Quelques termes liées à la parfumerie :

Base
Elementary olfactory structure. It constitutes a pre-compound element, facilitating to the creator the elaboration of a perfume.

Concentrate
This noun indicates the composition such as it appears at the conclusion of the work of preparation. The concentrated according to their destination are then incorporated into some alcohol: manufacture of Extracts, Toilet Water, etc., or quite other cosmetics or toiletries.

Enfleurage
Former method of cold extraction of the floral products, finalized in Grasse, using the properties of some fat to absorb and hold the nice-smelling molecules. These perfumed creams are then alcoholic washed to give the absolute cream.

Rectify (To)
Clear by distillation a raw material of its impurities.

Volatile
Indicate a smell evaporating very quickly (fleeting perfume).