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Stephanotis

Stephanotis

9.8
A flower scent used in perfumes that smells like white jasmine
  • noun
  • /ˌstɛfəˈnoʊtɪs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : nota de Stephanotis
  • She loved the vintage bottle, especially the subtle Stephanotis accord that lingered on her skin.

Examples

  • Perfumers often recreate Stephanotis synthetically because the flower's scent is hard to extract.

  • The new summer perfume opens with a fresh Stephanotis note that softens the citrus top.

  • The perfume has a lovely Stephanotis note.

  • I love the scent of Stephanotis in this fragrance.

  • The new summer perfume opens with a fresh Stephanotis note that softens the citrus top.

  • She loved the vintage bottle, especially the subtle Stephanotis accord that lingered on her skin.

  • Perfumers often recreate Stephanotis synthetically because the flower's scent is hard to extract.

Compounds

Stephanotis floribunda
  • Specialized
9.9

A climbing woody plant with thick evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers

Surface Forms

Stephanotis singular
Stephanotises plural

Etymology

Stephanotis (in perfumery) is named after the same flower, so a 'Stephanotis' note means the sweet, white, jasmine-like smell of those little crown-like blooms, and that's why the word now names the scent as well.