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 TOILET RECIPES, ITEMS.



COLOGNE WATER. (Superior.)

OIL of lavender two dranchms, oil of rosemary one drachm and a half, orange, lemon and bergamot, one drachm each of the oil; also two drachms of the essence of musk, attar of rose ten drops, and a pint of proof spirit. Shake all together thoroughly three times a day for a week.

JOCKEY CLUB BOUQUET.

Mix one pint extract of rose, one pint extract of tuberose, half a pint of extract of cassia, four ounces extract of jasmine, and three ounces tincture of civet. Filter the mixture.

ROSE-WATER.

PREFERABLE to the distilled for a perfume, or for culinary pur- poses. Attar of rose, twelve drops; rub it up with half an ounce of white sugar and two drachms carbonate magnesia ; then add gradu- ally one quart of water and two ounces of proof spirit, and filter

through paper,

BAY RUM.

FRENCH proof spirit one gallon, extract bay six ounces. Mix and color with caramel; needs no filtering.

LAVENDER WATER.

OIL of lavender two ounces, orris root half an ounce, spirits of wine one pint. Mix and keep two or three weeks. It may then be strained through two thicknesses of blotting-paper and is ready for use.

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