enfleurage

American  

[ahn-fluh-rahzh, ahn-flœ-razh] / ˌɑ̃ fləˈrɑʒ, ɑ̃ flœˈraʒ /

noun

1. a process of extracting perfumes by exposing inodorous oils or fats to the exhalations of flowers.

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enfleurage British  

/ ɑ̃flœraʒ /

noun

1. the process of exposing odourless oils to the scent of fresh flowers, used in perfume-making

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Etymology

Origin of enfleurage

1850–55; < French, equivalent to enfleur ( er ) to impregnate with scent of flowers ( en- en- ¹ + -fleurer, derivative of fleur flower ) + -age -age

Example Sentences

And it takes ancient skills and a Merlin's genius to produce just the right oils once the flower is ripe for its "enfleurage."

From Time Magazine Archive

The flowers are worked up at the factory directly they arrive by the enfleurage process.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various

This apparatus is said to facilitate the turning out of nearly twenty times the amount of pomade for the same number of frames and the same time, as the old process of "enfleurage."

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various

Descending to the cellar—the coolest part of the building—we find the simple apparatus used in the process of enfleurage.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various

They are finished off, however, by the process of enfleurage, in which the frames before alluded to are made use of.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various