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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30869	The French perfumer teaching the several ways of extracting the odours of drugs and flowers and making all the compositions of perfumes for powder, wash-balls, essences, oyls, wax, pomatum, paste, Queen of Hungary's Rosa Solis, and other sweet waters ... : also how to colour and scent gloves and fans, together with the secret of cleansing tobacco and perfuming it for all sorts of snuff, Spanish, Roman, &c. / done into English from the original printed at Paris.; Parfumeur françois qui enseigne toutes les manieres de tirer les odeures des flours. English	Barbe, Simon.	1696 (1696)	Wing B689A; Wing F2192_CANCELLED; ESTC R20672	43,178	142

THE FRENCH PERFUMER Teaching the several ways of Extracting the Odours of Drugs and Flowers and Making all the Compositions of Perfumes for Powder Wash-balls Essences Oyls Wax Pomatum Paste Queen of Hungary's Rosa Solis and other Sweet Waters The Manner of Preparing Sweet Toilets Boxes c. with the Preparations and Use of Perfumes of all kinds whatsoever ALSO How to Colour and Scent Gloves and Fans Together with the Secret of Cleansing Tobacco and Perfuming it for all sorts of Snuff Spanish Roman c. Done into English from the Original Printed at Paris LONDON Printed for Sam. Buckley at the Dolphin over against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street 1696. TO THE READER THE Origine of Perfumes is as Ancient as the Creation of the World when the whole Earth was a delicious Garden exhaling the sweetest Smells Art that never Injures Nature but rather improves it in succeeding Times collected what that good Mother had scattered in several places to Compound agreeable Mixtures of Sweets After innumerable Observations upon repeated Experiments this Art is brought under infallible Rules to its utmost Perfection by help of such Rules which I had learnt from the best Masters and made use of a long time I have collected the Secrets which I now present to the Publick This Treatise is not designed to instruct Artists who have particular Rules of their own which though by different Methods lead them to the same end but compiled for the Publick Good which with me is the best reason for doing it and for which therefore I shall not ask their Pardon Persons of Quality and Condition will find here in a short View a Variety of Sweets for various Uses if they can afford themselves leisure enough to gather Flowers at their Country Seats and make use of them for Perfumes they may not only agreeably divert themselves in the Operation but likewise save the Expence of buying them at Extravagant Rates in Shops The Fair Sex especially whose natural Graces receive so Charming a Lustre from Neatness will find enough in this Treatise to gratifie their Curiosity If any Difficulties arise they are explained in my Advertisements I would not insert them through the body of the Book because the Reader might more easily find them there and not be puzzled in preparing my Receipts Those who are read in the Holy Scriptures will not disapprove of my Design if they consider that there was in the Old Testament an Altar whereon they burnt nothing else but Perfumes and that it is expresly written in several places in the Bible that God delighted in Sweet Smells Scentings prescrib'd and so exactly observ'd in the ancient Law are further Instances of the Antiquity and use of Perfumes Solomon had a great many Women who prepared Perfumes for his own use The Queen of Sheba who came so far to see that Wise King presented him with several Perfumes Some of the Offerings made to our Saviour by the Wise Men were Perfumes and Mary Magdalene could not express her love better to Jesus Christ than in washing his Feet with Sweet Oyntment But to leave the Holy History and mention the Esteen they are in our days our present King has diverted himself very often in seeing Mr. Martial compose in his Closet several Sweets which His Majesty was pleased to wear about himself The Prince of Conde whose Memory will be ever precious to France pleased himself often in seeing Mr. Charles Scent Snuff and make other Perfumes which His Highness made particular use of The Powder that we call a la Marechale took its name from my Lady Marechale d' Aumont who delighted in preparing it Whosoever would imitate these great Persons and pass the time away in making Perfumes c. will find great assistance in this little Book and I assure them they will succeed infallibly provided they follow my Directions for there is not one Receipt in it which I have not tryed my self with all the Success imaginable THE TABLE A List of the Ingredients of Perfumes and Remarks on them Page 1 c. Advertisements concerning the Principal Compositions 9 Powders POwder of Common Roses for Hair 23 Powder of Musked Roses 24 Powder of Orange flowers ibid. Powder of Jasmin 25 Powder of Jonquils ibid. Powder of Ambret 26 Powder to perfume other Powders ibid. Powder washt with Brandy 27 Powder of Violets or Iris Powder ibid. Powder of Moss of Oak called Cyprus Powder 28 Powder of Frangipane 29 Another sort of the same 30 Another sort 31 The manner of perfuming Powder as they do it at Montpellier ibid. Fine Powder a la Marechale good to make Pasts for Beads and Medals 32 Wash-balls THE manner of cleansing Soap 32 Common Wash balls 33 Another sort 34 Another sort 35 Neroly Wash-balls 36 Bolognia Wash-balls 37 Bolognia Balls the best 38 Wash-balls well perfum'd 40 Another sort 41 Benjamin-water the best 42 Spunges prepared for the Face 43 Essences and Oyls perfumed with Flowers HOW to make Essences of Flowers 44 Essence of Millefleur or of several sorts of Flowers 46 Olive Oyl perfum'd with Flowers 47 Oyl of Sweet Almonds perfumed and Paste to wash hands ibid. Essence of Neroly 49 Essence of Bergamot or Cedra 50 Essence of Orange strong ibid. Essence of Citron or Lemmon 51 Of Pomatums POmatum perfum'd with Flowers 53 Pomatum good to refresh the Complexion and take off the redness of the Face 55 Another sort of Pomatum very good for the Face 56 Another sort very fine for the Face 57 Pomatum for the Lips 58 Receipt to make a liquid Paste of Almonds to wash hands without Water 59 Opiate in Powder to cleanse the Teeth 60 Another sort ibid. Another sort ibid. Receipt to make liquid Opiat 61 Perfumes good for the Mouth ESsence of Amber 62 Essence of Hypocras 63 Cachoo perfum'd with Amber very good for the Mouth 64 Pastils perfum'd good to eat 65 Excellent Hypocras perfum'd 66 Rosa Solis or perfum'd Liquor ibid. Another Liquor perfum'd 67 Perfum'd Sweet Waters ANgel-water boyled 68 Another sort 69 Millefleur-water or of all sorts of Flowers ibid. Angel-water distill'd in Mars balneo 70 Carnation-water 71 Cinnamon water ibid. Thyme-water ibid. Orange flower-water distill'd in a cold Still 72 Rose-water 73 Queen of Hungary's water ibid. Pastils to burn ORdinary Pastils 74 Pastils of Roses made into Wax-Candles 75 Spanish Pastils ibid. Portugal Pastils 76 Receipt to dissolve Gum to make the Paste for Pastils 77 Receipt to make perfum'd Paste for Beads and Medals ibid. Another sort 78 Another sort ibid. Another sort ibid. Annother sort 79 Receipt to prepare Gums for the said Pasts ibid. Gross Powders a la Marechale and how to use them GRoss Powder a la Marechale 80 Another sort ibid. Another sort 81 Receipt for Sweet Bags 82 Rose buds 83 Orange-flowers dry ibid. Sweet Bags 84 Another sort ibid. Sweet Bags to wear about you 85 Another sort ibid. Another sort 86 Baskets of Ozier Perfum'd to keep Ladies Cloths in 87