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Show Peruvian Balsam In Salvador Originally a popular remedy for healing wounds Balsam of Peru li used also as a perfume base. Be cause Spain was little concerned about the geography of her New World treasure chest, everything exotic ex-otic was thought to come from Peru. Hence the name of a product found almost exclusively in Salvador. Salva-dor. In a special area set aside for the graceful balsam tree, tappers cut Into the bark, stimulate the sap with torches, and attach cloths to the cuts to catch the flow of balsam. When the balsam has been boiled, out of the cloths, It is clarified by evaporation and packed into metal cases for shipment. |