vitivert

For itt is verie usefull to hir; sendying her bonetes, robes, shoos, bootees, parasoletts, skirtes, pettycoates, and chemi -- cal preparations -- suche as LUBIN hys violette and vitivert;

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Otto of vitivert is procurable by distillation; a hundred-weight of vitivert yields about 14 oz. of otto, which in appearance very much resembles otto of santal.

The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851

Notwithstanding the complex mixture here given, it is the vitivert that gives this bouquet its peculiar character.

The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851

Bundles of vitivert are sold for perfuming linen and preventing moth, and, when ground, is used to manufacture certain sachet powders.

The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851

Then we have patchouli, sandal-wood, and vitivert, and many others running into each other.

The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851

About four pounds of the dried vitivert, as it is imported, being cut small and set to steep in a gallon of rectified spirits for a fortnight, produces the

The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851

During the hot seasons an attendant sprinkles water over them; this operation cools the apartment by the evaporation of the water, and, at the same time, perfumes the atmosphere, in a very agreeable manner, with the odoriferous principle of the vitivert.

The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851

The odors of plants reside in different parts of them, sometimes in the roots, as in the iris and vitivert; the stem or wood, in cedar and sandal; the leaves, in mint, patchouly, and thyme; the flower, in the roses and violets; the seeds in the Tonquin bean and caraway; the bark, in cinnamon, &c.

The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851

Essence of vitivert is also made by dissolving 2 oz. of otto of vitivert in 1 gallon of spirit; this preparation is stronger than the tincture, as above.

The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851

The extract, essence, or tincture of vitivert, enters into the composition of several of the much-admired and old bouquets manufactured in the early days of perfumery in England, such as

The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851