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FLORIDA WATER #1
oil of bergamot 3 fluid ounces
oil of lavender 1 fluid ounce
oil of lemon 1 fluid ounce
oil of cloves 1 1/4 fluid drachms
oil of cinnamon 2 1/2 fluid drachms
oil of neroli 1/2 fluid drachms
essence of jasmine 6 fluid ounces
essence of musk 2 fluid ounces
alcohol 8 pints
rose water 1 pint
Mix and, if cloudy, filter through
magnesium carbonate.
Interestingly, bergamot, lavender, lemon, neroli and rose are all known ingredients of Coca-Cola. Florida Water is a Victorian era toilet water cologne that is used primarily nowadays as a funerary good, a last-splash perfume put on corpses after embalming to take away that embalming fluid smell. It's also used in death related rites in voodoo and hoodoo culture, and is basically a morbid curiosity in and of itself.
oil of bergamot 3 fluid ounces
oil of lavender 1 fluid ounce
oil of lemon 1 fluid ounce
oil of cloves 1 1/4 fluid drachms
oil of cinnamon 2 1/2 fluid drachms
oil of neroli 1/2 fluid drachms
essence of jasmine 6 fluid ounces
essence of musk 2 fluid ounces
alcohol 8 pints
rose water 1 pint
Mix and, if cloudy, filter through
magnesium carbonate.
Interestingly, bergamot, lavender, lemon, neroli and rose are all known ingredients of Coca-Cola. Florida Water is a Victorian era toilet water cologne that is used primarily nowadays as a funerary good, a last-splash perfume put on corpses after embalming to take away that embalming fluid smell. It's also used in death related rites in voodoo and hoodoo culture, and is basically a morbid curiosity in and of itself.