Illustration — a stand-in until there's a photo of the real thing.
Source Nicolas Culpeper, Complete Herbal (1653) — original
Ingredients
Sugar Candy, a pound
Canary Wine, six ounces
Rose Water, four ounces
Imperial water, two pounds
Ambergreese, Musk, of each eighteen grains
Saffron, fifteen grains
yellow Sanders infused in Imperial water, two drams
Method
College: Take of Sugar Candy a pound, Canary Wine six ounces, Rose Water four ounces; boil it well into a Syrup, and add to it Imperial water two pounds, Ambergreese, Musk, of each eighteen grains, Saffron fifteen grains, yellow Sanders infused in Imperial water, two drams; make a clear water of it.
Notes
Culpeper's version adds saffron to the French recipe.
This recipe predates 1700 and is quoted from its original printed source. Spelling is left exactly as printed.
