The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Toilet of Flora, by Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz.

THE
TOILET OF FLORA;
OR,
A COLLECTION
OF THE
MOST SIMPLE AND APPROVED
METHODS OF PREPARING

BATHS,		PERFUMES,
ESSENCES,		AND
POMATUMS,		SWEET-SCENTED
POWDERS,		WATERS.

Printed for J. Murray, No. 32, Fleet-street; and
W. Nicoll, St. Paul's Church Yard.

ADVERTISEMENT.

The chief Intention of this Performance is to point out, and explain to the Fair Sex, the Methods by which they may preserve and add to their Charms; and by which many natural Blemishes and Imperfections may be remedied or concealed. The same Share of Grace and Attractions is not possessed by all of them; but while the Improvement of their Persons is the indispensable Duty of those who have been little favoured by Nature, it should not be neglected even by the few who have received the largest Proportion of her Gifts. The same Art which will communicate to the former the Power of pleasing, will enable the latter to extend the Empire of their Beauty. It is possible to remove, or, at least, to cover the Defects of the one Class, and to give Force and Lustre to the Perfections of the other.

The Author, however, though in general he has framed his Work for the Advantage of the Ladies, has not entirely confined it to them. The Virtues of Plants and Vegetables, beside the Service they furnish for the Toilet, have their Use in Articles of Luxury. He has thence been induced to address himself also to the Perfumer: and his Publication, he flatters himself, while it comprizes a very perfect Collection of the Methods which tend to improve Beauty, to repair the Wastes of Fatigue, and to avert the Marks of Age or Decline, includes likewise a full Account of whatever relates to domestic Oeconomy and Expence.

Uncommon Pains have been taken to improve the present Edition, which contains a System of the Cosmetic Art, infinitely superior to any that has hitherto appeared; and it has likewise uniformly rendered the various Prescriptions not only compatible with, but subservient to, the Preservation, and even the Improvement of Health; an Object of the greatest Importance in a Work of this Kind.

CONTENTS.

No.		Page.
1.	An Aromatic Bath	1
2.	A Cosmetic Bath	2
3.	An Emollient Bath for the Feet	ib.
4.	An Aromatic Bath for the Feet	3
5.	An excellent Preservative Balsam against the Plague	ib.
6.	An excellent Cosmetic for the Face	5
7.	A curious Perfume	ib.
8.	Perfumed Chaplets and Medals	6
9.	Receipt to thicken the Hair, and make it grow again on a bald part	ib.
10.	An approved Depilatory Fluid	7
11.	A Powder to prevent Baldness	8
12.	To quicken the Growth of Hair	ib.
13.	A compound Oil for the same Intention	ib.
14.	A Fluid to make the Hair grow	9
15.	A Liniment of the same Kind	ib.
16.	To change the Colour of the Hair	10
17.	Simple Means of producing the same Effect	ib.
18.	To change the Hair or Beard black	11
19.	A Fluid to dye the Hair of a flaxen Colour	12
20.	A perfumed Basket	13
21.	Natural Cosmetics	ib.
22.	A remedy for Corns on the Feet	14
23.	A Coral Stick for the Teeth	14
24.	A Receipt to clean the Teeth, and make the Flesh grow close to the Root of the Enamel	15
25, 26, 27.	Receipts to strengthen the Gums and fasten loose Teeth	15, 16
28.	For rotten Teeth	17
29.	A Liquid Remedy for decayed Teeth	ib.
30.	A Powder to clean the Teeth	18
31.	A Remedy for sore Gums and loose Teeth	ib.
32.	An approved Receipt against that troublesome Complaint, called the Teeth set on Edge	ib.
33.	A Liquid for cleansing the Teeth	19
34.	A sure Preservative from the Tooth Ache, and Defluxions on the Gums or Teeth	ib.
35, 36, 37, 38, 39.	Methods to make the Teeth beautifully white	20-22
40.	A Powder to cleanse the Teeth	22
41.	Mr. Rae's Receipt for making a Powder for the like Purpose	23
42.	Another	ib.
43.	An efficacious Tooth-Powder	24
44.	A Powder to cleanse the Teeth	ib.
45.	A Tincture to strengthen the Gums, and prevent the Scurvy	25
46.	Mr. Baumè's Manner of preparing the Roots for cleaning the Teeth	ib.
47.	Manner of preparing Sponges for the Teeth	28
48.	Rule for the Preservation of the Teeth and Gums	29
49.	For stopping the Decay of Teeth	31

	WATERS.

50.	The Celestial Water	32
51, 52.	Receipts to make the genuine Hungary-Water	35, 36
53, 54.	Directions for making Lavender-Water	37, 38
55, 56.	——Rose-Water	39-41
57, 58.	——Orange-Flower Water	42, 43
59.	Magisterial Balm-Water	46
60.	Compound Balm-Water, commonly called Eau de Carmes	49
61.	Sweet Honey-Water	50
62.	Sweet-scented Water	52
63.	German sweet-scented Water	53
64.	Imperial Water	56
65, 66.	Odoriferous Water	57
67.	The Ladies Water	8
68.	A beautifying Wash	59
69.	A Cosmetic Water	ib.
70.	An excellent Cosmetic	ib.
71.	Venice Water highly esteemed	60
72.	A Balsamic Water	ib.
73.	Angelic Water, of a most agreeable scent	61
74.	Nosegay or Toilet Water	62
75.	Spirit of Guaiacum	63
76.	The Divine Cordial	ib.
77.	Compound Cypress Water	65
78.	Imperial Water	66
79.	All Flower Water	68
80.	A curious Water known by the Name of the Spring Nosegay	69
81.	A Cosmetic Water, that prevents Pits after the Small-Pox	71
82.	A Cooling Wash	ib.
83, 84.	An excellent Water to clear the Skin, and take away Pimples	72
85.	Venetian Water to clear a Sun-burnt Complexion	73
86.	A Water for Pimples in the Face	74
87.	A Fluid to clear a tanned Skin	ib.
88.	A Fluid to whiten the Skin	ib.
89.	A Beautifying Wash	75
90.	A Water that tinges the Cheeks a beautiful Carnation Hue	76
91.	A Cosmetic Water	77
92.	A Water, christened, the Fountain of Youth	ib.
93.	A Water that preserves the Complexion	78
94.	A Water that gives a Gloss to the Skin	80
95.	A Preservative from Tanning	ib.
96, 97, 98.	Certain Means of removing Freckles	81, 82
99, 100.	A Water to prevent Freckles, or Blotches in the Face	82, 83
101, 102.	A Water to improve the Complexion	83
103, 104.	A Cosmetic Water	84, 85
105.	A simple Balsamic Water, which removes Wrinkles	85
106.	A Water to change the Eye-brows black	86
107.	To remove Worms in the Face	86
108.	The Duchess de la Vrilliere's Mouth-Water	87
109.	Another Water for the Teeth, called Spirituous Vulnerary Water	88
110.	Receipt to make Vulnerary Water	89
111, 112, 113, 114.	Waters for the Gums	90-92
115.	A simple Depilatory	92
116.	Prepared Sponges for the Face	ib.
117.	Spirit of Roses	93
118.	Inflammable Spirits of all Kinds of Flowers	97

	ESSENCES.

119, 120.	Method of extracting Essences from Flowers	98-101
121.	Essence of Ambergrise	102
122.	A Remedy for St. Anthony's Fire, or Erysipelatous Eruptions on the Face	103

	FLOWERS.

123.	Manner of drying Flowers, so as to preserve their natural Colours	ib.
124, 125.	Different Methods of preserving Flowers	106-108
126.	Another Method of preserving Flowers a long while, in their natural Shape and Colour.	109

	GLOVES.

127.	White Gloves scented with Jasmine after the Italian Manner	110
128.	Gloves scented without the Flowers	111
129.	White Gloves scented with Ketmia or Musky Seed	112
130.	To colour Gloves a curious French Yellow	113
131, 132.	Curious Perfumes in Gloves	114
133, 134.	Excellent Receipts to clear a tanned Complexion	115

	BREATH.

135, 136.	Receipts to sweeten the Breath	115, 116

	OILS.

137,	138. Cosmetic Oils	116
139.	Oil of Wheat	117
140.	Compound Oil, or Essence of Fennel	ib.
141.	Oil of Tuberoses and Jasmine	118
142.	An Oil scented with Flowers for the Hair	119

	ESSENTIAL OILS, or QUINTESSENCES.

143.	Essential Oil, commonly called Quintessence of Lavender	121
144.	To make Essence of Cinnamon	122
145.	To make Quintessence of Cloves	123
146.	A Cosmetic Juice	125

	VIRGIN's MILK.

147.	A safe and approved Cosmetic	ib.
148, 149.	Others, very easily made	126, 127
150.	A Liniment to destroy Vermin	127

	LOTIONS.

151.	A Lotion to strengthen the Gums, and sweeten the Breath	128
152.	Another Lotion to fasten the Teeth, and sweeten the Breath	130
153.	An admirable Lotion for the Complexion	131
154.	An admirable Varnish for the Skin	132
155.	A Liniment to destroy Nits	133
156.	A Liniment to change the Beard and Hair black	ib.
157, 158.	Depilatory Liniment	134, 135
159, 160.	Excellent Lip-Salves	135, 136

	NAILS.

161.	A Liniment to promote the Growth and Regeneration of Nails	136
162, 163.	Remedies for Whitlows; a Disorder that frequently affects the Fingers	137, 138

	PERFUMES.

164.	Scented Tablets or Pastils	138
165.	A pleasant Perfume	139
166.	Common perfumed Powder	141
167.	A Cassolette	ib.
168.	To perfume a whole House, and purify the Air	ib.
169.	A Perfume for scenting Powder	ib.

	PASTILS.

170, 171.	Excellent Compositions to perfume a Room	143, 144
172.	Fragrant Pastils made use of by way of Fumigation	145
173.	Pastils of Roses	146

	PASTES.

174.	Paste of dried Almonds to cleanse the Skin	ib.
175.	Soft Almond Paste	147
176.	Paste for the Hands	148
177, 178, 179,	Pastes for the Hands	148-152
180, 181, 182.

	POMATUMS.

183.	Cold Cream, or Pomatum for the Complexion	152
184, 185.	Cucumber Pomatums	154, 155
186.	Lavender Pomatum	156
187, 188, 189.	Lip-Salves	158, 159
190.	A Yellow Lip-Salve	160
191, 192, 193,	Scarlet Lip-Salves	161, 164
194, 195.
196.	White Pomatum	164
197.	Red Pomatum	165
198.	A Pomatum to remove Redness, or Pimples in the Face	166
199.	A Pomatum for Wrinkles	167
200, 201.	For the same Intention	167, 168
202.	Pomatum for a red or pimpled Face	168
203.	A Pomatum for the Skin	169
204.	Pomatum to make the Hair grow on a Bald Part, and thicken the Hair	170
205.	Another Pomatum for the Hair	171
206.	Manner of scenting Pomatums for the Hair	172
207.	Orange-Flower Pomatum	173
208.	Sultana Pomatum	174
209, 210.	Sweet smelling Perfumes	174-176

	POWDERS.

211.	Orange-Flower Powder	177
212.	Jonquil Powder	178
213, 214.	Coarse Violet Powders	179, 180
215.	Jasmine Powder	181
216.	Ambrette Powder	ib.
217, 218.	Cyprus Powders	182, 183
219.	Perfumed Powder	183
220.	The White Powder that enters into the Composition of the Delightful Perfume	184
221.	Prepared Powder	ib.
222.	A Powder to nourish the Hair	185
223.	Common Powder	186
224.	White Powder	ib.
225, 226.	Grey Powders	187
227.	Flaxen-coloured Powder	188
228.	Bean Flour	ib.
229, 230.	To sweeten the Breath	188, 189
231.	A Remedy for scorbutic Gums	189
232.	A Remedy for moist Feet	ib.

	FLEAS.

233, 234,	Certain Methods of destroying Fleas	190, 191
235, 236.

	WRINKLES.

237.	A Secret to take away Wrinkles	191

	CARMINES.

238, 239.	Rouges for the Face	192, 193
240.	The Turkish method of preparing Carmine	193
241.	A Liquid Rouge that exactly imitates Nature	194
242.	An Oil that possesses the same Property	195

	SWEET SCENTED BAGS.

243.	A sweet-scented Bag to wear in the Pocket	196
244.	Bags to scent Linen	ib.
245.	An agreeable sweet-scented Composition	197
246.	Manner of making various sorts of these little Bags or Sachels	ib.

	WASH-BALLS.

247.	White Soap	199
248.	Honey Soap	ib.
249.	A perfumed Soap	200
250.	A Fine Scented Wash-ball	201
251.	A Wash-ball, an excellent Cosmetic for the Face and Hands	202
252.	Bologna Wash-balls	203
253.	Another excellent Wash-ball for the Complexion	204
254.	Seraglio Wash-balls	205
255.	An Hepatic Salt, to preserve the Complexion	206

	EYE-BROWS.

256.	To change the Eye-brows black	207

	MARKS OF THE SKIN.

257, 258.	To efface Spots or Marks of the Mother, on any Part of the Body	208
259.	To take away Marks, and fill up the Cavities left after the Small-Pox	209

	COMPLEXION.

260.	Certain Methods to improve the Complexion	210
261.	The Montpellier Toilet	ib.
262.	Sweet-scented Troches to correct a bad Breath	212
263.	A curious Varnish for the Face	213

	WARTS.

264, 265, 266,	Medicines to Cure Warts	215
267, 268.

	VINEGARS.

269.	Distilled Vinegar	216
270.	Distilled Lavender Vinegar	217
271.	Vinegar of the Four Thieves	219

	EYES.

272, 273,	For Watery Eyes	220, 221
274.
275.	An excellent Ophthalmic Lotion	221
276.	An Ophthalmic Poultice	222
277.	A Poultice for inflamed Eyes	ib.
278.	Sir Hans Sloane's Eye Salve	223
279.	An Ophthalmic Fomentation	ib.
280.	A simple Remedy to strengthen the Sight	224

	SUPPLEMENT.
	USEFUL RECEIPTS.

281.	To take Iron Mould out of Linen	225
282.	Stains of Oil	ib.
283.	Scowering Balls	226
284.	Stains of Coomb	ib.
285.	Stains of Urine	227
286.	Stains on Cloth of whatever Colour	ib.
287.	Spots of Ink	ib.
288.	Spots of Pitch and Turpentine	228
289.	Spots of Oil on Satin and other Stuffs, and on Paper	ib.
290.	Spots on Silk	229
291.	Balls to take out Stains	ib.
292.	To clean Gold and Silver Lace	229
293.	To restore its original Lustre to Tapestry	ib.
294.	To clean Turkey Carpets	230
295.	To refresh Tapestry Carpets, Hangings, or Chairs	ib.
296.	To take Wax out of Silk or Camblet	231
297.	To take Wax out of Velvet of all Colours except Crimson	232
298.	To wash Gold or Silver Work on Linen, or any other Stuff, so as to look like new	ib.
299.	To take Spots out of Silk or Woollen Stuff	233
300.	To take Stains of Oil out of Cloth	ib.
301.	To take Stains out of White Cloth	234
302.	To take Stains out of Crimson Velvet, and other coloured Velvets	ib.
303.	A Soap that takes out all Manner of Spots and Stains	235
304.	Another Method to take Spots or Stains out of White Silk or Crimson Velvet	236
305.	A Receipt to clean Gloves without wetting	ib.
306.	To colour Gloves	237
307.	To wash Point Lace	238
308.	To clean Point Lace without washing	ib.
309.	To wash black and white Sarcenet	ib.
310.	A Soap to take out all Kinds of Stains	239
311.	An expeditious Method to take Stains out of Scarlet, or Velvet of any other Colour	240

	DIFFERENT WAYS OF PREPARING SNUFF.

312.	Method of making Snuff	240
313.	Method of cleansing Snuff in order to scent it	241
314, 315.	Methods of scenting Snuff	243, 244.
316, 317.	Perfumed Snuff	245, 246
318.	Snuff after the Maltese Fashion	246
319.	The Genuine Maltese Snuff	ib.
320.	Italian Snuff	247
321.	Snuff scented after the Spanish Manner	ib.
322.	Method of colouring Snuff Red or Yellow	249
323, 324,	Herb Snuffs	250, 251
325, 326.

The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Toilet of Flora

THE TOILET OF FLORA.

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CONTENTS.

THE
TOILET
OF
FLORA.