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

MILK OF CUCUMBER. Sweet almonds, 4 oz. Expressed juice of cucumbers, 1 pint. Spirit (60 o.p.), 8 oz. Essence of cucumbers, 1/4 pint. Green oil, wax, } Curd soap, } each 1/2 oz. Raise the juice of the cucumbers to the boiling point for half a minute, cool it as quickly as possible, then strain through fine muslin; proceed to manipulate in the usual manner. ESSENCE OF CUCUMBERS. Break up in a mortar 28 lbs. of good fresh cucumbers; with the pulp produced mix 2 pints rectified spirit (sp. gr. .837), and allow the mixture to stand for a day and night; then distil the whole, and draw off a pint and a half. The distillation may be continued so as to obtain another pint fit for ulterior purposes. CREME DE PISTACHE. (Milk of Pistachio Nuts.) Pistachio nuts, 3 oz. Orange-flower water, 3-1/4 pints. Esprit neroli, 3/4 pint. Palm soap, } Green oil, wax, } each, 1 oz. Spermaceti, }