Lilac and Lanolin Enfleurage.

The Wild Veil Lilac & Lanolin Enfleurage is an organic, whole plant perfume made using the traditional method of cold enfleurage of fresh lilac flowers from my family's 35 year old heirloom French lilacs. I first fixed the pommade with my absolute of raw, unwashed, high lanolin content wool. I tinctured the unprocessed fleece for a year, then used natural evaporation to slowly reduce the solution to an absolute. The absolute smells like nuzzling farm animals, with a complex agrestic profile connoting pastures and alfalfa. I gently worked it into avocado butter to fix the pommade for enfleurage. I spread the scented fat very thin (1/8 inch) and I laid fresh flowers on it, recharging daily until saturated. With lilac, the wool base contextualizes the flower as the epitome of spring greens and flowers. I only use the individual blossoms (not whole inflorescence or "bunches"). This maximizes surface area and uses as little of the whole plant as possible, while producing an aromatically