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

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Example Sentences

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enfleurage

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

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

Heliotrope.—Either by maceration or enfleurage with clarified fat, we may obtain this fine odor from the flowers of the Heliotrope Peruvianum or H. grandiflorum.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse

Tuberose.—One of the most exquisite odors with which we are acquainted is obtained by enfleurage from the tuberose flower.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse

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

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