Project Gutenberg 2013-11-24 Public domain in the USA. 134 Buc'hoz, Pierre-Joseph 1731 1807 Buc'hoz, J. P. (Joseph Pierre) Buchoz, Joseph-Pierre Buc'hoz, M. (Pierre-Joseph) Toilette de Flore. English 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. With receipts for cosmetics of every kind, that can smooth and brighten the skin, give force to beauty, and take off the appearance of old age and decay Produced by Bryan Ness, Sue Fleming and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Toilet of Flora" by Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz is a collection of beauty and cosmetic recipes written in the late 18th century. This work specifically addresses women's needs and desires regarding personal care, offering methods to enhance beauty through baths, perfumes, and various cosmetic preparations. Buc'hoz aims to assist women in both remedying imperfections and amplifying their natural charm, making the art of cosmetics accessible and effective. At the start of the book, Buc'hoz introduces the primary focus of his work: to empower women by teaching them simple and effective methods to maintain and improve their beauty. The opening chapters lay out detailed recipes for various baths, cosmetics, and beauty treatments, utilizing natural ingredients such as herbs and flowers. Specific remedies are provided for skin care, hair care, and even dental hygiene, presenting a thorough exploration of cosmetic practices of the time and emphasizing a holistic approach to beauty and health. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44276/44276-h/images/cover.jpg en Cosmetics -- Early works to 1800 Perfumes -- Early works to 1800 Beauty, Personal -- Early works to 1800 TP Text Browsing: Cooking & Drinking Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: How To... 306284 306293 2024-09-18T13:58:11.608939 2023-09-19T09:38:24.810734 text/html text/html 290527 2013-11-24T08:37:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 341243 2013-11-24T08:37:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 384642 2024-09-18T13:58:17.963938 application/epub+zip 384846 2024-09-18T13:58:12.605955 application/epub+zip 159570 2024-09-18T13:58:12.078912 application/epub+zip 498800 2024-09-18T13:58:21.779889 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 461828 2024-09-18T13:58:17.403929 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 237250 2022-09-20T07:57:26.321220 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 226526 226306 2024-09-18T13:58:10.533925 2023-09-19T09:38:23.876705 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 226425 2013-11-24T08:37:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 74282 2013-11-24T08:37:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 226422 2013-11-24T08:37:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 74256 2013-11-24T08:37:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21484 2024-09-18T13:58:21.926876 application/rdf+xml 22597 2024-09-18T13:58:12.198935 image/jpeg 2578 2024-09-18T13:58:12.137936 image/jpeg 345631 2024-09-18T13:58:11.636915 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia