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Almond Soap (This is a very white soap)

This is a very white soap, which, when genuine, is made by 20 pounds of finely bolted pumice-stone powthe cold process (see Nos. 582 and 583), and der. The perfume is a mixture of attars of from pure oil of sweet almonds. The kind, however, generally met with, is made as follows: White curd soap, 100 pounds; cocoanut oil, 15 pounds; purified as before directed (see No. 554), and perfumed with a mixture of attar of bitter almonds, 14 pounds; and attars of cloves and caraway, each 8 ounces.

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