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half-an-hour in a perfumed atmosphere, rather than a dose of 
nauseous medicine ! 
Something might he said about perfumes and morals ; the cloying 
odours of Eastern lands induce a dreamy sensuousness, while 
the refreshing fragrance of wild Thyme braces men for healthy 
action. The consumption of the wholesome but malodorous Onion 
is a question of manners rather than morals, though Ruskin says 
that this rank scent has been really among the most powerful 
means of degrading peasant life. Olfaction warns us against dangers 
which often accompany bad smells, and wo shall certainly be more 
ready to detect these if we educate this sense, and accustom ourselves 
to the enjoyment of smells that are good. The poet asks, 
“ Can ye take off tho sweetness from the flower ? ” 
In reply wo can point to tho important industry which finds 
employment for thousands of persons, in taking off the perfume 
from the Rose, and in collecting Violets, Jasmine, Mignonette, 
Geraniums, and other flowers, from which extracts are made. 
For this purpose, one Scent Manufactory at Grasse alone consumes 
in one harvest, nearly 000,000 lbs. of Roses, and so powerful is the 
perfume from the Orange flowers that the gatherers often fall from 
the ladders overcome by it 
There are three commercial processes in use for procuring the 
scented extracts of flowers : 1, Distillation, by which method 
Attar of Roses is made ; 2, Maceration, which consists in newly 
picked flowers being thrown into hot fat or oil, which is afterwards 
strained from them ; and 3, Enfleurage, by which exquisite essences 
are procured. In this last process a number of shallow frames, 
each with a layer of fat spread upon it, are piled one above the 
other ; fresh blossoms are periodically scattered over the fat, which 
by absorption finally becomes a scented pomade ; this can be 
afterwards digested with rectified spirit, and a concentrated essence 
obtained. 
There are many flowers which have two scents, and with some 
of these one scent is given off in the day-time and the other in the 
evening ; when there is this “ duality of fragrance,” one perfume 
