How To Make “Jonquil Perfume” From Extract Of Jasmine
The extract of jasmine enters into the composition of a great many of the most approved handkerchief perfumes sold by the English and French perfumers.
Extract of jasmine is sold for the handkerchief often pure, but is one of those scents which, though very gratifying at first, becomes what people call "sickly" after exposure to the oxidizing influence of the air, but if judiciously mixed with other perfumes of an opposite character is sure to please the most fastidious customer.
Jonquil
The scent of the jonquil is very beautiful; for perfumery purposes it is however but little cultivated in comparison with jasmine and tubereuse. It is prepared exactly as jasmine.
The scent of the jonquil is very beautiful; for perfumery purposes it is however but little cultivated in comparison with jasmine and tubereuse. It is prepared exactly as jasmine.
The Parisian perfumers sell a mixture which they call "extract of jonquil."
The plant, however, only plays the part of a godfather to the offspring, giving it its name.
The so-called jonquil is made thus recipe
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Spirituous extract of jasmine pomade, 1 pint.
Spirituous extract of tubereuse pomade 1 pint
Spirituous extract of fleur d'orange, 1/2 pint
Extract of vanilla, 2 fluid ounces.
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