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Perfume

To fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

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Cologne 76% connected

A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; -- called also cologne water and eau de cologne.

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Incense 76% connected

To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.

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Patchouli 76% connected

Alt. of Patchouly

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Patchouly 76% connected

A mintlike plant (Pogostemon Patchouli) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made.

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Perfumery 76% connected

Perfumes, in general.

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Potpourri 76% connected

A medley or mixture.

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Rose water 76% connected

Water tinctured with roses by distillation.

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Broader term 5

Groom 76% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Odor 76% connected

Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.

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Odour 76% connected

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"

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Scent 76% connected

To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.

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Smell 76% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

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Aroma 74% connected

The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.

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Aroma 74% connected

The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.

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Essence 74% connected

The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.

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Essence 74% connected

The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.

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Perfumery 74% connected

Perfumes, in general.

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Perfumery 74% connected

Perfumes, in general.

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Synonym 5

Aroma 92% connected

The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.

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Aromatize 92% connected

To impregnate with aroma; to render aromatic; to give a spicy scent or taste to; to perfume.

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Essence 92% connected

The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.

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Fragrance 92% connected

Alt. of Fragrancy

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Scent 92% connected

To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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