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    A PRACTICAL TREATISE

    ON THE

    MANUFACTURE OF PERFUMERY:

    COMPRISING

    DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING ALL KINDS OF PERFUMES, SACHET
    POWDERS, FUMIGATING MATERIALS, DENTIFRICES,
    COSMETICS, ETC., ETC.,

    WITH A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE

    VOLATILE OILS, BALSAMS, RESINS, AND OTHER NATURAL
    AND ARTIFICIAL PERFUME-SUBSTANCES, INCLUDING
    THE MANUFACTURE OF FRUIT ETHERS, AND
    TESTS OF THEIR PURITY.

    BY

    DR. C. DEITE,

    ASSISTED BY L. BORCHERT, F. EICHBAUM, E. KUGLER,
    H. TOEFFNER, AND OTHER EXPERTS.

    FROM THE GERMAN BY

    WILLIAM T. BRANNT,

    EDITOR OF "THE TECHNO-CHEMICAL RECEIPT-BOOK."

    ILLUSTRATED BY TWENTY-EIGHT ENGRAVINGS.

    PHILADELPHIA:
    HENRY CAREY BAIRD & CO.,
    INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS AND IMPORTERS,
    810 WALNUT STREET.
    1892.


    COPYRIGHT BY
    HENRY CAREY BAIRD & CO.
    1892.

    PRINTED AT THE COLLINS PRINTING HOUSE,
    705 Jayne Street,
    PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.




PREFACE.


A translation of the portion of the "Handbuch der Parfümerie-und
Toiletteseifenfabrikation," edited by Dr. C. DEITE, relating to
perfumery and cosmetics, is presented to the English reading public
with the full confidence that it will not only fill a useful place
in technical literature, but will also prove--for what it is chiefly
intended--a ready book of reference and a practical help and guide for
the perfumer's laboratory. The names of the editor and his co-workers
are a sufficient guaranty of its value and practical usefulness, they
all being experienced men, well schooled each in the particular branch
of the industry, the treatment of which has been assigned to him.

The most suitable and approved formulæ, tested by experience, have been
given; and special attention has been paid to the description of the
raw materials, as well as to the various methods of testing them, the
latter being of special importance, since in no other industry has the
manufacturer to contend with such gross and universal adulteration of
raw materials.

It is hoped that the additions made here and there by the translator,
as well as the portion relating to the manufacture of "Fruit Ethers,"
added by him, may contribute to the interest and usefulness of the
treatise.

Finally, it remains only to be stated that, with their usual
liberality, the publishers have spared no expense in the proper
illustration and the mechanical production of the book; and, as is
their universal practice, have caused it to be provided with a copious
table of contents and a very full index, which will add additional
value by rendering any subject in it easy and prompt of reference.

  W. T. B.

 PHILADELPHIA, May 2, 1892.




CONTENTS.


 CHAPTER I.

 HISTORICAL NOTICE OF PERFUMERY.

                                                                PAGE

 Consumption of perfume-substances by the early nations of
 the Orient                                                       17

 Perfume-substances as an offering to the gods and their use
 for embalming the dead; Arts of the toilet in ancient times      18

 Perfume-substances used by the Hebrews; Olibanum and
 the mode of gaining it in ancient times, as described by
 Herodotus                                                        19

 Pliny's account of olibanum                                      20

 Practice of anointing the entire body customary among the
 ancients; The holy oil prescribed by Moses; Origin of
 the sweet-scented ointment "myron"                               21

 Luxurious use of ointments in Athens, and the special ointments
 used for each part of the body; Introduction of ointments in
 Rome, and edict prohibiting the sale of foreign ointments;
 Plutarch on the extravagant use of ointments in Rome             22

 Ancient books containing directions for preparing ointments;
 Directions for rose ointment, according to Dioscor