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absolu (noun)

English translation: rose absolute

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French term or phrase:absolu de rose
English translation:rose absolute
Entered by: NancyLynn

18:09 May 4, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Cosmetics, Beauty / perfume
French term or phrase: absolu (noun)
A noter que ce parfum créé avec l'association de l'essence et de l'absolu de rose de différentes origines...

et

Savez vous qu'il faut 750 kgs de roses pour avoir 1 kg d'absolu et qu'il en faut encore bien davantage avec la technique de distillation
NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 01:20
absolute
Explanation:
hth

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Note added at 5 mins (2009-05-04 18:14:20 GMT)
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so rose absolute here
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JH Trads
United States
Local time: 01:20
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5 +6absolute
JH Trads
Summary of reference entries provided
from Britannica on-line
French Foodie

  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
absolute


Explanation:
hth

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Note added at 5 mins (2009-05-04 18:14:20 GMT)
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so rose absolute here

JH Trads
United States
Local time: 01:20
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters: Mar 10, 2009 ... Solvent extraction, which results in an oil called rose absolute. ... Rose absolute is a deep reddish brown with no crystals. ...
8 mins
  -> thanks Trudy !
agree  Jean-Louis S.
40 mins
  -> thanks!
agree  Transitwrite: I had to translate this twice this week to describe music and ended up torn between absolute perfection and absolute - it is a very fashionable marketing word!
3 hrs
agree  sktrans
5 hrs
agree  French Foodie
12 hrs
agree  Jessica Edwards
13 hrs
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12 hrs
Reference: from Britannica on-line

Reference information:
Raw materials used in perfumery include natural products, of plant or animal origin, and synthetic materials. Essential oils are most often obtained from plant materials by steam distillation. Certain delicate oils may be obtained by solvent extraction, a process also employed to extract waxes and perfume oil, yielding—by removal of the solvent—a solid substance called a concrete. Treatment of the concrete with a second substance, usually alcohol, leaves the waxes undissolved and provides the concentrated flower oil called an ***absolute***.

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