Maceration

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.