Show 25 tons of violets for one ounce of perfume ever since the dawn of civilization t woman has used perfume as an allure at one time when baths were looked upon as both unhealthy and ungodly perfume was a necessity but since then women have used it as an added attraction something that accentuated their femininity some ome of the best perfume came i S france italy and the bal ns in those countries perfume making was a very important trade and millions of roses jasmine violets and other flowers were harvested these were bruised boiled and pulped gulped until they had given up their oils the petals were boiled in water the steam caught and condensed and the essential oils skimmed from the surface it was an expensive process too for it took roses to make one quart of pure perfume one ounce of pure violet perfume was the result of the compression and pulping of 25 tons of blooms when men the oil was finally extracted it was very strong and a single ounce of it would be sufficient for many thousands of bot r |