Millefleur Sachet

Lavender flowers, ground, one pound; orris, one pound; rose leaves, one pound; benzoin, one pound; tonquin, a quarter of a pound; vanilla, a quarter of a pound; santal, a quarter of a pound; musk and civet, two drachms; cloves, ground, a quarter of a pound; cinnamon, two ounces; allspice two ounces.

Portugal Sachet

Dried orange-peel, one pound; dried lemon-peel, half a pound; dried orris root, half a pound; otto of orange-peel, one ounce; otto of neroli, a quarter of a drachm; otto of lemon grass, a quarter of a drachm.

Patchouly Sachet

Patchouly herb, ground, one pound; otto of patchouly, a quarter of a drachm. Patchouly herb is often sold in its natural state, as imported, tied up in bundles of half a pound each.

Pot Pourri

This is a mixture of dried flowers and spices not ground. Dried lavender, one pound; whole rose-leaves, one pound; crushed orris, coarse, half a pound; broken cloves, two ounces; broken cinnamon, two ounces; broken allspice, two ounces.

Rose Sachet

Rose heels or leaves, one pound; santal wood, ground, half a pound; otto of roses, a quarter of an ounce.

An Excellent Water To Prevent Hair From Falling Off, And To Thicken It

Put four pounds of unadulterated honey into a still, with twelve handfuls of the tendrils or vines, and the same quantity of rosemary-tops. Distil as cool and as slowly as possible. The liquor may be allowed to drop till it begins to taste sour.

Tooth Powder

Powdered orris root, half an ounce; powdered charcoal, two ounces; powdered Peruvian bark, one ounce; prepared chalk, half an ounce; oil of bergamot or lavender, twenty drops. These ingredients must be well worked -up in a mortar, until thoroughly incorporated. This celebrated tooth-powder possesses three essential virtues, giving an odorous breath, cleansing and purifying the gums, and preserving the enamel; the last rarely found in popular tooth-powders.

Bandoline For The Hair (A French Receipt)

To one quart of water put half an ounce of quince pips, boil it nearly an hour, stirring it well, strain it through a fine muslin, let it stand twenty-four hours, and then add fourteen drops of the essential oil of almonds. A dessert spoonful of brandy may be added, if required to keep a long time.

Economical Hair Wash

Take one ounce of borax, half an ounce of camphor, powder these ingredients fine, and dissolve them in one quart of boiling water; when cool, the solution will be ready for use; damp the hair frequently. This wash not only effectually cleanses and beautifies, but strengthens the hair, preserves the color, and prevents early baldness. The camphor will form into lumps, but the water will be sufficiently impregnated.

To make a Curling Fluid for the Hair. Melt a bit of white bees'-wax, about the size of a filbert kernel, in one ounce of olive oil, to this add one or two drops of otto of roses.

Rose Bandoline

Gum tragacanth, six ounces; rose water, one gallon; otto of roses, half an ounce. Steep the gum in water well, strain and mix thoroughly.

Simple Pastilles

Benzoin, half an ounce; cassia, one drachm; charcoal, two ounces; salpetre, one drachm. Reduce all to powder, and mix into a paste with a solution of one ounce of gum tragacanth to the pint.

Pastilles Au Benzoin

Take half a pound of benzoin, four or five grains of storax, five grains of cassia, two drachms of dry Peru balsam, half a drachm of cloves; half an ounce of charcoal; one drachm of nitre, half a drachm essential oil of orange flowers, and half a drachm tincture of ambergris. All these materials must be in fine powder.

Pastilles A La Rose

Gum, in impalpable powder, six ounces; olibanum, in impalpable powder, six ounces; storax, in impalpable powder, six ounces; saltpetre, in impalpable powder, four ounces; Powder a la rose, impalpable powder, eight ounces; charcoal, impalpable powder, two pounds; essence of roses, half an ounce. Mix together the powders, and add to them a quart of rose water in which has been dissolved an ounce of gum tragacanth. Rub up well in a mortar, and of this paste form the pastilles. They are burned upon a handsome chafing-dish or perfume-pan made for the purpose.

Fumigating Paper

There are two modes of preparing this article:- 1. Take sheets of light cartridge paper, and dip them into a solution of alum - say, alum, one ounce; water, one pint. After they are thoroughly moistened, let them be well dried; upon one side of this paper spread a mixture of equal parts of gum benzoin, olibanum, and either balm of Tolu or Peruvian balsam; or the benzoin may be used alone. To spread the gum, etc, it is necessary that they be melted in an earthenware vessel, and poured thinly over the paper, finally smoothing the surface with a hot spatula. When required for use, slips of this paper are held over a candle or lamp, in order to evaporate the odorous matter, but not to ignite it. The alum in the paper prevents it to a certain extent from burning.

2. Sheets of good light paper are to be steeped in a solution of saltpetre, in the proportions of two ounces of the salt to one pint of water, to be afterwards thoroughly dried.

Any of the odoriferous gums, as myrrh, olibanum, benzoin, etc, are to be dissolved to saturation in rectified spirit, and with a brush spread upon one side of the paper, which, being hung up, rapidly dries.

Slips of this paper are to be rolled up as spills, to be ignited, and then to be blown out.

The nitre in the paper causes a continuance of slow combustion, diffusing during that time the agreeable perfume of the odoriferous gums. If two of these sheets of paper be pressed together before the surface is dry, they will join and become as one. When cut into slips, they form what are called Odoriferous Lighters, or Perfumed Spills.