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Why not soak the lilac florets directly in alcohol to extract the scent? The answer lies deep inside the plant morphology. We have to work with this morphology and in so doing we must understand two key principles… Lilacs are a flower that cannot be steam distilled. The heat of...Read More

Folk Medicine references many therapeutic properties of lilacs. Claims have included treatment of kidney ailments, fevers, malaria, insect bites, muscle soreness, swollen joints, and sunburn. Cosmetically, lilac has been used as an astringent for skin toning, lymph drainage, shrinking pores, relieving puffiness and swelling, and recently to rejuvenate the skin,...Read More

My work as a chemist has always included investigating and analyzing ingredients, processes used, solvents, pesticides, preservatives and other chemical compounds and their effect on human health and the environment, and providing guidance to the food industry, materials science, and consumers. Understanding what I understand about human physiology and bioaccumulation...Read More

To capture an Enfleurage essence, living and breathing flowers must be used. It is the raw essence or vapors being exhaled from the fresh flowers that we coax onto the fats in the chassis. In general, enfleurages are not as strong as distilled oils. One reason is that enfleurages are...Read More

What is the current status of this simple question, “Does real lilac essential oil exist?” The answer has always been, quite frankly, “No”. Real lilac essential oil has been deemed problematic, evasive, illusory, and impossible by the great perfumers, chemists, alchemists and extractionists of the 19th and 20th century. The...Read More

The lilac Enfleurage essential oil absolute has a scent that will last up to 12 hours on a paper test strip. On the skin maybe a hint is still remaining after four hours. So it is not a great long length of time. It is gentle and fleeting and creates...Read More