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Home-made Perfumery - Essence from Flowers

From The century cook book, 1894

Serves 1

Presented as published in 1894. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from The century cook book (1894) by Jennie A. Hansey, page 140. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Procure a quantity of the petals of any flowers which have an agreeable fragrance; card thin layers of cotton, which dip into the finest Florence or Lucca oil; sprinkle a small quantity of fine salt

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