enfleurage
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French enfleurage.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
enfleurage (usually uncountable, plural enfleurages)
- The process of extracting fragrance (essential oils) from flowers by using unscented wax or fat, then extracting with alcohol.
- The perfumes of plants like jasmine could only be extracted by enfleurage, as other methods of the time would denature the scents.
- 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 652:
- ‘Thereʼs a man in Somerset who claims heʼs invented a method of enfleurage that requires no alcohol.’
- 2024, Lily Stewart, A love letter to lilacs and the joys of fleeting pleasure, in: The Christian Science Monitor, May 10 2024
- I was set on developing a lilac enfleurage from my own shrub.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the process of extracting fragrance from flowers
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
enfleurage m (usually uncountable, plural enfleurages)
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