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Creme Parisienne Depilatoire

Contains orpiment (sulphuret of arsenic), which is toxic.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Creme Parisienne Depilatoire

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix quicklime, orpiment, and alkanet powder together.

  2. Pack the mixture into bottles or boxes.

  3. To use, put some pinches into a saucer or egg-glass.

  4. Pour enough warm water to thin it into a paste or pap consistency.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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