V. Cologne spirits 1 gallon, rosemary oil ½ oz., lemon oil 1 oz., lavender oil 1½ ozs., cinnamon oil 20 drops, warm water 1 quart; mix.
Eau de Lavande.—For eau de lavande, but two receipts are given: Eau de vie de Lavande double ambrée and eau de Lavande double, the former being a very agreeable perfume for toilet purposes, and is used as an addition to wash-water as well as to baths and for fumigating. On account of its balsamic constituents, eau de Lavande ambrée in being manufactured cannot be mixed with water, as the latter would produce an emulsion which cannot be removed. Eau de Lavande double is used for the toilet, in the wash-water, or the bath. It is very popular, its action upon the skin and nerves being refreshing and stimulating.
Eau de vie de Lavande double ambrée.—Alcohol of the best quality 5.18 quarts, best quality of lavender oil 3.52 ozs., French rose geranium oil 0.7, oils of cassia, bergamot, lemon, and French petit grain each 0.88, Peru balsam 5.29, orris-root tincture 2.11 quarts, ambergris tincture 5.29 ozs., musk tincture 0.28, storax tincture 8.81, tolu-balsam tincture 5.29, benzoin tincture 10.58. No water should be added.
Eau de Lavande double.—Best quality of alcohol 10.56 quarts, best lavender oil 8.81 ozs., Portugal oil and bergamot oil each 1.76. After 14 days add 2.11 pints of orange-blossom water.
Aqua mellis.—Coriander seed 7 lbs., cloves 12 ozs., storax 8 ozs., nutmegs (bruised) 8 ozs., lemon-peel 10 ozs., calamus 6 ozs., proof spirit 15 pints, water 8 pints.
Macerate for a month in a closed vessel, then distil 22 pints, and to the distillate add: Orange-flower water 5 pints, rose oil 24 drops, ambergris 1 grain, vanilla 2 ozs. Macerate for 8 days and filter.
Eau de Lisbonne.—Lemon oil 2¼ ozs., Portugal oil 4½ ozs., rose oil 4¼ drachms, alcohol 5 quarts.