A guide to making perfumes, skin care products, smelling salts, incense, make-up, hair dyes, and other home remedies. Illustrated with 29 black and white pictures. The basic ingredients of a perfume are mainly alcohol (approximately 80%), distilled water, and natural essences dissolved in it (essential oils of vegetable or animal origin). A perfume can take on many different scents due to different proportions of the basic components. For example, it can have floral, musky, oriental, fruity, fresh, or classically elegant scents. Most perfumes are composed of head, heart, and base notes. Reprint of the original edition from 1883.