| Show berf U me by chemistry picture P a rad e I 1 4 1 0 J 4 modern chemists like dixe theodore hoffman above nave have improved improve on the ancient art of perfume making an art old as the pyramids by usini using synthetic materials to produce odors which man cannot extract from ron flowers for example it takes almost a ton ot of roses to make one ounce of rose oil but the odor is now produced in laboratories and the ultra sweet musk muck once obtained only from the Tl Ti betlan betian musk deer at a i pound is today available for any perfume compounding new bouquets bouquet is part of theodore hoffmans job paper tapers are dipped in basic per fumes when twirled through thi the air before the nostrils the blended tapers indicate how this particular parti cula bouquet will smell after it has ha been compounded these prelim 14 3 41 inary laboratory tests must pre cede actual manufacture of thi the perfume not the least incongruous part of this business is that dell cately scented perfumes are madi made by burly workmen in overall sl 31 R 4 upper photo shows courna rin crystals being broken up to be used to a bouquet which imparts the new mown hay A odor appears nat aurally in certain plants is X segregated and crystallized photo immediately above shows crystals being swirled out of a liquid in a centrifugal still is the main ingredient of incense in india oddly perfumes are a mixture of pleasant and unpleasant odors 4 ff A ef perfume adroitly used plays an important part in every modern modem womans comans life once a luxury available only to the wealthy it now brings charm to rich and poor alike but most foolish is the woman who uses it too freely perfume is meant to be subtle ifft lf fT jr I 1 f iff arf 11 oi V 4 V I 1 r yali aw chemicals today tomorrow perfume on a thousand boudoir tables |
