Common Milk of Roses

This is not quite so expensive a  receipt as the last; and, at the same time is not so good,

Take:

• 1 ounce of Jordan almonds
• 5 ounces of distilled rose-water
• 1 ounce of spirit of wine
• 1 drachm of Venetian soap
• 2 drops of otto of roses 

Beat the almonds (previously blanched and well dried with a  cloth) in a mortar, until they become a complete paste, then beat the soap and mix with the almonds, and after- wards add the rose-water and spirit. Strain through * very fine muslin or linen, and add the otto of roses. The common milk of roses sold in the shops, frequently contains salt of tartar, or pearlash, combined with olive oil and rose-water, and therefore it is better to make it yourself to ensure it being good.