Chapter 19

           ITWASN’TLONGbeforehehadbecomeaspecialistinthefieldofdistillation.Hediscovered-andhisnosewasofmoreuseinthediscoverythanBaldini’srulesandregulations-thattheheatofthefireplayedasignificantroleinthequalityofthedistillate.Everyplant,everyflower,everysortofwood,andeveryoil-yieldingseeddemandedaspecialprocedure.Sometimesyouhadtobuildupthehottestheadofsteam,sometimesyoujustleftitatamoderateboil,andsomeflowersyieldedtheirbestonlyifyouletthemsteepoverthelowestpossibleflame.Itwasmuchthesamewiththeirpreparation.Mintandlavendercouldbedistilledbythebunch.Otherthingsneededtobecarefullyculled,plucked,chopped,grated,crushed,orevenmadeintopulpbeforetheywereplacedinthecopperkettle.Manythingssimplycouldnotbedistilledatall-whichirritatedGrenouillenoend.HavingobservedwhatasurehandGrenouillehadwiththeapparatus,Baldinihadgivenhimfreereinwiththealembic,andGrenouillehadtakenfulladvantageofthatfreedom.Whilestillmixingperfumesandproducingotherscentedandherbalproductsduringtheday,heoccupiedhimselfatnightexclusivelywiththeartofdistillation.Hisplanwastocreateentirelynewbasicodors,andwiththemtoproduceatleastsomeofthescentsthatheborewithinhim.Atfirsthehadsomesmallsuccesses.Hesucceededinproducingoilsfromnettlesandfromcressseeds,toiletwaterfromthefreshbarkofelderberryandfromyewsprigs.

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