Hungary water

Saint Elisabeth of Hungary is sometimes reputed to have ordered the first modern perfume in Europe, called 'Hungary water'.

Hungary water (sometimes called "the Queen of Hungary's Water",[1] Eau de la Reine de Hongary,[2] or "spirits of rosemary"[2]) was one of the first alcohol-based perfumes in Europe, primarily made with rosemary.[2] The oldest surviving recipes call for distilling fresh rosemary and thyme[3] with brandy,[4] while later formulations contain wine,[5][6] lavender,[5][6] mint, sage,[3] marjoram,[4] costus, orange blossom and lemon.

  1. ^ Pechey, John; Marggraf, Christiaan; Ettmüller, Michael (1697). A plain introduction to the art of physick, containing the fundamentals, and necessary preliminaries to practice. To which is added, the Materia medica contracted. And alphabetical tables of the vertues of roots, barks, ... Also a collection of choice medicines chymical and Galenical. Together with a different way of making the most celebrated compositions in the apothecaries shops . London: Henry Bonwicke. pp. 377–378. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  2. ^ a b c Sullivan, Catherine (1994-03-01). "Searching for nineteenth-century Florida water bottles". Historical Archaeology. 28 (1): 78–98. doi:10.1007/BF03374182. ISSN 0440-9213. S2CID 162639733.
  3. ^ a b Leslie, Eliza (1847). The lady's receipt-book: a useful companion for large or small families. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart. p. 254.
  4. ^ a b Buc'hoz, Pierre-Joseph; Nicoll, William; Murray, John; Montoya y Solís, Fernando (1784). The toilet of Flora or A collection of the most simple and approved methods of preparing baths, essences, pomatums, powders, perfumes and sweet-scented waters. London: printed for J. Murray ... and W. Nicoll ... pp. 35–37. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  5. ^ a b Smith, George (1731). A compleat body of distilling: explaining the mysteries of that science, in a most easy and familiar manner: containing an exact and accurate method of making all the compound cordial-waters now in use: with a particular account of their several virtues: as also a directory consisting of all the instructions necessary for learning the distiller's art ...: in two parts. Vol. Book II. London: Printed for Henry Lintot. pp. 118–121. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  6. ^ a b Lillie, Charles.; Mackenzie, Colin, ed. (1822). The British perfumer: being a collection of choice receipts and observations made during an extensive practice of thirty years, by which any lady or gentleman may prepare their own articles of the best quality, whether of perfumery, snuffs, or colours. London, New York: J. Souter; W. Seaman. pp. 142–145. Retrieved 2018-05-26. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)