tonquin

-- The seeds of the Tongo tree (_Dipterix odorata_), a native of Guiana, are the well-known tonquin beans used to give a pleasant flavor to snuff.

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There, too, were pieces of my maternal grandmother's (Kitty Weaver's) gowns, satin that shimmered and changed from purple to gold, 'stiff enough,' as my mother said, 'to stand alone,' and my great-grandfather Miller's tortoise-shell snuff-box containing a tonquin bean that had not yet lost its peculiar fragrance.

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In perfumery they are valuable, as, when ground, they form with other bodies an excellent and permanent sachet, and by infusion in spirit, the tincture or extract of tonquin enters into a thousand of the compound essences; but on account of its great strength it must be used with caution, otherwise people say your perfume is

The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851

The _Anthoxanthum odoratum_, or sweet-smelling vernal grass, to which new hay owes its odor, probably yields identically the same fragrant principle, and it is remarkable that both tonquin beans and vernal grass, while actually growing, are nearly scentless, but become rapidly aromatic when severed from the parent stock.

The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851

POURRI, OLLA PODRIA, &c. The extract of tonquin, like extract of orris and extract of vanilla, is never sold pure, but is only used in the manufacture of compound perfumes.

The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851

-- The seeds of the _Dipterix odorata_ are the tonquin or _coumarouma_ beans of commerce.

The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851

Chemically considered, tonquin beans are very interesting, containing, when fresh, a fragrant volatile otto (to which their odor is principally due), benzoic acid, a fat oil and a neutral principal -- _Coumarin_.

The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851

"The cigar appeared about 1812; it received the countenance of the Regent, who had hitherto confined himself to macobau snuff, scented with lavender and the tonquin bean.

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