Saturday, June 27, 2015

Various Queen Victoria Formulas

Queen Victoria Perfume:
  • Orange flowers essence 600 grammes
  • Tuberose essence 1250 grammes
  • Violet essence 2500 grammes
  • Rose essence 2500 grammes
  • Civet essence 100 grammes
  • Acacia essence 200 grammes
  • Bergamot essence 25 grammes
  • Lemon oil 10 grammes


Queen Victoria Bouquet:
  • Lemon Oil 3/8 dr 
  • Bergamot Oil 5/8 dr
  • Zibethin Tincture 3 dr
  • Orange Flower 1 1/4 oz 
  • Cassie 1 1/2 oz
  • Jasmine 1 1/2 oz
  • Tuberose 3 oz
  • Violet 4 oz
  • Rose 4 1/2 oz

New Victoria Perfume:

  • Cloves, bruised, 2 scruples
  • Vanilla, cut small, 1 dr.
  • Oil of cedrat 4 drops
  • Oil of santal 1 dr
  • Cinnamon 12 grs.
  • Oil of verbena 8 drops
  • Otto of roses 8 drops
  • Oil of neroli 20 drops
  • Oil of lavender 1 dr.
  • Ambergris 16 grs.
  • Tincture of musk 1 dr.
  • Rectified spirit 16 fluid oz


Digest for a few days, and filter. Or the whole except the musk and ambergris may be distilled in a water-bath, and these added to the distilled spirit.

Another similar perfume is -

  • Vanilla 1/2 dr.
  • Yellow Sanders 6 drs.
  • Cloves No. 16,
  • Neroli 3 drops,
  • Oil of lavender 6 drops
  • Rectified spirit 4 oz.


Digest for 3 days, and add

  • 4 oz. of orange-flower water
  • water q. s.; distil 6 oz.
  • add essence of musk 1 dr. 





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