Perfumes
substances emitting an agreeable odor, and used about the pergris, and such vegetable perfumes as are obtained in the form of essential oils. At the present time the manufacture of perfumes is chiefly carried on in Paris and London, and in various towns near the Mediterranean, especially in the S. of France. Certain districts are famous for certain productions; as Cannes for its perfumes of the rose, tuberose, cassia, jasmine; Nîmes for thyme, rosemary, and lavender; Nice for the violet and mignonette. England claims the superiority for her lavender, which is cultivated on a large scale at Mitcham in Surrey.