Lilac and Wild Propolis Enfleurage.

The Wild Veil Lilac & Propolis Enfleurage is an organic, whole plant perfume made using the traditional method of cold enfleurage of fresh lilac flowers from my family's 40 year old heirloom French lilacs. I first fixed the pommade with my handmade resinoid of wild honeybee propolis. I tinctured the raw propolis for a year, then used natural evaporation to slowly reduce the solution to an sticky, burgundy colored resinoid. The extract is pastoral and sweet, with the tangy shadows of tree resin and bee musk chasing honey wood. 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. 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 superior product by isolating and capturing the singular scent of the lilac blossom, without