Quelques termes liées à la parfumerie :

AFNOR
Abbreviation of “French Association of Normalization”. It establishes and publishes, among others, standards on essential oil.

Cohobation
Process of distillation based on the permanent recycling of the water of distillation during the operation.

Excite
Highlight in the composition one or several notes.

Maceration
It is the operation which consists in leaving in prolonged contact (some days in some months) in the “tubs of maceration”, the concentrated in the alcohol, to obtain the optimal olfactive quality. During the duration of the maceration, certain number of vegetable substances precipitates what allows obtaining after glazing and filtration a crystal clear liquid.

Tenacity
Property of a Perfume whose effect is particularly persistent.