The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants

SACHET POWDERS. The French and English perfumers concoct a great variety of these substances, which being put into silk bags, or ornamental envelopes, find a ready sale, being both good to smell and economical as a means of imparting an agreeable odor to linen and clothes as they lie in drawers. The following formula shows their composition. Every material is either to be ground in a mill, or powdered in a mortar, and afterwards sifted. SACHET AU CYPRE. Ground rose-wood, 1 lb. " cedar-wood, 1 lb. " santal-wood, 1 lb. Otto of rhodium, or otto of rose, 3 drachms. Mix and sift; it is then fit for sale.