Odeur Delectable
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United States
Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
- Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.
Ingredients 8 ingredients
- one pound of cinnamon
- one pint of spirits of wine
- four ounces of distilled rose-water
- one drachm of essence of musk
- four ounces of orange-flower water
- one drachm of oil of cloves
- a quart of water
- two drachms of oil of bergamot
Method
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- Mix four ounces of distilled rose-water, four ounces of orange-flower water, one drachm of oil of cloves, two drachms of oil of bergamot, two grains of musk, one pint of spirits of wine.
- Macerate thoroughly, and add one drachm of essence of musk.
- This delicious scent is a universal favourite with the ladies of the beau monde in Paris* Eau D* Ange.
- — Pound in a mortar fifteen cloves and one pound of cinnamon ;
- put the whole into a quart of water, with four grains anise-seed;
- let it stand over a charcoal fire twenty-four hours ;
- then strain off the liquor and bottle it.
- The perfume is excellent, and will be useful for the hands, face, and hair.
Plating
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