Macassar oil

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A man with macassar oil in his hair

Makassar oil is a mixed, fragrant oil that was mainly used by men in the 19th and early 20th centuries or in the Victorian and Edwardian periods as hair oil, partly analogous to today's hair conditioner, for combing and hairdressing.

Fruits of Schleichera oleosa

Makassar oil was mostly made from coconut oil , palm oil or oil from Schleichera oleosa and mixed with ylang-ylang oil and other fragrant oils. It was probably so named because the ingredients needed to make oil were imported to Europe via the Dutch-Indian (now Indonesian ) port city of Makassar . The hair oil was mentioned literarily in the epic “Don Juan” by Lord Byron .

In order to prevent a man's hair, rinsed with Makassar oil, from transferring the grease to the back of his chair, the Antimakassar was designed at this time . This is a small, crocheted or embroidered cloth over the back of the chair to protect the upholstery, which can still be found in hotels and public transport today. The antimakassar finds literary mention in the novel Mathilde Möhring by Theodor Fontane .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Victorian Macassar Oil ( en ) sensationpress.com. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  2. ^ Men's Hair Care Lesson: How Conditioner Works . Detailsformen.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 15, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.detailsformen.com
  3. Jump up ↑ P. Ghosh, P. Chakraborty, A. Mandal, MG Rasul, M. Chakraborty, A. Saha: Triterpenoids from Schleichera oleosa of Darjeeling Foothills and Their Antimicrobial Activity. In: Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Volume 73, Number 2, March-April 2011, pp. 231-233, PMID 22303070 , PMC 3267311 (free full text).
  4. ↑ Ylang-ylang essential oil information . Essentialoils.co.za. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  5. ^ Macassar Oil . Abc.net.au. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  6. ↑ Lord Byron: "... incomparable oil, Makassar!". In: Don Juan: Canto I Verlag Hodgson & Co 1823, p. 7 ( Google Books ).