Quelques termes liées à la parfumerie :

Character
What distinguishes and personalizes a note, a harmony, and a perfume.

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

Express
Extract by pressure the essential oil contained mainly in the peels of citrus fruits.

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.

Blotter
Quality of special paper (without glue), very absorbing, cut in fine strips intended to be dipped into a raw material or a composition and which allows the professionals: chemists, Perfumers-Creators, etc., by olfaction, to appreciate the quality and to follow the evolution by it.