Meanings
plural enfleurages
- uncountableusuallyThe process of extracting fragrance (essential oils) from flowers by using unscented wax or fat, then extracting with alcohol.
The perfumes of plants like jasmine could only be extracted by enfleurage, as other methods of the time would denature the scents.
2 more examples
‘Thereʼs a man in Somerset who claims heʼs invented a method of enfleurage that requires no alcohol.’
2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 652I was set on developing a lilac enfleurage from my own shrub.
2024 May 10, Lily Stewart, “A love letter to lilacs and the joys of fleeting pleasure”, in The Christian Science Monitor
Origin
- Frenchenfleurage
- Frenchenfleurage
- Englishenfleurage
Borrowed from French enfleurage.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French enfleurage
- enfleuragethe process of extracting fragrance from flowers
Spanish enfloraje, maceración
- enflorajethe process of extracting fragrance from flowers
- maceraciónthe process of extracting fragrance from flowers
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enfleurage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enfleurage
“enfleurage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enfleurage. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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