Take a quarter of a pound of wheat starch pounded fine; sift it
through a fine sieve, or a piece of lace; add to it eight drops of oil
of rose, oil of lemon thirty drops, oil of bergamot fifteen drops.
Rub thoroughly together.
The French throw this powder into alcohol, shaking it, letting it
settle, then pouring off the alcohol and drying the powder. In that
case, the perfume is added lastly.