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+ A widescreen vintage botanical illustration of a lilac, with detailed clusters of blooms and heart-shaped leaves, in the style of 18th and 19th-century botanical books. Include fine textures of petals and leaves, showing colors from light purple to deep violet. Add handwritten notes around the illustration, detailing the medicinal properties of lilac, such as its use in traditional remedies for fever and parasitic infections. The background should be simple to highlight the lilac and notes.

Lilac Plant Medicine

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...Read More
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My Work…

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,...Read More
Enfleurage
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The Nature of Enfleurage

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...Read More
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Q&A with Charle-Pan: Does real lilac essential oil exist?

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...Read More
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On the lasting power of the scent…

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...Read More