Source: The Toilet of Flora . c1779 Pour into a large vessel: 5 quarts of strong Spirit of Wine, and infuse in it the following Fl...

Extrait Jockey-Club: extrait d'eglantine 4 liter extrait de bouquet des dames 2 liters Extrait Jockey-Club: extrait de tuberose 2 liter...

2 pts Esprit de rose 1 pt esprit de rose, triple 1 pt esprit de jasmin 1 pt esprit de violette 1/2 pt extract of cassia 2 oz. extract...

Take equal parts of: rose aloes-wood sandalwood turmeric camphor civet Dry and grind to fine powder. Mix together. This powder i...

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 berga...

24 grams of olibanum 24 grams of storax 16 grams of nitre 124 grams of pulverized charcoal For Rose Pastilles, use the above: 32...

Take: 8 ounces sweet almond oil 4 ounces prepared mutton suet 1 ounces white wax 2 ounces spermaceti 20 drops otto Steep a small qu...

Take: 4 ounces of powdered marsh-mallow roots 2 ounces of powdered white starch 3 drachms of powdered orris-root 20 drops of essence o...

Take: 8 ounces of carbonate of ammonia 4 ounces strong liquor of ammonia(.882)  4 drachms volatile oil of nutmeg 6 drachms oil of ...

1 lb ground rosewood 1 lb ground cedarwood 1 lb ground sandalwood 3 drachms otto of rose or otto of rhodium Mix and sift, then is rea...

1 pt. Extract of cassia 1/2 pint extract of rose 1/2 pint tincture of orris 1/2 pint extract of tuberose

Wallflower #1: 1 pt Extrait fleur d'orange 1/2 pt. extract of vanilla 1 pt. esprit de rose 1/2 pt. extract of orris 1/2 pt extrac...

How beautiful and yet how cheap are flowers! Not exotics, but what are called common flowers. A rose, for instance, is among the most beau...

Mundus Muliebris: or the ladies dressing-room unlock'd and her toilette spread by John Evelyn, c1690: A new Scene to us next present...