ESSENTIAL OIL OF ROSES. 3 



of rofes; and from fifteen to twenty pounds of water 

 are to be drawn by diftillation, following the fame pro- 

 cefs as before. The rofe-water thus made and coho- 

 bated, will be found, if the rofes were good and frefh, 

 and the diftillation carefully performed, highly fcented 

 ■with the rofes. It is then poured into pans either of 

 earthen-ware or of tinned metal, and left expofed to the 

 frefh air for the night. The attar, or effence, will be 

 found in the morning congealed, and fwimming on the 

 top of the water. This is to be carefully feparated, and 

 collected, either with a thin fhcll or a fkimmer, and 

 poured into a vial. When a certain quantity has thus 

 been obtained, the water and feces mud be feparated 

 from the clear effence, which, with refpecl to the firft, 

 will not be difficult to do, as the effence congeals with a 

 flight cold, and the water may then be made to run off. 

 If, after that, the effence is kept fluid by heat, the feces 

 will fubfide, and may be feparated; but if the operation 

 has been neatly performed, thefe will be little or none. 

 The feces are as highly perfumed as the effence, and 

 muft be kept after as much of the effence has been 

 fkimmed from the rofe-water as could be. The re- 

 maining water mould be u fed for frefh diftillations, in- 

 stead of common water; at leaft as far as it will go. 



The above is the whole procefs of making genuine 

 attar of rofes. But, as the rofes of this country give 

 but a very fmall quantity of effence, and it is in high 

 efteem, various ways have been thought of to augment 

 the quantity, though at the expence of the quality. In 

 this country it is ulual to add to the rofes, when put in 

 the dill, a quantity of fandal-wood rafpings, fomemore, 

 fome lefs, from one to five telahs, or half ounces. The 

 fandal contains a deal ofeffential oil, which comes over 

 freely in the common diftillation, and mixing with the 

 rofe-water and effence, becomes ftrongly impregnated 

 with'their perfume. The impofition, however, cannot 

 be concealed: the cffential oil of fandal will not congeal 

 in common cold; and its fmell cannot be kept under, 



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