“Melt by a gentle heat ½ pound gum-arabic, and ½ pound of oil soap, in 1 pint rose water, then add 1 pound white wax, constantly stirring. When of a uniform consistency, add 1 ounce attar of bergamot, and ½ drachm attar of thyme, for perfume.”
- not only is it the fanciest, but it will provide enough of this gentlemen’s prerequisite to last several generations of pale descendents, if prepared in the quantities advised. I am presently resting between moustaches, in a manner of speaking, but this will serve me handsomely when I am next overtaken by the urge. By that time, perhaps I will have discovered how much attar of thyme there is in a drachm.
(via Lord Whimsy)