VIOLET COLD CREAM.  IMITATION.

Almond oil, 3/4 lb. 
Huile cassie, 1/4 lb. 
Rose-water, 1 lb. 
Sperm and wax, 1 oz. 
Otto of almonds, 1/4 drachm.

This is an elegant and economical preparation, generally admired.

TUBEREUSE, JASMINE, AND FLEUR D’ORANGE COLD CREAMS.

Are prepared in similar manner to violet (first form); they are all very exquisite preparations, but as they cost more than rose cold cream, perfumers are not much inclined to introduce them in lieu of the latter.

CAMPHOR COLD CREAM. (Otherwise Camphor Ice.)

Almond oil, 1 lb. 
Rose-water, 1 lb. 
Wax and Spermaceti, 1 oz. 
Camphor, 2 oz. 
Otto of rosemary, 1 drachm.

Melt the camphor, wax, and sperm, in the oil, then manipulate as for cold cream of roses.

CUCUMBER COLD CREAM. (Creme de Concombre.)

Almond oil, 1 lb. 
Green oil, 1 oz. 
Juice of cucumber, 1 lb. 
Wax and sperm, each, 1 oz. 
Otto of neroli, 1/4 drachm.

The cucumber juice is readily obtained by subjecting the fruit to pressure in the ordinary tincture press.  It must be raised to a temperature high enough to coagulate the small portion of albumen which it contains, and then strained through fine linen, as the heat is detrimental to the odor on account of the great volatility of the otto of cucumber.  The following method may be adopted with advantage:—­Slice the fruit very fine with a cucumber-cutter, and place them in the oil; after remaining together for twenty-four hours, repeat the operation, using fresh fruit in the strained oil; no warmth is necessary, or at most, not more than a summer heat; then proceed to make the cold cream in the usual manner, using the almond oil thus odorized, the rose-water, and other ingredients in the regular way, perfuming, if necessary, with a little neroli.

Another and commoner preparation of cucumber is found among the Parisians, which is lard simply scented with the juice from the fruit, thus:—­The lard is liquefied by heat in a vessel subject to a water-bath; the cucumber juice is then stirred well into it; the vessel containing the ingredients is now placed in a quiet situation to cool.  The lard will rise to the surface, and when cold must be removed from the fluid juice; the same manipulation being repeated as often as required, according to the strength of odor of the fruit desired in the grease.

PIVERS’ POMADE OF CUCUMBER.

Benzoinated lard, 6 lbs. 
Spermaceti, 2 lbs. 
Essence of cucumbers, 1 lb.

Melt the stearine with the lard, then keep it constantly in motion while it cools, now beat the grease in a mortar, gradually adding the essence of cucumbers; continue to beat the whole until the spirit is evaporated, and the pomade is beautifully white.