Definition of Enfleurage

1. n. 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.

Definition of Enfleurage

1. Noun. The process of extracting fragrance from flowers by using unscented fats to capture the essential oils. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Enfleurage

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enfleurage

enfired
enfires
enfiring
enfix
enfixed
enfixes
enfixing
enflame
enflamed
enflames
enflaming
enflesh
enfleshed
enfleshes
enfleshing
enfleurage (current term)
enfleurages
enflower
enflowered
enflowering
enflowers
enflurane
enfold
enfolded
enfolder
enfolders
enfolding
enfoldingly
enfoldment
enfoldments

Literary usage of Enfleurage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"Jasmine and tuberose produce best perfumed grease by enfleurage, but rose, orange, and acacia hot from exposure to the naked fire ; so long as the grease is ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"This process, called " enfleurage " by the French, is chiefly used for procuring the odoriferous principle from such delicate flowers as the acacia, ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"Jasmine and tuberose produce best perfumed grease by enfleurage, but rose, orange, and acacia hot from exposure to the naked fire ; so long as the grease is ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"This process, called " enfleurage " by the French, is chiefly used for procuring the odoriferous principle from such delicate flowers as the acacia, ..."

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