Showing posts with label Queen Victoria Perfume. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Queen Victoria Perfume. Show all posts

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.