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Show Artificial Scents. The great bulk of perfumes are chemical productions. The Wall Street Journal says the commercial problem is whether the American perfumer of the future is to be an artisan or an artist. Shall he deal with the fn.grance of flowers or chemical odors and scents? The idea of the layman is that the cosmetic chemist seeks the odor of flowers ;. but as a matter of fact synthetic chemistry not only crowns his work with the crushed oil of roses, violets and jessamine, but seeks to rival the fragrance of flowers with superior scents originating wholly within the laboratory and trade-marked trade-marked as such. |