SACHET BAGS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 69, 23 March 1937, Page 14

SACHET BAGS.

OLD FASHION RETURNS. WAYS OF THE SIREN. The Court beauties in the time of King Charles 11. of England certainly were wise in the ways of the siren, and knew how potent scents could prove in entrancing the male of the species. To obtain the most subtle * and seductive effects they used to fill little silken bags with powdered perfumes and scattered them in their clothes chests, or carry them about in their pockets. And as a result, their garments always exhaled a fainj,, most alluring fragrance.

These little silken bags were prob-' ably the forerunners of the sachet bags so popular in granny's youth. But to- ' day sachets are not nearly so popular as they were. j

Of course, a strong, overpowering scent that just' about knocks you out when you come within range of it will not add anything to a girl's charm. But. everyone knows that a subtle, delicate 1 fragrance will send a load of the old sex i appeal in any wily maiden's direction. ! That's why it surprises me that so few j modern women use sachets, because the most subtle and pleasing effect can be achieved through the use of this form of perfume.

Sachet isn't an expensive form of perfume either. If a girl can't afford to buy sachet bags already made up, she can easily make them herself—although dainty sachet bags are really amazingly cheap right now. To make such bags herself, all a girl need do is to make little bags from old bits of silk and place in them some sachet powder wrapped in a bit of cotton or little cakes of sachet.

Also, if she prefers, she can fill her little bags with lavender, dried rose petals,' orris powder, orange flowers, jasmine flowers, rosemary, or any other fragrant flowers or herbs. And they will impregnate her garments with the most i delightful fragrance. J There are so many different methods of employing sachet bags. too. that ' these, beauty aids should not be ignored. j They can be fastened to the linings of | hats, to perfume the bats and" the i wearer's hair. They can be hung from | dress bangers with" bits of ribbon, so that one's dresses will become impregnated with their delightful perfume. Keep them in your glove box, too, in your handkerchief case, in your stockimg drawer, in your clothes chest. Sprinkle them among your filmy undies and lingerie. You'll find that thev will perfume your garments most subtly, and' you will consequently always exude a most charming and delicate fragrance, i