Quelques termes liées à la parfumerie :

Chromatography
Scientific method of analysis for identification and control of perfumery components.

Measure
Determine in the course of creation the best proportions of the various constituents of a mixture.

Fragrance
By opposition to the smell which can be pleasant or unpleasant, this French word of Latin origin translates the pleasant smell of a fragrant product.

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.

Transfer
We say about a perfume that it turned when its smell and its colour modified following physical actions, or chemical (oxidation) owed to the air, to the light, to the heat or to the ageing.