Description
Fragrances are created from essential oils present in plants, flowers, fruits, barks, roots, and animal secretions. And what precious pricey substances they are! In Grasse, France, the centre of the World Perfumery Industry, workers rise early to pick Jasmine before dawn. When the sun peeks over the horizon, the flower loses twenty percent of its aroma. A skilled harvester can pick about a pound of flowers in forty five minutes, or five thousand tiny blossoms. But only a few drops of essence will emerge after processing. Eight hundred pounds of Jasmine flowers, or four million flowers, yield just one pound of concentrated oil. And the price of the essences? One pound of this oil, called Jasmine Absolute will fetch from 80,000 to 1, 00,000, depending on quality, while Rose Absolute can cost as much as 2,50,000 to 3,00,000 per pound.
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