Pomades consist of fats that contain fragrance substances and are produced by the hot or cold "eufleurage" of flowers. Hot "eufleurage" is the oldest known procedure for preserving plant fragrance compounds. In this method, flowers (or other parts of plant) are directly immersed in liquid or molten wax. In cold "eufleurage", the volatile compounds released by flowers into their surroundings are absorbed with fats over a longer period of time.

Concretes are prepared by extracting fresh plant material with non-polar solvents (e.g. benzene, toluene, hexane, and petroleum ether). On evaporation, the resulting residue contains not only volatile fragrance materials, but also a large proportion of non-volatile substances including waxy compounds. For this reason, concretes (like pomades) are not completely soluble in alcohol and, thus, find limited use as perfume ingredients. However they can be employed in the scenting of soaps.

Absolutes are prepared by taking up concretes in ethanol. Compounds, which are obtained by cooling precipitation, are removed by filtration. After evaporation of the ethanol, a wax-free residue called an absolute is left behind. Absolutes are completely soluble in ethanol and, therefore, can be freely used as perfume ingredients.

Resinoids are prepared by extracting plant exudes (balsams, oleo gum resins, natural oleoresins, and resinous products) with solvents such as methanol, ethanol, or toluene. Resinoids mainly consist of non-volatile, resinous compounds and are primarily used for their excellent fixative properties.

Tinctures are alcoholic solutions that are prepared by treating natural raw materials with ethanol or ethanol-water mixtures. They can also be obtained by dissolving other extracts in these solvents. Tinctures are sometimes called infusions.