enfleurage

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

The perfumes of plants like jasmine could only be extracted by enfleurage, as other methods of the time would denature the scents.

{i} process of extracting perfumes by exposing odorless fats or oils to scent of fresh flowers (in sopa and perfume making)
It is used for plants whose volatile oils are too delicate to be separated by distillation
A process of extracting perfumes by exposing absorbents, as fixed oils or fats, to the exhalations of the flowers
The process of extracting essential oils from flowers by using fats