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C. (Carl) Deite

1838–1921

A late-19th-century technical writer and editor, he is best known for practical books on perfumery and soapmaking that brought specialized manufacturing knowledge to a wider readership. His work reads like a window into the craft industries behind everyday luxuries.

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A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Perfumery

A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Perfumery

by C. (Carl) Deite

About the author

Born in 1838 and dying in 1921, C. (Carl) Deite is remembered through bibliographic records as a German-language editor and author of practical manuals on perfumery and soap manufacture.

His best-known works include Handbuch der Parfümerie- und Toiletteseifen-Fabrikation (published in Berlin in 1891) and Handbuch der Seifenfabrikation. English-language editions and translations of related material, including A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Perfumery and Manual of Toilet Soapmaking, helped carry his technical knowledge to readers interested in cosmetics, fragrances, and small-scale manufacturing.

Rather than writing literary fiction, Deite seems to have focused on clear, useful instruction. The surviving record suggests an author whose books were valued as working references—practical guides for making perfumes, soaps, and other toilet preparations at a time when those trades were becoming more systematized and industrialized.