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Smith's Lavender Water

Take ounce (avoirdupois) oil of lavender Attar of roses, fluid drachm; neroli, es- (Mitcham); essence of ambergris , 4 ounce; sence de petit grain, of each 15 to 2 fluid eau de Cologne (finest), + Imperial pint; rec- drachms; essential oils (ordinary), ½ fluid tified spirit, pint; tified spirit, 1/2 pint; mix by agitation. Very ounce; concentrated essences, 2 to 2½ fluid The ordinary ounces. lavender water is usually made with spirit at proof, or even much weaker; hence its in ferior quality to that of the higher class of perfumers. 1 ounce of true English oil of lavender is all that will perfectly combine with 1 gallon of proof spirit (or 1 drachm to the pint); any excess rendering it milky or cloudy.