How To Make Aromatic Vinegar
Acetic Acid and its Use in Perfumery
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The pungency of the odor of vinegar naturally brought it into the earliest use in the art of perfumery.
The acetic acid, evolved by distilling acetate of copper (verdigris), is the true "aromatic" vinegar of the old alchemists.
The modern aromatic vinegar is the concentrated acetic acid aromatized with various ottos, camphor, &c., thus
Aromatic Vinegar.
Concentrated acetic acid, 8 oz.
Otto of English lavender, 2 drachms.
Otto of rosemary, 1 drachm.
Otto of cloves, 1 drachm.
Otto of camphor, 1 oz.
First dissolve the bruised camphor in the acetic acid, then add the perfumes; after remaining together for a few days, with occasional agitation, it is to be strained, and is then ready for use.
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