CONTAINING
COMPLETE DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING HANDKERCHIEF PERFUMES,
SMELLING-SALTS, SACHETS, FUMIGATING PASTILS; PREPARATIONS
FOR THE CARE OF THE SKIN, THE MOUTH,
THE HAIR; COSMETICS, HAIR DYES, AND
OTHER TOILET ARTICLES.
WITH A
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF AROMATIC SUBSTANCES; THEIR
NATURE, TESTS OF PURITY, AND WHOLESALE
MANUFACTURE.
BY
GEORGE WILLIAM ASKINSON, Dr. Chem.,
MANUFACTURER OF PERFUMERY.
Translated from the Third German Edition by
ISIDOR FURST.
(WITH CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS BY SEVERAL EXPERTS.)
Illustrated with 32 Engravings.
| NEW YORK: | LONDON: |
| N. W. HENLEY & CO., | E. & F. N. SPON, |
| 150 Nassau St. | 125, Strand. |
| 1892. | |
Copyrighted, 1892,
by
NORMAN W. HENLEY & CO.
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The great progress which the art of perfumery has madeduring recent times is due to several causes, the chief one ofwhich is fully realized only by the manufacturer on a largescale, who stands, as it were, behind the scenes and has accessto facts and information concerning the materials he uses,which are not so easily accessible to the dilettante in perfumery,or remain altogether unknown to the latter. Thisimportant factor is the advance in our knowledge of the physicaland chemical properties of the several substances used inperfumery, whereby we can better discriminate between thegenuine and the spurious, the choicest and the inferior, thusinsuring, at the very start, a satisfactory result, instead ofbeing compelled to resort to wasteful experimentation andempiricism. A better knowledge has also been gained of thesources of the commercial varieties of many of the crude products,and a better insight into the conditions affecting theirqualities or properties. A more exhaustive study of the proximateprinciples of many of the essential oils has thrown anentirely new light upon this heretofore obscure class of bodies,placing into our hands new products of definite chemical composition,unvarying in physical properties, and many of themvaluable additions to the perfumer’s stock of ingredients.Synthetic chemistry has also added to the list of materialsrequired by the perfumer, and is surely going to add manymore to it hereafter. Though some of these, like the newartificial musk, are not yet in a condition to enter into seriousivcompetition with the natural products, yet it is merely a questionof time when the latter need no longer be dependedupon. The increasing demands for the staple articles usedby the perfumer have also caused a large increase in the cultivationof many important plants in various parts of theworld, and have led to the establishment of new plantations,in some cases to such an extent that the commercial relationshave been entirely revolutionized, new territories producinglarger crops and a finer product than the old home of theplant. The exploration of hitherto unknown or imperfectlyknown countries has also largely add