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White Windsor Soap

The genuine old white Windsor is made from a body of which a mixture of lard and olive oil is the fat stock; and attars of caraway, lavender, and rosemary, constitute the perfume.

The modern Windsor soap is made from fine white curd soap, 115 pounds; cocoanutoil soap, 20 pounds; perfumed with a mixture of attar of caraway, 1 pounds; attars of thyme and rosemary, each 8 ounces; and attars of cassia and cloves, each 4 ounces. thyme, cassia, caraway, and lavender, each 1 pound.

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