563. Rose Soap

563.    Rose Soap. This is made from a mixture of olive oil soap, 60 pounds; and curd soap, 40 pounds; colored with 1 pound of finely bolted vermilion. The perfume consisting of attar of rose, 6 ounces; attars of santat and geranium, each 1 ounce; and tincture of musk, 8 ounces; must be added to the cold soap in meal, and incorporated by kneading. The oil soap may be replaced by curd soap, but the quality of the rose soap will not then be so fine.

564. Savon au Bouquet

564.    Savon au Bouquet. White soap, 60 pounds; perfumed in the cold with 8 ounces of extract bouquet; or in warm paste with a mixture of attar of bergamot, 8 ounces; attars of cloves and sassafras, each 1/2 ounce; attar of thyme, 1 ounce; attar of neroli, 1 ounce. The soap body must be previously colored brown with 1 pound of caramel. The soap scented with the attars is inferior to that perfumed with extract bouquet. The per-fume, and with it the title of the soap, can be varied according to the caprice of fashion.

565. Pontine Soap

565.      Pontine Soap. Curd soap, 50 pounds; cocoanut oil soap, the same quantity, melted to paste and crutched with 10 or 20 pounds of finely bolted pumice-stone powder. The perfume is a mixture of attars of thyme, cassia, caraway, and lavender, each 1 pound.

566. Spermaceti Soap

566.    Spermaceti Soap. The genuine spermaceti soap is superior to all others in emollient properties; but it is rarely made from pure stock, owing to the difficulty in saponifying it. As generally vended it consists of white curd soap, 14 pounds; perfumed with a mixture of attar of bergamot, 21/2 ounces, and attar of lemon, 8 ounces.

567. Palm Soap

567.    Palm Soap. Curd soap, made of a mixture of 1/2 lard, 1/3 bleached palm oil, and the remainder olive oil or spermaceti, constitutes the body of palm soap. Its natural odor is that of the violet, which is sometimes stimulated by the addition of a little attar of portugal, with a less portion of attar of cloves.

568. Floating Soap

568.     Floating Soap. All the hard soaps increase bulk by mechanical batting of the paste; the loss of density thus produced gives them the property of floating in water. The batting is best accomplished by means of a churn-twirl, rotating on a pivot in the bottom of the melting pan, and put in motion by a handle.

Expose 5 pounds olive-oil or almond soap, and 11/4 pints soft water in a bright copper pan, to a steam or water heat, and assiduously beat and agitate the mixture until it has more than double its volume; then pour it into a cold frame, cool it quickly, and, when hard, cut it into bars or cakes. It may be colored and scented at will. Floats on water, and lathers freely, but will not bear soaking or much wet, as it rapidly softens.

569. Transparent Soap

569.    Transparent Soap. This amber-looking soap is made by dissolving hard white soap, previously reduced to meal and thoroughly dried, in alcohol. A steam-bath, fitted with a still-head, makes a good containing vessel. The alcohol and soap are taken in about equal proportions ; and, as the solution proceeds, any spirit which may distill over must be allowed to condense in a worm, and collected in a receiver. The heat should not exceed 212°. After solution, the whole must be allowed time for settling; after which, the clear fluid is to be drawn off from the sediment into wooden frames; or globular moulds of britannia metal, if it is desired to cast it in ball form. Previous to settling it may be colored as desired - red, with tincture of alkanet; yellow, with tincture of turmeric ; orange, with a mixture of the two tinctures; green, with tincture of chlorophyle; blue, with tincture of indigo carmine. Transparent soap is rather translucent when first made, and does not clear until perfectly dry. The perfumes are the same as for the other soaps.