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to enfleurage

to enfleurage

9.9
To take scent from flower petals by putting them in fat
  • verb
  • /ɑːnˈflʊərɑːʒ/
  • Specialized
: enfleurar
  • Traditional perfumers enfleurage delicate petals to capture their natural scent for luxury fragrances.

Examples

  • Artisans still enfleurage flowers by hand in some regions to produce high-quality essential oils.

  • They enfleuraged the roses to create a unique perfume.

  • The laboratory team decided to enfleurage the rare blossoms to preserve their unique aroma.

  • How do you enfleurage flowers for fragrance extraction?

  • Traditional perfumers enfleurage delicate petals to capture their natural scent for luxury fragrances.

  • The laboratory team decided to enfleurage the rare blossoms to preserve their unique aroma.

  • Artisans still enfleurage flowers by hand in some regions to produce high-quality essential oils.

Synonyms

to scent
vsto enfleurage
3 3.3

To add a smell to something, usually a pleasant one

extracts flower fragrance into fat by absorbing aroma from the petals
to perfume
vsto enfleurage
3 3.7

To put a pleasant smelling liquid on someone or something

is about extracting flower aroma into fat rather than applying a product
to aromatize
vsto enfleurage
1 7.2

Fill the air with a pleasant smell from herbs or oils

focuses on drawing flower aroma into fat rather than simply adding smell

Surface Forms

enfleurage infinitive
enfleuraged past participle
enfleuraging present participle
enfleurages third person singular

Etymology

Enfleurage as a verb comes from French parts en- ('in') and fleur ('flower'). It means to put petals into fat so the fat soaks up their scent, which is exactly what perfumers do.