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== Roots of women's toilet water ==
== Roots of women's toilet water ==
Cleopatra seduced Mark Antony on the banks of the [[Berdan River]] using perfumes and toilet waters.<ref name="current93"> Current opinion, p. 93 </ref> [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]] used an entire champagne bottle of toilet water in her 7 minute baths.<ref name="current93"/>
Cleopatra seduced Mark Antony on the banks of the [[Berdan River]] using perfumes and toilet waters.<ref name="current93"> Current opinion, p. 93 </ref> [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]] used an entire champagne bottle of toilet water in her 7 minute baths.<ref name="current93"/> [[Elizabeth of Russia]] (Czarina of Russia) was partial to having her toilet water made of violets picked near [[Grasse]] at twilight.<ref> Martin, pp. 10-11 </ref>


In the fourteenth century Hungarian toilet water, predecessor of [[eau de cologne]], was produced.<ref> Müller, p. 348 </ref> [[Elisabeth of Poland, Queen of Hungary|Queen Elisabeth of Hungary]] (1305-1380) had created a fragrant oil mix with alcohol that evaporated slowly on her skin.<ref name="Sherrow125"/> Hungary Water was the first toilet water developed.<ref name="Stoddart154"/> Legend has it that when 70 year old Queen Elisabeth of Hungary received this new 'toilet water' her poor health was reversed. She was then a very healthy queen that the king of Poland proposed to. This toilet water was called "eau de la reine de hongrie" because it was based on rosemary.<ref name="HistoryofPerfume"> [http://www.everythinkaboutperfume.com/history.html The History of Perfume] </ref>
In the fourteenth century Hungarian toilet water, predecessor of [[eau de cologne]], was produced.<ref> Müller, p. 348 </ref> [[Elisabeth of Poland, Queen of Hungary|Queen Elisabeth of Hungary]] (1305-1380) had created a fragrant oil mix with alcohol that evaporated slowly on her skin.<ref name="Sherrow125"/> Hungary Water was the first toilet water developed.<ref name="Stoddart154"/> Legend has it that when 70 year old Queen Elisabeth of Hungary received this new 'toilet water' her poor health was reversed. She was then a very healthy queen that the king of Poland proposed to. This toilet water was called "eau de la reine de hongrie" because it was based on rosemary.<ref name="HistoryofPerfume"> [http://www.everythinkaboutperfume.com/history.html The History of Perfume] </ref>
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* Hopkins, Albert Allis, ''The Scientific American cyclopedia of formulas: partly based upon the 28th ed. of Scientific American cyclopedia of receipts, notes and queries'', Munn & co., inc., 1910
* Hopkins, Albert Allis, ''The Scientific American cyclopedia of formulas: partly based upon the 28th ed. of Scientific American cyclopedia of receipts, notes and queries'', Munn & co., inc., 1910
* Lillard, Benjamin, ''Practical druggist and pharmaceutical review of reviews'', Volume 40, Lillard & Co., 1922
* Lillard, Benjamin, ''Practical druggist and pharmaceutical review of reviews'', Volume 40, Lillard & Co., 1922
* Martin, George R., ''The mentor-world traveler,'' Volume 10, George R. Martin, 1922
* Miller, William Tyler, ''Garden & home builder'', volume 13, Doubleday, Page and Company, 1911
* Miller, William Tyler, ''Garden & home builder'', volume 13, Doubleday, Page and Company, 1911
* Müller, Peter M., ''Perfumes: art, science, and technology'', Springer, 1994, ISBN 0751401579
* Müller, Peter M., ''Perfumes: art, science, and technology'', Springer, 1994, ISBN 0751401579

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Bottle of toilet water

Toilet water (eau de toilette in French)[1] is an old phrase for a lightly scented perfume used as a skin freshener.[2][3] It is also referred to as "aromatic waters" and has a high alcohol content.[4] It is usually applied directly to the skin after bathing or shaving.[5][6] It is considered a "weak" perfume,[7] weaker than cologne.[8] Toilet water is defined as a dilute perfume.[9] It was originally composed of alcohol and various volatile oils.[10]

Toilet waters are usually named after a principal ingredient; some being Geranium Water, Lavendar Water, Lilac Water, Violet Water, Spirit of Myrcia and 'eau de Bretfeld'.[11] It is many times used as a "body splash" that is applied liberally, especially after showering.[12]

Types of alcohol based perfumes

Perfume has a mixture of about 10-20% perfume oils mixed with alcohol (acting as a diffusing agent delivering the fragrant odor) and a trace of water. Colognes have about 3-5% perfume oil mixed with 80-90% alcohol with about 5 to 15 percent water in the mix. Originally, eau de cologne was a mixture of citrus oils from such fruits as lemons, oranges, tangerines, limes, and grapefruits. These were combined with such substances as lavender and neroli (orange-flower oil). Toilet water has the least amount of perfume oil mixture among the three main liquid "perfumery" categories. It has only about 2 to 8 percent of some type of perfume oil and 60-80% alcohol dispersent with water making up the difference.[13][14] Toilet waters are a less concentrated form of these above types of alcohol based perfumes.[15][16] Traditionally cologne is usually made of citrus oils and fragrances, while toilet waters are not limited to this specification.[17][18]

Eaux and Eau

The word eaux is defined as a solution of spirited fragrant essential oils with or without the addition of other fragrant substances. It can also be distilled waters with the smells of flowers. Eau ie cologne, eau de lavande, eau de bouquet are examples of the first; and eau de rose, eau de fleurs d'oranges are examples of the second. Toilet waters with the word eaux in them are confined to imports from the south of France and Italy. English toilet waters with "eau" or "eaux" in the name are generally considered inferior to those from France and Italy.[19]

Health benefits

Some toilet waters are considered restorative skin toners and have some medical benefits.[20][21][22] The journal Medical Record reports that a toilet water spray restores energies lost in business, social, and domestic situations.[23][24] History shows that toilet waters have been used for cosmetic purposes.[25] During the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries a type of toilet water called "plague waters" was suppose to drive away the bubonic plague.[26][27]

Roots of men's toilet water

King of France Louis XIV (1638-1715) used a concoction of scents called "heavenly water" to perfume his shirts with toilet water. It consisted of aloewood, musk, orange flower, rose water and other spices.[28]

Roots of women's toilet water

Cleopatra seduced Mark Antony on the banks of the Berdan River using perfumes and toilet waters.[29] Wilhelmina of the Netherlands used an entire champagne bottle of toilet water in her 7 minute baths.[29] Elizabeth of Russia (Czarina of Russia) was partial to having her toilet water made of violets picked near Grasse at twilight.[30]

In the fourteenth century Hungarian toilet water, predecessor of eau de cologne, was produced.[31] Queen Elisabeth of Hungary (1305-1380) had created a fragrant oil mix with alcohol that evaporated slowly on her skin.[28] Hungary Water was the first toilet water developed.[26] Legend has it that when 70 year old Queen Elisabeth of Hungary received this new 'toilet water' her poor health was reversed. She was then a very healthy queen that the king of Poland proposed to. This toilet water was called "eau de la reine de hongrie" because it was based on rosemary.[32]

Unique types of toilet water

  • Carbolic Toilet Water — crystallized carbolic acid, 10 parts; essence of millefleurs, 1 part; tincture of quillaya sapouaria, 50 parts; water, 1,000 parts.[19]
  • Carmelite water - a toilet water of lemon balm, orange flower, angelica root, and spices prepared for Charles V of France, first made in 1379 by the nuns of a Carmelite abbey.[33][34][35][36]
  • Carnation Toilet Water - extract of Jasmine 2.5 pints, extract of Orange Flower 2.5 pints, extract of Rose 5 pints, tincture of Vanilla 20 ounces, Oil of Pink (synthetic) 2 ounces.[37]
  • Creole Toilet Water - to 6.75 ounces of orris root cut in small pieces put 1.5 pint of French brandy. Allow this mix to stand for 2 weeks, stirring frequently. Then filter the mix and add 3 pints of French brandy and 3 drops of oil of orange blossoms. Add 0.75 fluid ounce of oil of geranium. Distill and add a little coumarin essence.[38]
  • Eau de lavand ambre - a favorite with Spanish women who use it in their hair as well as on the skin after bathing.[39]
  • Florida Water - based on the nineteenth century formula for a commercially prepared toilet water that mixes floral essential oils.[40] The idea of the name makes reference to the Fountain of Youth.[41]
  • Frank, Marc Henry, Eugenics and Sex Relations for Men and Women, Kessinger Publishing, 2005, ISBN 1417989130
  • Geranium Toilet Water - oil of rose geranium, 2 ounces; tincture of orris root, 2 ounces; tincture of musk, 1 droop; rose water, 8 ounces: alcohol, 4 pints.[38]
  • Heliotrope Toilet Water - heliotropine, 2 drops; rose oil, 15 minims; bergamot oil, a half drop; neroli oil, 5 minims; alcohol, 10 ounces; water, 6 ounces.[42]
  • Home made toilet waters - there are various styles, including lavender toilet water and rose toilet water.[34]
  • Honey water[14] - an old-time English toilet water. The British Pharmaceutical Codex gives the formula.[43]
  • Jasmine toilet water - made with spirits of cologne, jasmine, and alcohol.[44]
  • Kananga Water - is a "holy water" used for purification in revival ceremonies.[45]
  • Lavender water[14][46] - a formula called "upper Ten" consists of 1 fluid ounce of oil of lavender, 8 fluid ounces of of deodorized alcohol, 3 fluid ounces of of rose water, and 80 grains of carbonate of magnesia.[47]
  • Nosegay - distilled honey water with cloves, lavender and neroli.[48]
  • Oriental Toilet Water - an extensive list of ingredients is given in the Useful and Practical Notes section of National Druggist.[49]
  • Rose water toilet water - extract of rose 1 pint, of tuberose 1 pint, of cassia 1 pint, of jasmine 4 ounces, tincture of civet 3 ounces.[50]
  • Viennese Cosmetic Toilet Water - bruised almonds, 15 parts; water of orange flower, 62 parts; water of roses, 62 parts. Rub up the almonds with the waters, allow to stand. Later add borate of soda, 1 part; spirit of benzoin, 2 parts. Dissolve.[38]
  • White Rose Toilet Water - one ounce of triple extract of white rose, 3 drops of oil of rose, 3 drops of oil of rose geranium, 26 ounces of cologne spirits, and 6 ounces of hot water.[47]
  • Hugh C. Muldoonin submitted various toilet water formulas he called "Own-make Toilet Specialties" to the Bulletin Of Pharmacy in 1917.[51]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Is perfume made out of toilet water?
  2. ^ The Free Dictionary definition
  3. ^ MacMillan Dictionary
  4. ^ Cristiani, p. 117
  5. ^ toilet water term meaning
  6. ^ Distinguishing Colognes, Perfumes, Scents, & Toilet Waters
  7. ^ Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary definition
  8. ^ Keithler, p. 427
  9. ^ Baker, p. 262
  10. ^ Cox, p. 118
  11. ^ Ebert, p. 304
  12. ^ Why some perfumes are called "toilet water"
  13. ^ perfume
  14. ^ a b c Groom, p. 329
  15. ^ eau de toil definition from the online Free Dictionary
  16. ^ Thesaurus online dictionary
  17. ^ Grolier, p. 154
  18. ^ Consumer reports, pp. 409-411
  19. ^ a b Hopkins, p. 874
  20. ^ Better Nutrition magazine, Nov 1999, p. 34
  21. ^ Hiss, pp. 918-919
  22. ^ Frank, p. 414
  23. ^ Dewey, p. 55
  24. ^ Interstate druggist, Volume 7, page 333
  25. ^ Griffin, p. 283
  26. ^ a b Stoddart, p. 154
  27. ^ Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities, 1550-1820 by Nancy Cox and Karin Dannehl
  28. ^ a b Sherrow, p. 125 King Louis XIV (1638-1715) had his shirts scented with toilet water that included aloewood, rosewood, orangle flower, musk, and spices. The concoction was called "heavenly water" ...
  29. ^ a b Current opinion, p. 93
  30. ^ Martin, pp. 10-11
  31. ^ Müller, p. 348
  32. ^ The History of Perfume
  33. ^ Booth, p. 157
  34. ^ a b Reader's Digest - Make your own Fragrance
  35. ^ Halpern, p. 37
  36. ^ Booth, p. 82
  37. ^ Lillard, p. 33
  38. ^ a b c Hopkins, p. 875
  39. ^ Fletcher, p. 219
  40. ^ Miller, p. 99
  41. ^ FLORIDA WATER
  42. ^ Hopkins, p. 876
  43. ^ Hiss, p. 915
  44. ^ Toilet Water ideas
  45. ^ kananga water
  46. ^ Country Wisdom Almanac: 373 Tips, Crafts, Home Improvements, Recipes, and Homemade Remedies
  47. ^ a b Keppel, p. 154
  48. ^ Nosegay
  49. ^ The National Druggist, Volume 42, p. 65
  50. ^ Beauty--its attainment and preservation, p. 494
  51. ^ Bulletin of pharmacy, p. 317

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  • Better Nutrition magazine, Nov 1999, Vol. 61, No. 11, ISSN 0405-668X, Published by Active Interest Media, Inc.
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  • Bulletin of pharmacy, Volume 36, E.G. Swift, 1922
  • Beauty--its attainment and preservation, Butterick Pub. Co., Ltd., 1892
  • Consumer reports, Volumes 25-26, Consumers Union of United States, 1960
  • Cox, Nancy C., Perceptions of retailing in early modern England, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2007, ISBN 0754637719
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  • Current opinion, Volume 32, The Current Literature Publishing Co., 1902
  • Dewey, Willis Alonzo, Medical century, Volume 14, Medical Century Company., 1906
  • Ebert, Albert Ethelbert, The Standard formulary, G.P. Engelhard & Co., 1897
  • Fletcher, Ella Adelia, Woman Beautiful, Kessinger Publishing, 1998, ISBN 0766103803
  • Griffin, Judy, Flowers That Heal: Aromas, Herbs, Essences and Other Secrets of the Fairies, Cosimo, Inc., 2002, ISBN 193104435X
  • Grolier, The New book of knowledge, Grolier, 1986, ISBN 0717205177
  • Groom, Nigel, The new perfume handbook, Springer, 1997, ISBN 0751404039
  • Halpern, Georges M., The Healing Trail: Essential Oils of Madagascar, Basic Health Publications, Inc., 2003, ISBN 1591200164
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  • Keithler, William R., The formulation of cosmetics and cosmetic specialties, Drug and Cosmetic Industry, 1956
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  • Lillard, Benjamin, Practical druggist and pharmaceutical review of reviews, Volume 40, Lillard & Co., 1922
  • Martin, George R., The mentor-world traveler, Volume 10, George R. Martin, 1922
  • Miller, William Tyler, Garden & home builder, volume 13, Doubleday, Page and Company, 1911
  • Müller, Peter M., Perfumes: art, science, and technology, Springer, 1994, ISBN 0751401579
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