attar
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attar
- The air was filled with the delicate scent of attar, enchanting everyone around.
- rose attar
- attar as perfume
Examples
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Then there's the choosing of scents and lotions - attar of rose, carnation, crushed lily... and musk.
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Depending on the extraction process, it takes anywhere from 1 to 5 tons of rose petals to produce 1 ounce of attar.
Academic text (2009) -
Currently, the beauty products from attar are sold quite widely ...
Blog text (7) -
Attar derived from plant flowers, and each has its own features, specific characteristics...
Blog text (7) -
No, he said, he wanted to put them in a bowl on his mantelpiece and sprinkle them with attar of roses.
Fiction book (2002) -
You may recognize the phrase "attar" or "otto" of roses as an important ingredient in perfumes.
Academic text (2009) -
It was like a mixture of spicy incense and sweet attar of roses.
Fiction book (1996) -
But the air was laden with attar, henna, sandalwood; hot fragrances, no food.
Fiction book (1993) -
Every morning, Elijah would come to the store, sprinkle attar of roses in a gleaming copper bowl, and prepare piasters, pennies, and shillings to make change.
Fiction book (1994) -
He applied a few drops of attar to his wrists, enjoying the fragrant aroma of roses.
Synonyms
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A liquid with a pleasant smell used to make a person smell nice
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A strong scented oil made from rose petals used in perfume and skin care
A scented oil made from flowers, especially roses
A strong-smelling oil from flowers, especially roses
A fragrant oil made from fresh roses used in perfume and cosmetics
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Etymology
Attar comes from Persian and Arabic itr meaning 'perfume', and it once named the oil you get by steaming flowers to collect their scent. So today attar means a natural perfume or essential oil made from flowers, especially rose petals.