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h\ the iiuentor. For the names of perfume - yielding 

 plants are not allowed to be registered at the Patent 

 Oflice for tlie Protection ol Xames ol T^'erhimes. llie 

 perfume called ■'Cor^■lopsis" is practi'calh- a mixture of 

 all possible kinds of ethereal oils, but particularh' (.Jil 

 of looses. Patchouli. La^'ender and Bergamot, besides 

 Musk and Ci\'et. 



Grasse extracts its perfumes almost exclusively from 

 the \'egetable World. Hut now rhemistr\ is lieginning 

 to influence tlie perfume industr\-, as h\ it the fragrant 

 substances arc manufactured absolutel\ pure. It has been 

 particularh' successful in producing Cumarin, the sub- 

 stance that is used to represent the smell of moyn grass 

 and plucked \^'oodruffe. out of Salic^■laldell^■d. The pro- 

 cess is somewhat complicated, but the aromatic sub- 

 stance, ^v]lich is obtained in shining coloiu'less cr-^'stals, 

 is prcciseh' the same as that contained in the Tonka- 

 bean, the seeds of the Tonka tree {Diplcri.\ udoralci) of 

 Guiana, and in the stalks of J^ialris odoralissiiua, a com- 

 posite which grows in Florida and is used for scenting 

 tobacco and cigars. \N'ith about twent\ grammes of 

 artiiicial Cumarin as much can now be effected in the 

 perfume factor\- as with a kilogramme of Tonka-beans. 

 It is the same with the natural '•\Mnter-green oil", which 

 is extracted from a Xorth American slirub, Gauheria 

 proc?i,rii/ici/s, l)elonging to the Ericaceae, and which is 

 no^\- completel}' replaced b^• artiiicialh' made Metli\ 1 

 Salic}'late. But on the otiier hand Ihtter Almond 

 oil, whicli was so mucli |used in perfumer\', has been 

 onh' partial]\- supplemented h\ artificial ]iensaldeh\cl. 



