Take:
Bruise these ingredients in a marble mortar, distill in a vapour bath, and keep the water that is drawn off in a glass bottle, tightly stoppered.
This water takes away wrinkles, and renders the skin extremely delicate; it also whitens the Teeth, and abates the toothache, sweetens the breath, and Strengthens the gums. Foreign ladies prize it highly.
- 5 quarts of Brandy, in which dissolve:
- 1 ounce of Frankincense
- 1 ounce Mastic,
- 1 ounce Benjamin
- 1 ounce Gum Arabic
- 1/2 ounce Cloves
- 1/2 ounce Nutmegs;
- 1 1/2 ounce Pine-nut Kernels
- 3 sweet Almonds
- 3 grains of Musk
Bruise these ingredients in a marble mortar, distill in a vapour bath, and keep the water that is drawn off in a glass bottle, tightly stoppered.
This water takes away wrinkles, and renders the skin extremely delicate; it also whitens the Teeth, and abates the toothache, sweetens the breath, and Strengthens the gums. Foreign ladies prize it highly.
