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Economical Perfumes

The occasionally. Then filter. cheap perfumes which are offered for sale in 1032. Orange Extract. Follow the small fancy bottles, are of the simplest kind, same method as for lemon extract, using 4 and from the nature of the case, made of the ounces exterior rind of oranges, 1 quart of least expensive materials. The following are deodorized alcohol of 95°, and 2 ounces recent the leading mixtures, which are sold under the names deemed the most likely to prove attractive:

Mix 1 ounce essence of bergamot, or attar of santal, with 1 pint spirits of wine.

Mix 1/2 ounce each of the attars of lavender and bergamot, and 1 drachm attar of cloves, with 1 pint spirit of wine.

Mix ounce attar of lemon grass, and ounce essence of lemons, with 1 pint spirit of wine.

Mix 1/4 ounce attar of petit-grain, and 1/2 ounce attar of orange peel, with 1 pint spirits of wine.

These mixtures are filtered through blotting paper with the addition of a little magnesia to make them bright. It would be well if all the cheap perfumes put up in attractive bottles were as good as these mixtures. A large proportion of them are far inferior, and frequently little more than weak perfumed waters. oil of orange.

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