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Nature 423, 491 (29 May 2003) |
100 and 50 years ago
The extraction of the perfume from flowers such as jasmine, tuberose, violet and cassia has long been carried out by the process of enfleurage, the blossoms being left in contact with purified lard for a few days, and then replaced by fresh blossoms. The lard is either sold as such, or the essential oil may be extracted from it by melting it under strong alcohol.
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