Gardenia Enfleurage
$50.00
Lilac Enfleurage
$100.00
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Lilac
Syringa vulgaris
Extracted by enfleurage (small e) in upstate New York. Organically grown flowers are extracted in Cocoa Butter, Coconut, & Palm Oils. Very true to the fresh flowers but a bit softer.
Lilac is one of those scents that is not found as an essential oil and I have never seen as an absolute either, although plenty of people have sworn up and down that their lilac was the real deal. However, lilac will put up with being enfleuraged and this is our local, update-made, Lilac enfleurage.
I personally find that this oil is just beautiful, sweet and perfect to the flower. Note that the quantities available are small—it might be a certain sweet something to enjoy as a glorious special treat, rather than an addition to your aromatic library…..it’s a great gift. Just sayin…
Arctander says
He says a lot about the different varities, and the less than spectacular absolutes available, etc, etc, it’s all disappointment on his part, and he goes on to list the aroma chemicals generally used to make a synthetic lilac. He goes on to say that lilac flower oil does not exist (this is 1960) and won’t be commercially available until extraction methods improve.
I wondered why he doesn’t bring up lilac enfleurage and realized that the key words are commercially available. Lilac has a short flowering season, and only one per year, so we can’t reasonably expect there to be lilac enfleurage available as a commercial product. Happily, we prefer artisanal ventures and our lilac supplier does make a small amount of lilac enfleurage every year—it’s just not something you will find a lot of. And it’s not commercially available. But we have it. Handmade in small batches, of course!
Lilac Loves
Laughing lavender blooms
Breathe beauty through the days
Almost as wise as prayers and praise
Delighting in the inspirational faith
Of a sensational lilac, brilliant as the sun
Coloring the soul in serenity and love
--Regina Mc Intosh
Westbound
westbound wind and
scents of rosy lilac
~ dance of bumblebees
--Line Gauthier
Lilac Dream—Haiku Trilogy
lilac sweet lilac
I would see them everywhere
Intoxicating
dear friends gave to me
fragrant bouquets of purple
loosing my senses
my dream has come true
my own garden now I have
sweet lilac is mine
---Ellie Le Jeune
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