Soap, Musk. As CINNAMON SOAP, but with essence of musk, supported with a little essence of bergamot and oil of cloves, as perfume, and burnt sugar, to colour.
Soap, Naples. From olive oil and potash.
Soap, Orange-flower. As Savon à la rose, with oil of neroli or essence de petit grain, supported with a little of the essence of ambergris and Portugal, for perfume.
Soap, Palm-oil. Syn. Violet soap. Made of palm oil and caustic soda lye. It has a pleasant odour of violets and a lively colour.
Soap, Pearl. Syn. Almond cream; Crême d’amandes, Fr. Prep. From a soap made of lard and caustic potash lye; when quite cold it is beaten in small portions at a time in a marble mortar, until it unites to form a homogeneous mass, or ‘pearls,’ as it is called; essence of bitter almonds, q. s., to perfume, being added during the pounding.
Savon à la Rose. [Fr.] Prep. From a mixture of olive-oil soap, 36 lbs.; best tallow soap, 24 lbs. (both new and in shavings); water, 1 quart; melted in a covered bright copper pan, by the heat of a water bath, then coloured with vermilion (finely levigated), 21⁄2 oz.; and, after the mixture has cooled a little, scented with otto of roses, 3 oz.; essence of bergamot, 21⁄2 oz.; oil of cloves and cinnamon, of each 1 oz.
Soap, Rondeletia. This is merely cinnamon soap scented with the essence made with mixed essential oils, &c., known as rondeletia. It is coloured with brown or yellow ochre.
Soap, Sha′′ving. See Paste (Shaving).
Soap, Transpa′′rent. Prep. From perfectly dry almond, tallow, or soft soap, reduced to shavings, and dissolved, in a closed vessel or still, in an equal weight of rectified spirit, the clear portion, after a few hours’ repose, being poured into moulds or frames; after a few weeks’ exposure to a dry atmosphere, the pieces are ‘trimmed up’ and stamped, as desired. It may be scented and coloured, at will, by adding the ingredients to it while in the soft state. A rose colour is given by tincture of archil; and yellow, by tincture of turmeric or annotta. It does not lather well.
Soap, Windsor. Syn. Sapo Vindesoræ, S. Vindesoriensis, L. Prep. 1. (White; S. V. albus.) The best ‘English’ is made of a mixture of olive oil, 1 part, and ox tallow or suet, 9 parts, saponified by caustic soda. ‘French Windsor-soap’ is made of hogs’ lard,