Salmon, William: Polygraphice: Or, The Arts of Drawing, Engraving, Etching, Limning, Painting, Washing, Varnishing, Gilding, Colouring, Dying, Beautifying and Perfuming: In Four Books ... To which is added A Discourse of Perspective and Chiromancy (London, 1675)

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and heat them hot, then put them into a linnen cloth,
and press them in an Almond press this work repeat,
till all the Oil is extra&ed, so have you Oil of Ben by
cxpression.
III. In like manner you may express the Oil out of
Citron seeds, incomparable for this purpose, to ex-
tract the scentout of Musk, Civit, Amber and the like,
becauie it will not quickly grow rank, yet Oil of the
Nut Ben is much better.
IV. This oil of Benhuh two properties j the one is,
that having no scent or odour of it self,it alters,changes
or diminishes not the scent of any Perfume put into it:
the other is that it is of a long continuance, so that it
scarcely ever changeth, corrupts or putrifies, as other
oils do.
V. To make a Perfume thereof, put the Musk, Am-
ber, &c. in fine powder thereinto, which keep in a
glass bottle very close slopped, for a month or more3
then use it.
VI. Or thus, Blanch your Nuts, and bruse them,
( Almonds may do though not so good) and lay them
between two rows of Flowers,suppose Rok^JasemiHj
tec. or other Perfumes > when the Flowers have loft
their scent and fade, remove them, adding fresh ones i
which repeat io Long as the Flowers are in season i then
scjueez out the oil, and it will be mo st odoriferous.
VII. Lastly, by this last you may draw a sweet scent
out of those Flowers, out of which you cannot distil
any sweet water.

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