THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS - IFEAT

The floral fragrance products in the form of oils, waters and attars have been an integral part of thebouquet of products that were offered by Indian merchants in their trade routes that extended fromEast Asia to the Mediterranean. In recent years, as the worldwide demand for natural products grewwith an increasing appreciation of their potential applications, India was able to leverage its traditionalskills in cultivation, harvesting and processing with modern techniques (Fig. 7) and developments andthereby capture an increasing market share and position itself as a major player in the global floralextracts trade. The modern processing technique commonly used is solvent extraction to obtainconcretes and subsequently absolutes.Concrete production lineAbsolute production lineFig. 7: Modern flower extraction55