iJaruties 
On  Perfumery.    By  Septimus  Piesse. 
(Continued  from  page  374.) 
Lilt. — The  manufacturing  perfumer  rejects  the  advice  of  Solomon,  to 
consider  the  lilies  of  the  field."    Rich  as  they  are  in  odor  they  are  not 
cultivated  for  their  perfume.     If  lilies  are  thrown  into  oil  of  sweet 
almonds,  or  olive  oil,  they  impart  to  it  their  sweet  smell ;  but  to  obtain 
anything  like  fragrance  the  infusion  must  be  repeated  a  dozen  times  with 
the  same  oil,  using  fresh  flowers  for  each  infusion,  after  standing  a  day  or 
so.    The  oil  being  shaken  with  an  equal  quantity  of  spirit  for  a  week 
gives  up  its  odor  to  the  alcohol,  and  thus  extract  of  lilies  may  be  made. 
But  how  it  is  made  is  thus  : — 
IMITATION  "LILY  OF  THE  VALLEY." 
Extract  of  tubereuse  .....  ^  pint. 
Extract  of  jasmin  .        .         .        .        •  1  oz. 
Extract  of  fleur  d'orange      .  .        .        .  2  oz. 
Extract  of  vanilla  *        .        •        .        .  3  oz. 
Extract  of  cassie  .....  |  pint. 
Extract  of  rose  .....  J  pint. 
Hydrocyanic  acid  .....  3  drops. 
Keep  this  mixture  together  for  a  month,  and  then  bottle  it  for  sale.  It  is  a 
perfume  that  is  very  much  admired. 
Magnolia. — The  perfume  of  this  flower  is  superb  ;  practically,  however, 
it  is  of  little  use  to  the  manufacturer,  the  large  size  of  the  blossoms  and  their 
comparative  scarcity*  prevents  their  being  used,  but  a  very  excellent  imita- 
tion of  its  odor  is  made  as  under,  and  is  that  which  is  found  in  the 
perfumers'  shops  of  London  and  Paris. 
IMITATION  "  ESSENCE  OF  MAGNOLIA." 
Spirituous  extract  of  orange  flower  pomatum    .  1  pint 
Spirituous  extract  of  rose  pomatum  .  .  2  pints 
Spirituous  extract  of  tubereuse  pomatum          .         J  pint 
Spirituous  extract  of  violet  pomatum       .        .  |  pint 
Essential  oil  of  citron          ....        2  drams 
Essential  oil  of  almonds       ;  10  drops 
Mace. — Ground  mace  is  used  in  the  manufacture  of  some  of  those  scented 
powders  called  Sachets.  A  strongsmelling  essential  oil  may  be  procured 
from  it  by  distillation,  but  is  rarely  used. 
Marjoram. — The  essential  oil  procured  by  distilling  Origaum  marjorana, 
*  [This  remark  does  not  apply  to  the  United  States. — Ed.  Am.  Journ.  Pharm.] 
