The Art of Perfumery: And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Art of Perfumery, by G. W. Septimus PiesseThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of PlantsAuthor: G. W. Septimus PiesseRelease Date: July 28, 2005 [EBook #16378]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ART OF PERFUMERY ***Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team athttp://www.pgdp.net.Transcriber's note: Footnotes moved to end of textThe ArtOFPERFUMERY,AND METHOD OF OBTAININGTHE ODORS OF PLANTS.[Illustration: DRYING HOUSE FOR HERBS.]From the rafters of the roof of the Drying House are suspended inbunches all the herbs that the grower cultivates. To accelerate thedesiccation of rose leaves and other petals, the Drying House is fittedup with large cupboards, which are slightly warmed with a convolvingflue, heated from a fire below.The flower buds are placed upon trays made of canvas stretched upon aframe rack, being not less than twelve feet long by four feet wide. Whencharged they are placed on shelves in the warm cupboards till dry.THE ART OF PERFUMERY,AND METHOD OF OBTAINING THE ODORS OF PLANTS,WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PERFUMES FOR THE HANDKERCHIEF ...