Enfleurage
2 articles
Beauty & Fragrance
Cold Enfleurage or Maceration? How Fat Captures a Flower's Living Scent
Cold enfleurage and maceration are traditional fat-based methods for capturing floral scents, chosen based on whether the flower releases fragrance after picking or requires heat. While labor-intensive, cold enfleurage uniquely preserves the "living" scent of delicate flowers like jasmine, a quality modern methods cannot replicate.
Jenna Blackwood·October 15, 2026
Beauty & Fragrance
The Art of Extraction: How Four Methods Shape Natural Perfumery Scents
The journey from botanical to perfume is shaped by extraction methods like enfleurage, steam distillation, solvent, and CO2 extraction. Each technique uniquely captures aromatic compounds, influencing the fidelity and character of high-end natural fragrances.
Jenna Blackwood·October 1, 2026