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Palm Soap

Curd soap, made of a mixture of 1/2 lard, 1/80 bleached palm oil, and the remainder olive oil or spermaceti, constitutes the body of palm soap. Its natural odor is that of the violet, which is sometimes stimulated by the addition of a little attar of portugal, with a less portion of attar of cloves.

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