Showing posts with label cologne recipe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cologne recipe. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Prince Albert's Eau de Cologne


  • 12 drops Oil of neroli
  • 12 drops Oil of citron
  • 12 drops Oil of bergamot
  • 12 drops Oil of orange
  • 12 drops Oil of rosemary
  • 1 drachm cardamom seeds
  • 1 pint spirits of wine



Let it stand for a week. 

Friday, August 15, 2014

Cologne du Roi

The following formula has been published by one of the Messrs. Farina, the originators of cologne:


Take:

  • 1/4 oz Benzoin
  • 1/4 oz Oil or Rosemary
  • 1/2 oz Oil of Lavender 
  • 9 pints Strong Alcohol


 Mix, and agitate thoroughly together, and then add successively:

  • 1 oz Oil of Neroli (petits grains)
  • 1 oz Oil of Lemon
  • 2 oz Oil of sweet Orange (Aurantii Dulcis)
  • 2 oz Oil of Limettae (Lime)
  • 2 oz Oil of Bergamot,
  • 2 oz Tinct. Flor. Geranii Rose (Flowers of Rose Geranium) 



Let stand for several weeks a sufficient quantity to impart the desired fragrance. Macerate for several weeks, and fill into flasks.

A.D. Circ., VIII 85. Am. Jour. Pharm., 1864 p 375. I have reduced weights and measures above.


J. Maria Farina Cologne


  • 4 oz Benzoin dissolved in alcohol
  • 8 oz essence of lavender
  • 4 oz essence of rosemary
  • 325 qts alcohol at 75° 


To this solution add succesively:

  • 21 oz neroli
  • 21 oz petit grain
  • 21 oz cedrat
  • 2 1/2 lbs essence of Portugal (probably essential oil of bitter or sweet orange peel)
  • 2 1/2 lbs.lemon
  • 2 1/2 lbs.  alcoholic extract of geranium


Shake several times; leave 14 days, and bottle.