Rose-water.

A fragrant spice referred to by ancient writers; properly, the finest kind of myrrh, the exudation of the living tree (Pliny N.H. xii. xxxv), but…

= rose oil, n.; attar of roses.

Water distilled from roses or scented with essence of roses, used as a perfume or flavouring, or in medicinal preparations, etc.

= sandalwood, n., in its various applications. †Also, an ointment made of powdered sandalwood.

A substance which imitates or resembles musk; any of various synthetic compounds having the characteristic persistent odour of musk and often used in…

attributive. = Made at or brought from Damascus, as damask blade, damask sword, etc. (see 7 below); da… rose-water distilled from Damask roses.

The aromatic leaf of a South Asian plant (probably any of several Indian trees of the genus Cinnamomum (family Lauraceae), esp. C. tamala), which…

= orris root, n.

A yellowish or brownish unctuous substance, having a strong musky smell, obtained from sacs or glands in the anal pouch of several animals of the…

Ambergris.

A cake of compressed rose petals used as a perfume for linens, etc. Now historical.

A perfume compounded, with alcohol and ambergris, from the distilled flowers of lavender.

(see quots.).

A variant of civet, n.1, the animal and the perfume; used distinctively (after Buffon) for the Asiatic species of Viverra, V. zibetha, and the…

an aqueous solution of orange flowers; the fragrant watery distillate left over in the preparation of neroli oil and used for culinary purposes…

powdered orris root, prized for its aromatic fragrance and (formerly) its medicinal properties.

An aqueous extract of various flowers, esp. rose, myrtle, and orange-flowers, used as a perfume or cosmetic. Also: †angelica water (angelica water n.…

Angelica water; = angelica water n. at compounds 2. Cf. angel water, n. Obsolete. rare.

A perfume derived from the flowers of the jasmine.

A perfume or cosmetic made from jasmine.

= rose oil, n.

A perfume prepared from, or imitating the odour of, the flower of the red jasmine.

A scented powder made of iris, dried orange flowers, ‘roses of province’, calamus, souchet, and other ingredients; more fully marechale powder…

A scent or perfume extracted from the orange flower. Also: snuff scented with this perfume. Obsolete.

A perfume extracted from the flowers of this.

a perfume made from jasmine-flowers.

= attar, n. Usually in otto of roses.

any of several geraniums with a scent of roses, esp. Pelargonium capitatum and P. graveolens, or their cultivated varieties; (also) a perfume…

A perfume distilled from flowers of different kinds. Also figurative.

Freshly cut, just mown.

A very fragrant, volatile, essential oil obtained from the petals of the rose; fragrant essence (of roses).

French for ‘water’, occurring in the names of several liquids, used as scents or in medicine, as See… a perfume consisting of alcohol and various…

In full Cologne water. = eau-de-Cologne n. at eau, n. a; also, a cream or solid preparation of the same perfume, often formed into a stick. Also…

Musk obtained from the rasse.

French for ‘water’, occurring in the names of several liquids, used as scents or in medicine, as See… a perfume comprising an essential oil known…

In full oil (also essence) of verbena, verbena oil. A lemon-scented essential oil obtained from the leaves of lemon verbena, Aloysia citrodora, or…

A perfume prepared from a mixture of lavender and cloves, and resembling the characteristic scent of rondeletias.

an aromatic liquid, used by perfumers, obtained by distilling rum in which bay-leaves have been steeped.

Used attributively to designate things connected with Florida in origin or manufacture. Florida moss n. = longbeard, n. 2,Tillandsia usneoides; also…

More fully citronelle oil. Citronella oil (see citronella, n. 2). Now rare.

A penetrating and lasting perfume prepared from the patchouli plant (see sense 2).

A lemon-scented oil obtained from two South Asian grasses, Cymbopogon nardus and C. winterianus, used in perfumery and as an insect repellent; more…

A perfume imitating the scent of a gardenia flower; the scent of a gardenia flower, esp. as used in a perfume, cosmetic, etc.

a strongly aromatic oil obtained by distillation of sandalwood (Santalum) used in perfumes and cosmetics and formerly as a genito-urinary antiseptic.

The trade name of a perfume. Also elliptical as Ess.

A liquid distilled from the flowers of the bael tree, Aegle marmelos, used in Sri Lanka as a perfume for sprinkling.

A perfume derived from or resembling that of the flowers of mignonette.

attributive, as spikenard garden, spikenard oil.

A perfume derived from sandalwood oil.

In full serpolet oil: see quot.

An anonaceous tree (Canangium odoratum) of Malaysia, the Philippines, etc., with fragrant greenish-yellow flowers from which a perfume is distilled…

distilled water containing the essential oil of flowers.

The scent of lily of the valley, esp. as used in cosmetics, etc.

The scent of lilac, esp. as used in cosmetics, etc.

A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda.

A perfume made from or named after this rose.

A heavy perfume based on sandalwood, perhaps originally from Cyprus.

A scent designed to suggest the aroma of this leather.

= Parma, n.1 1b,1c.

A perfume derived from or imitating the smell of the poppy.

In full Parma violet. A perfume made from a violet of this kind or imitating it.

A perfume derived from the flowers of this plant.