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Saturday, August 16, 2014

Creme Celeste c1894

National Drug the following formula in a foreign journal:


  • 80 Parts White cerate 
  • 80 Parts Spermaceti 
  • 600 Parts Oil of sweet almond 
  • 120 Parts Glycerin 
  • 120 Parts Distilled water 
  • 5 Parts Borax 
  • 0.03 Parts Coumarin
  • 1 Part Attar of rose 
  • 0.50 Parts Oil of bergamot 
  • 0.50 Parts Essence of orange flower 
  • 0.30 Parts Attar of ylang ylang 
  • 0.10 Parts Attar of iris
  • 0.30 Parts Tincture of amber 



Mix. If desired, color with alkaline dissolved in a part of the oil of almonds. 

Petrolatum Cold Cream c1902


  • Petrolatum white 7 ozs 
  • Paraffin oz Lanolin 2 ozs 
  • Water 3 ozs 
  • Rose oil 3 drops 
  • Alcohol 1 dram 


A small quantity of borax may be if desirable and the perfume may varied to suit the taste of the and his customers. 

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Georgian Cold Cream

Take:
  • 2 ounces of sweet oil of almonds
  • 3 drachms of white wax
  • 3 drachms of spermaceti
  • 2 ounces of rose-water
  • 1 drachm of oil of bergamot
  • 15 drops of oil of lavender
  • 15 drops of otto of roses
Melt the wax and spermaceti in the oil of almonds, by placing them together in a jar, which should be plunged into boiling water. Heat a mortar (which should, if possible, be marble) by pouring boiling water into it, and letting it remain there until the mortar is uniformly heated ; the water is to be poured away, and the mortar dried well. Pour the melted wax and spermaceti into the warm mortar, and add rose-water gradually, while the mixture is constantly stirred or whisked with an egg-whisp, until the whole is cold, and, when nearly finished, add the oils and otto of roses. In the absence of a mortar, a basin plunged into an other containing boiling water will answer the purpose.