Tags: Fashion, Topical Concept.
Macassar oil is a compounded oil used primarily by men in Victorian and Edwardian times as a hair conditioner to groom and style the hair.Macassar oil is often made with coconut oil or palm oil or that of Schleichera oleosa combined with ylang-ylang oil (obtained by processing the flowers of the ylang-ylang tree Cananga odorata) and other fragrant oils.Macassar oil was so named because it was reputed to have been manufactured from ingredients purchased in the port of Makassar in Indonesia.Due to the tendency for the oil to transfer from a gentleman’s hair to the back of his chair the antimacassar was developed.