enfleurage

From French enfleurage.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑ̃.fluˈɹɑʒ/

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enfleurage (usually uncountable, plural enfleurages)

1. 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.

• absolute of enfleurage

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁaʒ/

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enfleurage m (usually uncountable, plural enfleurages)

1. enfleurage

• enfleurer