Section 70. ON PERFUMERY[1]. I.
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Section 70. ON PERFUMERY[1]. I.
The[2] exquisite pleasure we enjoy from the smell of sweet flowers is[3] alone sufficient to account for the love of perfumery. Flowers pass away[4] so quickly that we naturally desire to preserve their sweetness[5] as[6] long as we can, and in this our perfumers succeed[7] admirably. The perfume[8] of most flowers depends upon an oil, which[9] is peculiar to the plant, almost every sweet-scented[10] plant having its own peculiar oil; and, what is of[11] more importance: these oils belong to a class called[12] essential or volatile, because they become[13] volatile when[14] heated.
He succeeds admirably in this. Dies gelingt ihm vortrefflich.
Construe the above clause accord. to the preceding example; perfumer, Parfümeur.