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- A Good Wash for the Hair
from The Book of Household Management (1861)
- A Paint for Wood or Stone that Resists all Moisture
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- A Very Good Perfume
from The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet (1672)
- A Very Good Perfume to Burn
from The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet (1672)
- Acid Salt
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Almond Paste
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- An Agreeable Disinfectant
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- An Excellent Damask Powder
from The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet (1672)
- An Excellent Pomatum
from The Book of Household Management (1861)
- Another Durable Ink
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Another Recipe for Pomatum
from The Book of Household Management (1861)
- Aromatic Vinegar
from The Virginia Housewife (1860)
- Balm of Gilead Oil
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Bandoline
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Barber's Shampoo Mixture
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Bay Rum
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Bay Rum
from The Golden Age Cook Book (1898)
- Blacking
from The Virginia Housewife (1860)
- Blacking for Boots and Shoes
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- Brazil Wood Dye
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- Brunswick Black
from The Book of Household Management (1861)
- Burnet's Celebrated Powder for the Face
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Camphor Ice
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Camphorated Oil
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Candles
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- Cedar Dye
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- Chrome Yellow for Dyeing Carpet Rags
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- Chrome Yellow-wash
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- Cleaning Fluid
from Cloud City Cook-Book (1889)
- Cold Cream
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Cold Cream
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Cologne
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- Cologne Water
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Cologne Water
from The Virginia Housewife (1860)
- Cologne Water (Superior)
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Complexion Wash
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Cosmetic Paste
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Cream of Lilies
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Cream of Roses
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Durable Ink
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Dye for White or Light Eyebrows
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Fine Cologne Water
from Domestic French Cookery (1836)
- Fine Lavender Water
from The Golden Age Cook Book (1898)
- Fine Sweet Powder for the Hair
from The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet (1672)
- Floor Polish
from The Century Cook Book (1901)
- For Dandruff
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Greasers for Bake-irons
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- Green Ointment
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Green-wash
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- Hair Invigorator
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Hair Wash
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Harness Blacking, For Preserving the Leather
from Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife
- Hungarian Water
from The Virginia Housewife (1860)
- Hungary Water
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Japanese Cream
from The Golden Age Cook Book (1898)
- Javelle Water
from Cloud City Cook-Book (1889)
- Jockey Club Bouquet
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Lavender Compound
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Lavender Water
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Lavender Water
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Lavender Water
from The Virginia Housewife (1860)
- Lead Color
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- Lip Salve
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Lip-Salve
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Macassar Oil for the Hair
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Musk Sugar
from The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet (1672)
- Odoriferous or Sweet-Scenting Bags
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Oil of Flowers
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Orange Flower Lotion for the Complexion
from The Golden Age Cook Book (1898)
- Oxmarrow-Pomade for the Hair
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Pearl Smelling Salts
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Pearl Tooth Powder
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Perfumed Roses
from The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet (1672)
- Phalon's Instantaneous Hair Dye
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Polish for Bright Stoves and Steel Articles
from The Book of Household Management (1861)
- Polish for Hard Wood Floors
from The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1896)
- Polish for Hard or Stained Wood Floors
from The Golden Age Cook Book (1898)
- Polish for Ladies' Kid Shoes
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Polish for Leather
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Rare Sweet Water
from The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet (1672)
- Razor-Strop Paste
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Rendering Tallow
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- Rose-Water
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Sachet Powders
from Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (1919)
- Scented Bags
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Sealing-Wax for Bottles, Jars, Etc.
from Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife
- Seidlitz Powders
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Shaving Compound
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Simple Disinfectant
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Soft Pomatum
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Soft Pomatum
from The Virginia Housewife (1860)
- Sweet Jars
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Thieves' Vinegar
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- To Dye Brown
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- To Dye Cotton Blue
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- To Dye Cotton or Woollen Black
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- To Dye Olive
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- To Dye Orange Color
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- To Dye Red
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- To Dye Scarlet
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- To Dye Yarn Green
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- To Dye Yellow
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- To Dye a Dark Drab
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- To Make Bandoline
from The Book of Household Management (1861)
- To Make Blacking for Morocco Shoes
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- To Make Boots and Shoes Water-proof
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- To Make Candles
from The American Woman's Home (1869)
- To Make Court Perfumes
from The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet (1672)
- To Make Pomade for the Hair
from The Book of Household Management (1861)
- To Make Pomatum the Best Way
from The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet (1672)
- To Make Starch
from The Book of Household Management (1861)
- To Make a Ball to Take Stains Out of Linnen, Which Many Times Happens by Cooking or Preserving
from The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet (1672)
- To Make a Fine Pomander
from The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet (1672)
- To Mix White-wash
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- To Perfume Gloves
from The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet (1672)
- To Promote the Growth of Hair
from The Book of Household Management (1861)
- To Restore Whiteness to Scorched Linen
from The Book of Household Management (1861)
- To make Black Paper for drawing Patterns
from English Housewifry (1764)
- Toilet Items
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Toilet or Face Powder
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Tooth Powder
from The Golden Age Cook Book (1898)
- Tracing-Paper
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- Vinegar of the Four Thieves
from The Virginia Housewife (1860)
- Violet Perfume
from Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840)
- Wash for Hearths
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- Washing Fluid
from The White House Cookbook (1887)
- White-wash for Buildings or Fences
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
- Whitewash, To Make
from Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife
- Yellow Ochre wash
from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers