CHARACTER AND PERFUMES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2572, 1 July 1903, Page 71

CHARACTER AND PERFUMES.

Perfume exercises a very material effect on certain temperaments. It should, therefore, be chosen with deliberation and discretion, if you want to be lovable and amiable. The hygienic value of a moderate use of good perfunie is undeniable, and every woman should adopt a certain one and remain constant to it. Don't let it go beyond a suggestion. Slightly perfume all dresses, nnderclothing r writing paper, bed linen, beds — that is a new and delightful use for delicate sachet powder. A flat pad is laid between the mattress and the lower sheet, soft pillows, etc., but never sufficiently to become very noticeable to others. A violet-scented atmosphere, for "instance, makes those who are strrronnded by its influence religious, affectionate, and peaceloving. Women of lovable natures are always fond of violet.

Heliotrope generally finds devojees among the dainty, neat, and rather unassuming dispositions, who dislike fuss or notoriety.

Lavender numbers its admirers among natures with, high aims, and with a love of detail and exactitude.

Eau de cologne is accepted by honourable and reasonable natures having high aims and ambitions. Lily of the valley is used by women of imaginative temperaments, who are both affectionate and demonstrative, but obstinate to a faultStrong perfumes, such as Jockey Club, opoponax, musk, etc., single out their users as ambitious and strong-willed, but of uncertain temper and mean-spirited. A heavily-perfumed atmosphere is enervating and deteriorating.