Enfleurage

Entering Enfleurage, I sensed something ancient A fortunate wind somehow landed me in a space, filled with a multiplex of pure botanics. Mystic presence swirled around the amber drams lining either wall.
The subtle energy of Vetiver, Gardenia & Black Spruce enhanced my sensory perception leading me to treasures like Indian Jasmine, Ylang Ylang & Blue Lotus Oil.
It’s clear Enfleurage’s Creatrixes & Creators have taken time to craft each potion & I send a sincere message of gratitude.

I found this little gem on my way to yoga class. I was curious to see what was going on in there. So I went in, looked around. I immediately felt this aroma and energy. I dont know if it was the pachouli or geranium but the fragances are aromatic and for me therapuetic. The gentleman who works there was really down-​to-​earth. He helped me find what I was looking for. He also gave me insight on what benefits the oils have. Particularly, palmarosa, bergamot and black frankenscense. I thought the candles were wonderful too. (I bought the patchouli candle) it’s on the expensive side, but it would be a bummer if they closed. I choose quality over quantity any day! I mix my palmarosa with unscented cocoa butter. Great quality and service.

Quality products and a great staff that is knowledgable and happy to help.

Very nice staff and make you feel great. They were not invasive and very helpful.
Have a very broad selection of essential oils and the quality is very good.
The some the pricing may appear a bit higher than some other stores, (but this is NYC and overhead property rental is insane) however the QUALITY makes it worth the price!!!
I recommend the Cocoa!!! It is delicious!!!
Easy to get to as well!

It takes a lot for me to write a review, but it’s the things I don’t want others to get burned on that compels me. So, for a store that has had many good reviews, you wonder why I’m giving one star. It’s for BUYER BEWARE, because we don’t have a lot of choices when it comes to Essential Oils in this city, so we end up spending WAY too much for very little.
Since I did give one star, I’ll start with the good: the reason they get this one star is because it’s a good place to go and smell some oils firsthand, and look at a few books.
But that’s where it ends if you like to get more for your money.
Unilocalers, delay your gratification and you’ll save a TON of money! (If you like $aving Money!)
Don’t BUY anything there. I have spent a lot of money there, and now I can tell you, I regret it.
You can find amazing oils from France at aroma-​zone dot com. France? Heck yeah. On the internet. Go to Aroma-​Zone (with the dash) dot com (I’ll abbreviate it as AZ). Even though the orders come from France, they are super-​fast, and the prices are very reasonable for incredible quality. (The French do take their EO’s seriously, you know.)
Don’t be shocked when you go to the site, because it’s in French. If your French isn’t up to snuff, the simple trick is to just click on the google button to translate that will appear at the top of the page, and that will help tremendously. Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy.
Or, here’s the other trick to always finding the common English name of any essential oil:
Go to AZ’s site. Now, to find their Essential Oils (I’ll abbreviate EO’s) go to the top of the google translated page, look next to the home button, click on «our products» then click on «natural extracts» and then browse the EO’s by category to your heart’s content.
When you see something you like, the common name will be translated for you courtesy of google, but, just in case you want to double check that you’re getting what you want, simply copy the Botanical Name —
For example — ABSOLUE BAUME DU PÉROU (French common name) will be translated by google into the English common name, ABSOLUTE PERU BALSAM, but will also have the Botanical Name under it: Myroxylon balsamum — Salvador. (Salvador just tells you where it’s from.)
Just copy the Botanical Name of any essential oil from the site, paste it into google, and you’ll always find the what English name is. Like I said, the common name should already be listed there in your Google translation anyway, but this is just another way to be 100% certain.
How to apply this and save money:
So, when you go to Enfleurage, remember to also write down the botanical name from the bottle (or look them up later on their website). Then you can go to Aroma-​Zone and save a bunch of money, and spend it on all the other wonderful places you learn about on Unilocal!
Some other words of wisdom:
If you’re at all like me, I want to experiment with combining scents, so you’re going to need a few things. You’ll need bottles and also pipettes (yes like from high school chemistry) to transfer your EO’s. Just so you know, in the big leagues they measure by weight with really nice and expensive scales. Truth be known, I have one, made by a company called Sartorius. It’s super sensitive, and can detect the weight difference of one drop of liquid. That’s overkill at this point, but just FYI.
If you need amber bottles to mix into, you can find them at Heritage Essential Oils dot com. On the left, click on empty bottles. Also in that list you’ll find disposable pipettes, 10 for $ 1 (as opposed to 50 cents each at Enfleurage.) You’ll definitely need pipettes if you’re going to do some home experimenting. (I get my supplies from another company, but you need a corp account to buy from them.)
So, now I’ll digress, and tell you it’s the greedy little things in my experience with Enfleurage that caused me to write this one star review, and so you could save money.
One thing you should know is that the pipettes are essential when trying to mix your own formulas. I bought some very expensive EO’s from Enfleurage — so expensive that a 2ml bottle costs $ 40 and up. When you calculate that price for a 2ml bottle, the oils come to about $ 1 or more per DROP.
[e.g., Aged Agarwood is $ 150 for 1ml at Enfleurage. With 25 drops per ml, one drop costs you $ 6 — and you can’t get every drop out of the bottle.]
Also, the 2ml bottles don’t release drops well at all. You’d think that with a purchase of over $ 300 they would tell me I need a few pipettes, or even throw them in. Nope. I would have wasted precious drops of very expensive oil, lost onto the table, and wouldn’t have known exactly how many drops were transferred into my formula if I wasn’t prepared. (If you think one drop doesn’t matter in a formula, believe me, it does. Even the folks at Enfleurage will tell you that.)
book rec: Essence & Alchemy-​by Mandy Aftel
Ok, out of space. Good Luck, bye!
Delay Gratification. Buy Smart!

Extremely helpful staff to assist me in finding the right essential oils to support my healing process. Thank you for spending the time with me!

Yay! Unilocalers!
I like to smell goooood! I recommend Enfleurage if you are looking for an amazing selection of organic oils. The owner does not dilute the oil with water and smell last a decent length of time. Only knock on this place is that it is kinda pricey but we have to splurge one in a while. My choice is the:
house blend sanctuary:
ying yang, pachouli, camomile
Relaxes me before a stressful day or night in the ER.

love the set up of this place. all the oils are out for you to sample, with an ipad mounted right next to them so you can look up prices. they had all the things i needed i had to stop myself from buying their perfume blends which were delicious. will be going back for one or two of those.

Such a beautiful shop! A true one of a kind gem to anyone seeking great quality essential oils. They are collected from all around the world, incredible variety and hard to find oils. In addition they sell resins, woods, and other vegetable/​carrier oils. I am hooked on their natrual skincare collection now! They offer free classes which are wonderful and full of so much useful information! Definetly worth stopping by, this is the ONLY place I will buy my oils! :) Perfect for gifts, once you go in you will be hooked!

knowledgeable staff, good oils, decent prices considering location.

Amazing quality and stories behind every one of their oils. They have a wide variety of hydrosols and masks. All of the pricing is extremely fair (especially for being certified organic). The staff is delightful and so helpful! Overall a great shop to pop into :)

Excellent quality and selection. The hydrosols are fabulous, especially Frankincense, which often sells out, and then there’s a delay in getting it from Oman. But the store will kindly take your number and call you when it comes in. Really. Occasionally pricey but very good quality products. I also buy carrier oils and empty amber bottles for my own blends here. Resin incense and aromatherapy books are also on offer. I’ve taken some blending classes here, and the staff are super nice, helpful, and very knowledgeable about their trade/​craft. A store like this is an increasing rarity in our new New York, so support it instead of buying lesser quality oils at Whole Foods or god forbid, a chain drug store.

The oils in this tiny store are NOT therapeutic rate in addition to that, they are SUPER diluted with carrier oils. If your goal is to use them as body perfume or to deodorize your home at an extremely ridiculous price then buy away. One more tip– you can get better quality from the African guys in the street at a better price and for more quantity.

I almost passed up this tiny shop. The store was neat and clean with a variety of oils, essential oils, clays, candles and custom blends. Michelle is awesome! She gave proper descriptions of the oils and wasn’t too pushy. She suggested which ones I should purchase given my skin type and season change (fall/​winter), whilst staying in budget. I regard customer service highly, so I would definitely go back!

This place is amazing. Got tip from a set designer I was working with this week. I walked in the owner greeted me. It’s a very minimal space. And he’s incredibly knowledgeable and willing to share knowledge. This store is a must… Wow. Just wow!

Yay, a new place for me to buy more things I don’t need, like Sandalwood.
Happy this place is still in business as it was my first time visiting a few weeks ago.
The man who was there was really friendly and helpful. I like the selection of oils and sprays and think the quality is great.
I purchased some Sandalwood spray and have been layering it with another custom oil and have been getting so many compliments from men (ooh, it’s working). The prices are okay, less than my custom oil place, so I’ll be back!

Enfleurage is a very attractive shop with a very nice selection of essential oils, and various related accessories.
I would have given 1 more Star, hadn’t my roommate (who was shopping on my behalf when I couldn’t make it in after Hurricane Sandy) been overcharged at least $ 10 on a recent purchase ($ 90 for what should have been $ 80).
I would have given 1 more Star, if it weren’t for the extremely negative and cranky guy who always seems to be the only person working here whenever I visit.

They have relocated. Same great products and lots of rare essential oils, attars and hydrosols.
Trygve — we love you!

This store is adorable and reminds me why I love NY so much.
Went here in search of a candle and although they only had 3 options (lavender, frankincense, and mandarin) I actually loved how they all smelled and had a tremendously hard time choosing one. I ultimately chose the frankincense and am so happy I did. It’s such a warm and inviting scent like none I have ever smelled before. And the frankincense they use in the candle is actually directly from Oman which I thought was way cool!
Also one of the owners, a kindly somewhat older man was one of the most lovably oddball men I have ever met. Just warm, lovable, quirky and ready for my adoption :).
I will definitely come back!
***NOTE UnilocalERS THEY ARE MOVING TO 257 w 13^th Street and are CLOSED STARTING TOMORROW AND WILL REOPEN AT THEIR NEW LOCATION DEC 2^nd!!*****
Please support them when they reopen! Small businesses like these are what make NY so freaking grand!

Spring evokes many things that come to mind: renewal, sunshine, a new fragrance.
I never really got into fragrances until two years ago when Vera Wang came out with Bouquet and I liked the floral scent that lingered for hours. After that year, Dior came out with Miss Cherie, a reintroduction of the Miss Dior fragrance to cater to a wider clientele.
Anyway, this past week, I spent some time in dept. stores sniffing out new fragrances and read about quite a few that would have fit my personality.
Unfortunately, some of the fragrances that I listed smelled generic and reminded me a lot of the fragrances I already had or it was fragrances that would probably suit my mother.
I read up on Enfleurage through Unilocal and their own website and was intrigued by the store. When I first came in, I was greeted warmly by the sales associate and was left alone to discover all the wonderful scenets before me. They have a wide range of essential oils from all over the world, from places like Morocco, Ivory Coast, and Vietnam.
What surprised me the most was the way I was attracted to the smell of Cypress to the feminine smell Rose Attar (which is a mixture of rose and sandalwood). Those were two polar opposites.
The sales associate spent a lot of time with me explaining the essential oils especially the categories that I would be attracted to. There was bergamot, a crisp, citrusy smell that tends to be a fan favorite, along with the more sensual smells of roses from Morocco, England, and India.
I spent two hours poring over each smell and it annoyed me that my senses were so fickle but she said it’s understandable as I’m new to the whole experience and it would take some time for me to understand. She also recommended some classes which would allow me to learn more about essential oils and it’s therapeutic power along with being able to mix variety of scents together which sounded really cool.
After switching off between the essential oils and constantly sniffing the cup of coffee beans to reinvigorate my sense of smell, I bought the rose attar.
The prices depend on the availability of the oil based on season and it was about $ 20 for a 2mL bottle. Yes, it was expensive, but that scent just transports you to a dreamy stupor.

Since I stopped smoking cigarettes, i have been on a hunt for strong smell goods for the apartment. I come to this store, and am greeted by a (maybe 3 year old) 60 Pound Pit Bull, who is smelling my Post-​Blinked hands, and getting playful. Of course his owner is a five foot seven, one hundred pound (with extra winter clothes on) female, who suddenly has an epiphany. Oh that’s right, I did not feed him yet…
Tom, the Store Clerk, was a knowledgeable gent. I was only looking for house blends on this trip. I noticed ones with Sandalwood were more pricey.
I learned that the store owner actually visits Oman regularly and buys the rarest oils, and brings them back. It is real sandalwood. She has real Agarwood. This store is amazing!
I shared with Tom about my no smoking progress and using aromatherapy. To discover, that he was embarking on a similar journey was a bonus. And he threw in some Tuberose Butters. Oh, they block the cold, the wind, and smell groovy! *wink*
This store is a part of my new monthly destinations, now!

Of course there is the great selection of Essential Oils. my favorite being the unsurpassed best quality Frankincense but .
Last minute scooping up of Benzoin, Myrrh, and Frankincense resin in NYC which is unheard of locally, I adore this place. I have bypassed local shopping for EO in the recent years for online shopping but really this store is a true NYC gem! And they have also have dried herbs and rose petals in apothecary jars.
The staff is soooo very gentle and helpful.
My real discovery is the amazing egg shaped EO on the go keychains which I plan to gift for the holidays.
It feels great to reconnect.