THE COST OF SCENT.
The essential oils of many flowers are of similar origin, though chosen for scent \n lieu of colour, and easily first of these must rank that of the rose, known commonly as otto, or attar, of roses. Roses being so common, it may be imagined how small the yield of oil must be to account for a quoted price of 36s an ounce, or £28 odd par pound, and this to the chemist himself. What it resolves itself into as a retail price is hardly worth going into, as a retail demand, beyond an occasional drop at 6d \vpon a handkerchief upon a special occasion, is unknown, its chief use being in scenting powders and the making up of fancy compound scents. Ten thousand pounds — or nearly five tons — of roses are necessary tc <}btaiu one pound of the oil.
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Evening Post, Volume LVII, Issue 23, 28 January 1899, Page 9 (Supplement)
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144THE COST OF SCENT. Evening Post, Volume LVII, Issue 23, 28 January 1899, Page 9 (Supplement)
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