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the multiplicated mechanism used in the factory, and revealing part of the vast 

 stores of matters already made. In the production of rose essence, he said 

 10,000 to 12,000 kilos of roses were needed to make 1 kilo (2^ pounds) of 

 extract. This was sold at the high price of 2,000 francs (^80 or $400) per kilo. 

 It is trie dearest of all the " first matters," or matures premieres, used by manu- 

 facturers of perfumery. In fact, it is such a costly article to handle, that but a 

 few firms can afford to manipulate it. Generally, it is only made on order given 

 a long time in advance of the month of manufacture, which is May. The attar 

 of roses of, and made in, Turkey, is, the cicerone went on, stronger than that 

 made in Grasse, but not so fine. Probably because in the dwindling ottoman 

 state they have not the perfected machinery which prevails in the Alpes- 

 Maritimes department — machinery which (to their further credit, be it noted) is 

 locally made. 



The principal houses in and about Grasse interested in the raising of flowers 

 of every species, from which suitable essences are extractable, are the fol- 

 lowing (all on the Avenue des Capucins): Robertet ; A. Pilar , Lautier fils ; 

 Hugues-Gudret ; J. Hugues ; A Chiris (introducing, so far as he dare go, all the 

 tricks of the trade into the known products of this big house); Widow, or Veune, 

 Cavalier ; and B Roure. There are nearly a score of other firms, all of more or 



Fig. 561. — In the Flower-Land of the Riviera — View of the Country about Orasse. 



