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Show PERFUME FAVORED BY QUEENS Royal Family of England Remain Faithful to "Ess Bouauet" Ciac Ina Is Fond of White Violet. Queen Mary U not a lover of perfume. per-fume. She uses eau de cologne occa. slonally, but avoid scents as much as possible. A west end chemist told the writer recently that neither Is Queen Alexandra very fond of rer fumes, although she remains faithful to the "lk Itouquet." which nai been In uA 'Y the royal family o! Eugla t 1822. This perfume h compi mber mixed with th usseii I'ses. violets, Jasmine ornnA and lavender, essem loses, violets. Jasmine On thNw y hand the Czarina I p.isslonatelySsVnd of perfume. He apartments In the royal palace an dally sprayed with essences of lilac Jacuilne, and white violet, ller MaJ esty's favorite essence Is violet, an for several weeks In the early sprlni hundreds of women and girls may hi seen at Grasse gathering the bloi soms from which the Czarina's per fume Is made. The finished produc In tested, bottle by bottle, at the SI Petersburg Academy of Chemlstr before being sent to the lmerla store. The Queen Mother of Spain uses a permume eau d'espagne, manufacture! In Madrid, and also obtains a pet fume for her toilet from Paris. It composition Is a secret which th perfume eau d'espngne, manufacture made." he says, "of rosewater, cocoi nut oil, and the rest Is a mystery." The young Queen of Holland Is great believer In the virtues of ea de cologne: while "Carmen Sylvia. Queen of Uoumanla, uses a specU perfume made from the finest herbi which she says "Is the best tonic fc the skin she has yet discovered." When, a woman refuses a man an he takes to drink, it's a questlo whether he Is trying to drown his so: row or Is celebrating his escape. |