After dissolving the oils with the alcohol, let them stand a few hours, and add Acetic acid 31⁄2 ounces. Color with archil, and filter until the liquid is perfectly clear. Macerate twenty-four hours, and add— Tincture of benzoin 2 ounces. Macerate for eight days the alcohol, lavender, cinnamon, and cloves, then add the cologne water, the vinegar, extracts, and the alkali. Color with archil, and filter. Cosmetic Vinegar of the Hygienic Society. Macerate the whole, and distil 126 quarts. Macerate one month in 42 quarts of this distillate 30 pounds orris and 4 pounds balsam of Tolu. Filter. Mix with the balance of the distillate, add 15 quarts of acetic acid at 80°, and, after twenty-four hours, filter. Dissolve the camphor in the acetic acid, then add the perfumes. After remaining together for a few days, with occasional agitation, it is to be filtered and bottled for use or sale. |