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enfleurage
[ ahn-fluh-rahzh; French ahn-flœ-razh ]
noun
- a process of extracting perfumes by exposing inodorous oils or fats to the exhalations of flowers.
enfleurage
/ ɑ̃flœraʒ /
noun
- the process of exposing odourless oils to the scent of fresh flowers, used in perfume-making
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Origin of enfleurage1
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Example Sentences
They are treated by maceration and enfleurage, chiefly the latter.
Emulsin of other odors can be prepared with tubereuse, rose, or cassie (acacia) oil (prepared by enfleurage or maceration).
Descending to the cellar—the coolest part of the building—we find the simple apparatus used in the process of enfleurage.
They are finished off, however, by the process of enfleurage, in which the frames before alluded to are made use of.
The flowers are worked up at the factory directly they arrive by the enfleurage process.
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