Infants' Violet-Powder. 



Starch of wheat 14 Ibs. 



Ess. oil of bergamot . J ounce. 



Orris-root powder . 3 almond . drachm. 



Sachee Powders 



consist entirely of odorous substances reduced to powder, mixed and sifted in various 

 proportions. 



Rose-Sachec Powder 

 consists of 



Rose-leaves, ground . . 1 Ib. 

 Santal-wood powder . . -J- 



Cedar-wood dust . . i Ib. 

 Otto of rose . . 1 drachm. 



After certain tinctures are made, there is found in the perfume-laboratory a vast 

 quantity of residue, or spent material, such as musk-pods, vanilla, tonquin-beans, 

 ambergris, civet, &c. These spent materials, although not strong enough to yield 

 any perfume to spirit, are yet fragrant, and may be judiciously used in combination 

 with a little otto to produce a good sach^e, such as 



Olla Podrida, 



which consists entirely of spent materials well ground together, and a little otto rose 

 and lavender rubbed in to increase and sweeten its odour. 



Frangipanni Sachee. 



Orris-root . . 1 Ib. 



Rose-leaves . . . 1 

 Santal-wood . . . 



Grain musk . . 1 drachm. 

 Civet . . . . i 

 Otto rose . i 



Tonquin-beans, ground . A- 



The civet, the musk, and otto of rose, are to be rubbed well with a little of the 

 orris, and then mixed with the other ingredients ; it being understood that, all the 

 materials, rose-leaves, orris-root, and santal-wood, have "been previously reduced to 

 powder. 



Some odorous materials are sold pure, such as patchouli herb, which is merely the 

 leaves of the plant rubbed on a sieve to powder. Santal-wood and orris-root have to 

 be reduced to powder at the drug-grinder's mill. 



(F.) SCENTED SOAPS. 



Soaps are perfumed by two methods : 



1. J3y melting the soap in a hot water- or steam-bath, and then adding the scent 

 when the soap is perfectly soft ; various kinds and qualities of soap are used for this 

 purpose. 



Curd or tallow soap, palm-oil soap, cocoa-nut-oil or marine soap, olive-oil soap, 

 yellow or rosin soap, potash (soft) soap. See SOAP. 



When mixed in different proportions, and melted and scented, they bear various 

 fanciful names given to them by the makers, and in some instances indicating their 

 perfume ; such as almond and rose soap. No one soap made by the soap-makers 

 appears to give entire satisfaction to the consumer : soaps of oil do not lather suffi- 

 ciently, or with freedom enough ; tallow soaps are too hard ; rosin or yellow soap has 



