Clear, stable, aqueous or aqueous-alcoholic solutions of a fat-soluble ethereal perfume oil, consisting essentially of (1) from 0.5 to 5% by weight, relative to the total weight of the solution, of a hydroxyalkyl ether-ethoxylate intermediary of the formula ##STR7## wherein R1 and R2 independently of each other are a member selected from the group consisting of alkyl having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, o