Meaning of enfleurage | Babel Free

Definitions

The process of extracting fragrance (essential oils) from flowers by using unscented wax or fat, then extracting with alcohol.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“The perfumes of plants like jasmine could only be extracted by enfleurage, as other methods of the time would denature the scents.”

“‘Thereʼs a man in Somerset who claims heʼs invented a method of enfleurage that requires no alcohol.’”

“I was set on developing a lilac enfleurage from my own shrub.”

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