The Collaborative International Dictionary
Enfleurage \En`fleu`rage"\, n. [F., fr. en- (L. in) + fleur flower.] A process of extracting perfumes by exposing absorbents, as fixed oils or fats, to the exhalations of the flowers. It is used for plants whose volatile oils are too delicate to be separated by distillation.
Wiktionary
n. The process of extracting fragrance from flowers by using unscented fats to capture the essential oils.
Wikipedia
Enfleurage is the seventh studio album by Megumi Hayashibara. The album was released in two editions, a regular edition and a limited edition with cardboard sleeve and hardcover photobook. It has also been reissued on at least one occasion.
Usage examples of "enfleurage".
But in any case, cold enfleurage was the most refined and effective method to capture delicate scents.
He stopped the enfleurage at once, got rid of the carcass, and put the impregnated oil in a pot, where he carefully rinsed it.
The cloth was so drenched in the exudations of the sackmaker that it had absorbed them like an enfleurage paste and could be directly subjected to lavage.
Grenouille had produced over the last year by cold-oil enfleurage of their bodies, digestion of their hair and clothes, lavage and distillation.
Uses of, and Ingredients used in the Preparation of Cosmetics -- Preparation of Perfumes by Pressure, Distillation, Maceration, Absorption or Enfleurage, and Extraction Methods -- Chemical and Animal Products used in the Preparation of Cosmetics -- Oils and Fats used in the Preparation of Cosmetics -- General Cosmetic Preparations -- Mouth Washes and Tooth Pastes -- Hair Dyes, Hair Restorers and Depilatories -- Cosmetic Adjuncts and Specialities -- Colouring Cosmetic Preparations -- Antiseptic Washes and Soaps -- Toilet and Hygienic Soaps -- Secret Preparations for Skin, Complexion, Teeth, Mouth, etc.
Every dawn she washes and dresses, then has nothing to do: the books with which William has furnished the bookcases--technical tomes about maceration and enfleurage and distillation, merely to fill up the shelves--mean nothing to her .
The fellow with the new method of enfleurage was a fraud, of course, and not even an interesting fraud.
Uses of, and Ingredients used in the Preparation of Cosmetics -- Preparation of Perfumes by Pressure, Distillation, Maceration, Absorption or Enfleurage, and Extraction Methods -- Chemical and Animal Products used in the Preparation of Cosmetics -- Oils and Fats used in the Preparation of Cosmetics -- General Cosmetic Preparations -- Mouth Washes and Tooth Pastes -- Hair Dyes, Hair Restorers and Depilatories -- Cosmetic Adjuncts and Specialities -- Colouring Cosmetic Preparations -- Antiseptic Washes and Soaps -- Toilet and Hygienic Soaps -- Secret Preparations for Skin, Complexion, Teeth, Mouth, etc.
A small amount of Jasmine oil is prepared by extracting the blossoms with petroleum spirit and evaporating the solvent at a low temperature, but this treatment by killing the flower at once, stops the process of scent formation, so that the yield of oil is only onefifth (some say one-ninth) of that extracted by fats in the enfleurage process.